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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, February 16, 1955

53-Across : Indoor sport places.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 30.4
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,059
Across
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Chinese Red leader. : MAO
4
Appear. : SEEM
8
Wallow. : SLOSH
13
He wrote "Father of the Bride." : STREETER
15
Popular comedian. : CANTOR
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American League team. : SENATORS
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St. Laurent's domicile. : OTTAWA
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English river. : AVON
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Al Lopez and others: Abbr. : MGRS
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Man's nickname. : DAN
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Western heroes, for instance. : HEMEN
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Engage. : HIRE
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Dagger. : DIRK
27
Iowa city. : AMES
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Bandleader Ellington. : DUKE
29
Jewelry item. : BEADS
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Small room. : DEN
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1847 novel. : JANEEYRE
33
Peninsula, the mainland of Denmark. : JUTLAND
35
Italian fare. : NOODLES
39
Avoiders. : AVERTERS
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Poetic time. : EVE
42
Dancer Tallchief. : MARIA
45
Gaelic. : ERSE
46
Girl's nickname. : GWEN
47
Eastern title. : EMIR
48
Work over 1 Down. : EDIT
49
Flash. : GLINT
50
Belgian watering place. : SPA
51
Direction. : EAST
52
Turnovers. : PIES
53
Indoor sport places. : ALLEYS
55
Comes forth. : EMANATES
59
Piece of furniture. : SETTEE
60
"Roosevelt Family of ___ Hill." : SAGAMORE
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Ways. : ROADS
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Baseball league: Abbr. : NAT
Down
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Publisher's concern. : MSS
2
Consumed. : ATE
3
Feather on a hat. : ORNAMENT
4
She wrote "Katherine." : SETON
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Type of jacket. : ETON
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At all times: Poet. : EER
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1947 bestseller. : MRSMIKE
8
The actual facts: Colloq. : SCORE
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Former monetary units in Riga. : LATS
10
Where Lake Simcoe is: Abbr. : ONT
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Bowls. : STADIA
12
Actor Lindsay. : HOWARD
14
Roof edges. : EAVES
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Takes precedence over. : RANKS
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Most unsophisticated. : GREENEST
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A pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
24
Ostrichlike bird. : EMEU
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Ben Franklin adorns them. : HUNDREDS
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Performance. : DEED
28
Victor Borge is one. : DANE
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Members of the family: Abbr. : BROS
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Island of Indonesia. : JAVA
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Years ago. : YORE
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Lion's den. : LAIR
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City in Maine. : LEWISTON
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Uniform. : EVEN
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Threw. : SENT
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Most commonplace. : TRITEST
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Western locales. : MESAS
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Larger in extent. : AMPLER
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Theatre district. : RIALTO
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Faint light. : GLEAM
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Lightens. : EASES
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Lollobrigida and namesakes. : GINAS
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Examined. : EYED
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Actress Geraldine. : PAGE
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Greek letter. : ETA
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A month: Abbr. : MAR
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Period of time. : ERA
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Wane. : SET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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