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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, February 16, 1962
36-Across : Actress Linda.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.8
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 H | 2 O | 3 O | 4 P | 5 S | 6 G | 7 I | 8 M | 9 P | 10 M | 11 U | 12 T |
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13 O | H | A | R | A | 14 A | B | O | R | 15 I | 16 G | I | N | E |
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17 N | I | T | E | R | 18 P | A | N | O | R | A | M | I | C |
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19 G | O | S | S | A | 20 M | E | R | 21 K | R | I | S | S |
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22 A | B | E | D | 23 W | 24 R | E | N | |||||||
25 B | 26 E | 27 N | G | A | L | 28 M | A | I | D | E | 29 N | 30 L | 31 Y |
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32 A | L | I | E | N | 33 T | A | T | A | 34 T | I | L | E |
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35 S | A | G | 36 D | 37 A | R | N | E | L | 38 L | 39 C | A | M |
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40 I | T | E | 41 M | 42 P | I | E | R | 43 A | 44 L | E | N | E |
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45 C | E | R | A | 46 M | I | C | S | 47 O | B | E | R | O | N |
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48 L | E | S | E | 49 G | R | O | G | |||||||
50 R | 51 A | 52 D | A | R | 53 S | A | C | R | A | 54 V | 55 I | 56 A |
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57 O | R | I | G | I | 58 N | 59 A | T | E | 60 I | T | A | L | L |
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61 P | I | R | A | T | I | C | A | L | 62 N | E | S | L | E |
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63 E | L | K | 64 B | E | G | S | 65 G | E | E | S | E |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,599
Across
1
Wickets. : HOOPS
6
Ribbonlike trimming. : GIMP
10
Wife of Amen-Ra. : MUT
13
American novelist. : OHARA
14
Native. : ABORIGINE
17
Gunpowder ingredient. : NITER
18
Giving a complete view. : PANORAMIC
19
Very thin cloth. : GOSSAMER
21
___ Kringle. : KRISS
22
Taking repose. : ABED
23
Songbird. : WREN
25
Region of India. : BENGAL
28
Gentle. : MAIDENLY
32
Foreign. : ALIEN
33
Familiar farewell. : TATA
34
Roofing material. : TILE
35
Sunken part. : SAG
36
Actress Linda. : DARNELL
39
Machine part. : CAM
40
News brief. : ITEM
42
Pilaster. : PIER
43
Coeur d'___. : ALENE
45
One of the arts. : CERAMICS
47
Titania's spouse. : OBERON
48
___ majesty. : LESE
49
Liquor. : GROG
50
Relative of sonar. : RADAR
53
Ancient Rome's main street. : SACRAVIA
57
Begin. : ORIGINATE
60
"Get away from ___." : ITALL
61
Describing the men of Penzance. : PIRATICAL
62
Town near Amiens. : NESLE
63
Game animal. : ELK
64
Entreats. : BEGS
65
Brants. : GEESE
Down
1
Factory, in China. : HONG
2
Mississippi tributary. : OHIO
3
Grain crop. : OATS
4
Portend. : PRESAGE
5
Spanish dance. : SARABAND
6
Yawned. : GAPED
7
Building beam. : IBAR
8
Calendar abbreviation. : MON
9
___ patria. : PRO
10
Opera role. : MIMI
11
Etats ___. : UNIS
12
Gumshoes. : TECS
15
Annoyed. : IRKED
16
Deep red. : GARNET
20
Actor Ferrer. : MEL
23
Adam's ale. : WATER
24
Coin of Iran. : RIAL
25
Essential. : BASIC
26
Make joyful. : ELATE
27
African river. : NIGER
28
Equine features. : MANES
29
More precise. : NICER
30
Grassy plain. : LLANO
31
Red Sea kingdom. : YEMEN
33
Moment. : TRICE
37
Genus of bees. : APIS
38
Striving. : LABORING
41
Sweet grape. : MALAGA
44
Inheritor. : LEGATEE
46
Earn. : MERIT
47
Sea animal. : ORC
49
Isle of Man men. : GAELS
50
Do ranch work. : ROPE
51
Seed covering. : ARIL
52
Short sword. : DIRK
53
Type of party. : STAG
54
Decorative container. : VASE
55
Evils. : ILLS
56
Nautical term. : ALEE
58
Pen point. : NIB
59
First-rate: Colloq. : ACE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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