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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Monday, December 20, 1954
48-Down : Have ___ (be cautious).
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 17.0
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 B | 2 O | 3 L | 4 T | 5 L | 6 E | 7 S | 8 T | 9 S | 10 T | 11 R | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 I | D | E | A | 15 I | O | U | S | 16 P | A | O | L | O |
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17 L | I | O | N | 18 M | A | R | T | 19 E | L | L | E | N |
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20 L | U | N | T | 21 E | N | E | 22 A | N | K | L | E | S |
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23 S | M | E | A | 24 R | S | 25 B | 26 U | R | T | |||||
27 M | I | O | 28 C | E | N | E | 29 S | 30 T | 31 E | 32 W |
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33 R | 34 E | 35 C | O | N | D | I | T | E | 36 S | T | A | V | E |
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37 A | R | O | U | S | A | L | 38 V | 39 A | C | A | T | E | S |
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40 I | N | A | N | E | 41 I | 42 N | E | L | E | G | A | N | T |
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43 N | E | X | T | 44 R | U | I | N | I | N | G | ||||
45 P | O | M | P | 46 S | E | E | 47 S | 48 A | 49 W |
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50 S | 51 T | 52 A | 53 G | E | D | 54 P | 55 O | T | 56 R | A | C | E |
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57 H | U | M | O | R | 58 M | I | N | A | 59 I | V | A | N |
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60 A | L | O | O | F | 61 A | N | T | I | 62 N | O | R | D |
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63 H | E | R | D | S | 64 I | G | O | R | 65 G | R | E | Y |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 2,001
Across
1
Roll of cloth. : BOLT
5
In case. : LEST
9
Leather strip. : STRAP
14
Fancy. : IDEA
15
Creditors' papers. : IOUS
16
Francesca's friend. : PAOLO
17
Symbol of Great Britain. : LION
18
Trading place. : MART
19
Young Lochinvar's lady. : ELLEN
20
Star of "Quadrille." : LUNT
21
Compass point. : ENE
22
Joints. : ANKLES
23
Daubs. : SMEARS
25
Actor Lancaster. : BURT
27
Geological period. : MIOCENE
29
Relative of chowder. : STEW
33
Hard to understand. : RECONDITE
36
Stick or staff. : STAVE
37
Stirring to action. : AROUSAL
38
Leaves. : VACATES
40
Empty. : INANE
41
Crude. : INELEGANT
43
Nearest to. : NEXT
44
Destroying. : RUINING
45
Splendor. : POMP
46
Fun for two children. : SEESAW
50
Put on the boards. : STAGED
54
Saucepan. : POT
56
Run swiftly. : RACE
57
Fun. : HUMOR
58
Talking bird: Var. : MINA
59
"Terrible" Russian. : IVAN
60
Withdrawn. : ALOOF
61
Contra. : ANTI
62
North, in France. : NORD
63
Denizens of the farm. : HERDS
64
Operatic prince. : IGOR
65
Lady Jane. : GREY
Down
1
Advertising posters. : BILLS
2
Hatred. : ODIUM
3
Sierra ___. : LEONE
4
Equivalent. : TANTAMOUNT
5
Soft drink. : LIMESODA
6
Pertaining to the dawn. : EOAN
7
Certain thing. : SUREBET
8
Hissed sound. : TST
9
Exhausted. : SPENT
10
Lecture. : TALK
11
Breadstuff. : ROLL
12
Nautical word. : ALEE
13
Operatic star. : PONS
22
Live. : ARE
24
Wash. : RINSE
26
Rough. : UNEVEN
28
Eyelash. : CILIUM
29
Greatly astonishing. : STAGGERING
30
Baby talk. : TATA
31
Opposite of 26 Down. : EVEN
32
Occident. : WEST
33
Often-revived play. : RAIN
34
Bird. : ERNE
35
Wheedle. : COAX
36
Incident. : SCENE
39
M. C. Cooke. : ALISTAIR
42
Pinching. : NIPPING
44
16½ feet. : ROD
45
Shows: Abbr. : PERFS
47
Taste. : SAVOR
48
Have ___ (be cautious). : ACARE
49
Role for Kathy Nolan. : WENDY
50
Ruler. : SHAH
51
Bulrush. : TULE
52
___ patriae. : AMOR
53
Word of approbation. : GOOD
55
Cognizant of: Slang. : ONTO
58
French month. : MAI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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