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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, February 18, 1958

8-Down : One of the Hansens.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 17.2
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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,157
Across
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Kremlin correspondent. : BULGANIN
9
French Foreign Minister. : PINEAU
15
Make hostile. : ALIENATE
16
Matinee idol. : ADONIS
17
Tending to remain in a fixed condition. : INERTIAL
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Ridicule. : DERIDE
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Lake, source of the Blue Nile. : TANA
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In addition. : ALSO
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Snake. : ADDER
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Shows agreement. : NODS
25
Pierre ___, French novelist. : LOTI
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Piglike animals. : TAPIRS
30
Hollywood VIP. : DIRECTOR
34
Arctic dweller. : ALEUT
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Remains in the memory. : LIVES
36
Period of time. : ERA
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___ letter. : FORM
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Companion of wines. : DINES
39
The entree, usually. : MEAT
40
Conjunction. : THO
41
Off-stage area. : WINGS
42
Illustrious Italian. : DANTE
43
South American capital. : SANTIAGO
45
Confections. : KISSES
46
Eleven: Fr. : ONZE
47
Small tastes. : SIPS
48
A great deal: Colloq. : NOEND
51
Lines. : ROWS
53
Greenland base. : ETAH
57
Maintain. : INSIST
59
Osceola was one. : SEMINOLE
61
2,000 pounds avoirdupois. : NETTON
62
Great German. : ADENAUER
63
Aver. : ASSERT
64
Sampled again. : RETASTED
Down
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Minnows. : BAIT
2
Relative of the humerus. : ULNA
3
Mortgage. : LIEN
4
Flowering plant. : GERANIUM
5
White ___. : ANT
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Certain swimmers. : NAIADS
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Kind of type: Abbr. : ITALS
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One of the Hansens. : NELS
9
Stuff. : PAD
10
Has thoughts. : IDEATES
11
Scandinavian. : NORDIC
12
City in Oklahoma. : ENID
13
Helper. : AIDE
14
Customer. : USER
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Portuguese product. : OLIVES
24
Scrap. : ORT
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Earth treasures. : ORES
27
Famous family of U. S. : TAFTS
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Farewell! : ALOHA
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Fugitive from Buenos Aires. : PERON
30
Wild dog. : DINGO
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Youth. : TEENS
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Wax eloquent. : ORATE
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Classes. : RATES
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Dally. : LINGER
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Contemporary of Da Gama. : DIAZ
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Napoleonic marshal and family. : MASSENAS
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Eminent Englishman. : WINDSOR
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Beach pastime. : DIP
44
An explosive. : TONITE
45
Destiny. : KISMET
47
Native of Gotland. : SWEDE
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Smallest of the 1492 trio. : NINA
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Certain bills. : ONES
50
Superlative suffixes. : ESTS
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Glacial ridges. : OSAR
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Praise highly: Colloq. : TOUT
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Out of the wind. : ALEE
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Ranch asset. : HERD
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Explosive. : TNT
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___ word (briefly). : INA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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