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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 1964
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { G Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.1
Grid has duplicate clues.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 D | 2 I | 3 C | 4 E | 5 D | 6 P | 7 I | 8 E | 9 H | 10 O | 11 L | 12 M |
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13 I | N | A | N | E | 14 A | N | D | 15 A | 16 L | U | S | I | A |
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17 J | U | N | T | A | 18 S | T | I | L | E | T | T | O | S |
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19 O | R | D | E | R | 20 S | 21 O | L | L | A | 22 E | N | S |
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23 N | E | Y | 24 S | H | 25 I | N | E | S | 26 M | O | T | E |
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27 A | D | E | S | 28 P | U | P | A | |||||||
29 H | 30 E | 31 P | 32 S | W | E | D | 33 P | A | N | A | M | 34 A |
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35 A | L | A | 36 B | A | M | A | 37 R | E | C | I | T | E | D |
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38 T | U | N | I | C | S | 39 R | E | E | K | 40 H | R | S |
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41 C | O | R | K | 42 R | E | A | L | |||||||
43 F | I | R | N | 44 N | A | P | P | E | 45 R | 46 S | 47 I | 48 B |
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49 I | D | A | 50 T | U | T | U | 51 R | A | 52 C | I | N | E |
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53 R | A | M | 54 P | A | N | T | L | 55 Y | 56 J | U | M | N | A |
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57 S | T | A | I | R | C | A | S | E | 58 A | L | B | E | N |
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59 T | E | S | T | 60 N | E | W | 61 H | E | A | R | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,302
Across
1
Gambled. : DICED
6
Baked dish. : PIE
9
River island. : HOLM
13
Senseless. : INANE
14
Where Cádiz is. : ANDALUSIA
17
Council. : JUNTA
18
Sharp weapons. : STILETTOS
19
Societies. : ORDERS
21
Jar. : OLLA
22
Letters. : ENS
23
Marshal at Waterloo. : NEY
24
Excels. : SHINES
26
Speck. : MOTE
27
Noun suffixes. : ADES
28
Insect stage. : PUPA
29
Informed: Slang. : HEP
32
Where Malmo is: Abbr. : SWED
33
Place in the headlines. : PANAMA
35
Place in the headlines. : ALABAMA
37
Enumerated. : RECITED
38
Short coats. : TUNICS
39
Emit vapor. : REEK
40
Time units: Abbr. : HRS
41
Irish county. : CORK
42
Authentic. : REAL
43
Granular snow. : FIRN
44
Drowsy one. : NAPPER
46
Brother or sister. : SIB
49
Crete's mountain. : IDA
50
Ballet skirt. : TUTU
51
City on Lake Michigan. : RACINE
53
With exuberance. : RAMPANTLY
56
Delhi's river. : JUMNA
57
Way up. : STAIRCASE
58
Barkley. : ALBEN
59
Touchstone. : TEST
60
Fashionable. : NEW
61
Learns. : HEARS
Down
1
Burgundy city. : DIJON
2
Harden. : INURE
3
Fudge. : CANDY
4
Being: Sp. : ENTE
5
Loved ones. : DEARS
6
___ de deux. : PAS
7
Sang. : INTONED
8
Roman officials. : EDILES
9
Humble abode. : HUT
10
Therapist. : OSTEOPATH
11
Candidate for "What's My Line?" : LIONTAMER
12
Billiard stroke. : MASSE
15
"___ right with the world!" : ALLS
16
Mead. : LEA
20
Early oboes. : SHAWMS
25
Thought. : IDEA
26
Veteran actor. : MUNI
28
Stuff. : PACK
29
Busby. : HAT
30
Make clear. : ELUCIDATE
31
Certain pictures. : PANORAMAS
32
Kind of coat. : SACK
33
KP implement. : PEELER
34
Newspaper items. : ADS
36
Socket for the mouthpiece of a clarinet. : BIRN
37
Gather. : REAP
39
Rebuff. : REPULSE
42
Palm. : RATTAN
43
Principal. : FIRST
44
Now: Lat. : NUNC
45
Potentate. : RAJAH
46
Lion. : SIMBA
47
Secret. : INNER
48
Baked dish. : BEANS
50
Seaman. : TAR
52
Diminutive suffix. : CULE
54
Trap. : PIT
55
Evergreen tree. : YEW
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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