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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, February 19, 1957

14-Across : In a frenzied manner.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 15.6
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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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,793
Across
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Brown and Burke. : TOMS
5
Stern oar. : SCULL
10
"Moby Dick" character. : AHAB
14
In a frenzied manner. : AMOK
15
Menu item. : PUREE
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French classic. : NANA
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Home of the Golden Bears. : CALIFORNIA
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Cotton or Cole. : KING
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Jitters. : TREMORS
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Alarms. : SCARES
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___ on (pretend). : PUT
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Composer of "Gypsy Love." : LEHAR
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Stopping place. : HOTEL
29
Swamp. : FEN
30
Fabric. : RAYON
34
Very eager. : AVID
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Slightly affected. : TINGED
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Anthropoid. : APE
38
Son of Jacob. : GAD
39
Billy the Kid and others. : BANDITS
40
Airship: Colloq. : ZEP
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Consumed. : ATE
42
Where the U. of Oregon is. : EUGENE
43
Cooper character. : CORA
44
Stops. : RESTS
46
Before. : ERE
47
Shallow. : SHOAL
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Erects. : REARS
50
Pasture land. : LEA
51
Air Force students. : CADETS
54
Small shore bird. : SEALARK
58
Roman province of Biblical times. : ASIA
59
Waterway of Western Canada. : PEACERIVER
62
Clothe. : VEST
63
Out of favor: Colloq. : INBAD
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Tuft at end of a seed. : COMA
65
Tibetan fauna. : YAKS
66
Highlanders. : CELTS
67
Baseballer Slaughter. : ENOS
Down
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Attache's asset. : TACT
2
Quatrain expert of 1100. : OMAR
3
Jetty. : MOLE
4
Did imperfectly. : SKIMPED
5
Golf. : SPORT
6
Scoundrels. : CURS
7
Receptacle. : URN
8
Garland. : LEI
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Hold in ___ (control). : LEASH
10
Middle East capital. : ANKARA
11
Very small degree. : HAIR
12
Green Gables girl. : ANNE
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Captures. : BAGS
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___ play. : FOUL
22
National League team. : CARDS
24
Finance companies. : LENDERS
25
Instrument. : ENGINE
26
Biblical woman of Egypt. : HAGAR
27
Egg-shaped. : OVATE
28
Great movements. : TIDES
29
Index. : FINGER
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River into the Mississippi at Vicksburg. : YAZOO
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Stage entertainment. : OPERA
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Country between India and Tibet. : NEPAL
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Greek letter. : TAU
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Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Attack. : BESET
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Cup-shaped flower. : CHALICE
45
Negotiates. : TREATS
47
Scorch. : SEAR
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Kind of jelly. : ASPIC
50
English industrial center. : LEEDS
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Guinea pig. : CAVY
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On the waves. : ASEA
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Sunflower's center. : DISK
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Begone! : SCAT
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Rugby's river. : AVON
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San ___, Italian port. : REMO
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Long-tailed apes of India. : KRAS
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Compass point. : ENE
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Latin case: Abbr. : ABL

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

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