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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, November 19, 1979

38-Down : Would-be thespian's big chance

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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A
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C
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H
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C
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A
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K
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E
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D
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S
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P
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A
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R
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E
C
H
O
15
A
N
N
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T
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D
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M
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S
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Y
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E
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S
C
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P
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B
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K
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K
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O
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P
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K
S
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S
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T
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E
R
S
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E
L
A
N
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C
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O
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P
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W
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R
S
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E
D
D
I
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O
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A
W
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W
A
F
E
R
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A
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W
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L
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M
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N
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M
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E
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C
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I
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R
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R
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A
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R
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B
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L
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R
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O
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M
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A
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N
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U
S
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S
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E
B
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O
C
T
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T
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G
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N
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,968
Across
1
One of the "three B's" : BACH
5
Hardened : CAKED
10
Sail support : SPAR
14
Imitate : ECHO
15
B'way musical : ANNIE
16
Work by 1 Across : TRIO
17
Consider : DEEM
18
Unfeeling : STONY
19
Lampreys' kin : EELS
20
Doubter: Var. : SCEPTIC
22
___-Terre, capital of Guadeloupe : BASSE
23
Swiss painter: 1879-1940 : KLEE
24
Money in Minsk : KOPEKS
27
Guides : STEERS
29
Liveliness : ELAN
30
"Blue knight" : COP
33
Defeat : WORST
34
Singer Fisher : EDDIE
35
Literary form : ODE
36
Impresses deeply : AWES
37
Cookie : WAFER
38
Again : ANEW
39
Top : LID
40
Construction worker : MASON
41
Ordinary clothes : MUFTI
42
Common abbr. : ETC
43
Refrigerator : ICER
44
Most uncouth : RUDEST
45
Leaf area : AREOLA
47
African chieftain : EMIR
48
Powerful financier : BARON
50
___ shift (newspaper's night relay) : LOBSTER
53
Grocery item : OLEO
54
Polynesian skilled in tattooing : MAORI
56
Let one ___ (apprise) : INON
58
"Sweet are the ___ of adversity" : USES
59
Govt. issue : EBOND
60
Numerical prefix : OCTO
61
Wrongful act, to an LL.B. : TORT
62
Stares open-mouthed : GAPES
63
Exigency : NEED
Down
1
Rollaway, e.g. : BED
2
Four of 52 : ACES
3
Lifework having its ups and downs : CHECKEREDCAREER
4
Like a waif : HOMELESS
5
Social levels : CASTES
6
Opposer : ANTI
7
In a dither : KNOCKEDFORALOOP
8
"___ Heldenleben," Strauss work : EIN
9
Erstwhile Algerian governor : DEY
10
Filet mignon, for one : STEAK
11
Periodic White House event : PRESSCONFERENCE
12
Troubles : AILS
13
"Second Hand ___," 1921 song : ROSE
21
Impudent : PERT
22
Part of N.B. : BENE
25
Ancient : OLDEN
26
Match : PAIR
27
Small meadow or swamp : SWALE
28
Namely : TOWIT
31
"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
32
Lapwing : PEWIT
34
Atelier gear : EASEL
37
City south of Fort Worth : WACO
38
Would-be thespian's big chance : AUDITION
40
Appearance : MIEN
41
"___ the word!" : MUMS
44
Bridge calls : REBIDS
46
Perch : ROOST
48
Dempsey vs. Tunney : BOUT
49
Too : ALSO
51
Sarah ___ Jewett, U.S. writer : ORNE
52
Set system : ROTE
54
Nickname at Buckingham : MEG
55
Goat's-hair fabric : ABA
57
Be off guard : NOD

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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