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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Thursday, March 13, 1958
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 S | 2 M | 3 A | 4 S | 5 H | 6 R | 7 O | 8 A | 9 M | 10 E | 11 R | 12 S | |||
13 L | A | N | C | E | 14 O | K | L | A | H | O | M | 15 A |
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16 F | E | N | I | A | N | 17 M | A | I | N | S | A | I | L |
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18 R | E | I | 19 R | I | 20 A | 21 P | A | Y | 22 S | T | U |
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23 A | P | T | 24 C | E | L | 25 T | I | S | 26 S | T | E | M |
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27 N | I | O | 28 B | E | 29 O | H | S | 30 B | A | S | S | |||
31 C | E | B | U | 32 Y | O | U | 33 S | O | L | |||||
34 O | R | A | N | 35 G | E | F | R | 36 E | E | S | T | 37 A | 38 T | 39 E |
40 G | I | N | 41 B | A | A | 42 E | V | E | N |
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43 D | 44 O | L | L | 45 G | E | M | 46 A | N | E | N | T |
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47 D | U | C | E | 48 D | U | R | O | 49 C | S | 50 M | A | R |
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51 I | C | E | 52 E | R | N | 53 N | O | T | 54 A | C | E |
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55 P | A | L | 56 A | T | I | N | 57 E | 58 M | E | 59 R | R | I | E |
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60 S | T | O | P | O | V | E | R | 61 T | R | A | I | T | ||
62 S | T | O | N | E | R | S | 63 E | S | S | A | Y |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,180
Across
1
Tennis stroke. : SMASH
6
Footloose people. : ROAMERS
13
Weapon. : LANCE
14
Perennial stage hit. : OKLAHOMA
16
Legendary Irish warrior. : FENIAN
17
Canvas. : MAINSAIL
18
___ publicae (in matters of state): Lat. : REI
19
Inlet. : RIA
21
Yield as a return. : PAY
22
Sen. Symington. : STU
23
Fitting. : APT
24
Genus of trees, the hackberries. : CELTIS
26
Bow. : STEM
27
She's "all tears." : NIOBE
29
Exclamations. : OHS
30
Perchlike fish. : BASS
31
Philippine island. : CEBU
32
Pronoun. : YOU
33
Old ___. : SOL
34
Part of U.S.A. : ORANGEFREESTATE
40
Card game. : GIN
41
Cote sound. : BAA
42
Uniform. : EVEN
43
Put on best clothes (with "up"). : DOLL
45
Muffin. : GEM
46
Concerning. : ANENT
47
Dictator's title. : DUCE
48
Large red hogs. : DUROCS
50
Calendar abbreviation. : MAR
51
Dessert. : ICE
52
Water bird. : ERN
53
Negative. : NOT
54
Playing card. : ACE
55
One of the seven hills of Rome. : PALATINE
58
___ England. : MERRIE
60
Traveler's option. : STOPOVER
61
Quality of personality. : TRAIT
62
Pitters. : STONERS
63
Attempt. : ESSAY
Down
1
Less active. : SLEEPIER
2
Where Winnipeg is. : MANITOBA
3
Blackbird. : ANI
4
Hard to get. : SCARCE
5
Norwegian performer. : HENIE
6
Gypsy. : ROM
7
African animals. : OKAPIS
8
Rogue's gallery item. : ALIAS
9
Numerous. : MANY
10
Sounds of inquiry. : EHS
11
Makes fun of: Colloq. : ROASTS
12
Hits hard. : SMITES
15
Ingredient in dyes. : ALUM
16
El Caudillo. : FRANCO
20
Indifferent. : ALOOF
25
Contemporary fabulist. : THURBER
26
He wrote "Bambi." : SALTEN
28
Do clumsily. : BUNGLE
30
Genus of cattle. : BOS
32
Money in Japan. : YEN
33
Vast amount. : SEA
35
"___ Blas." : GIL
36
Statesman de Valera. : EAMON
37
Prayer. : AVEMARIA
38
Persistence. : TENACITY
39
Menu item. : ENTREE
43
Tickets: Slang. : DUCATS
44
Large cat. : OCELOT
45
Fighter plane crewman. : GUNNER
46
Flowering plants. : ASTERS
47
Slight hollows. : DIPS
48
Hit hard and fast. : DRIVE
49
Earl: Fr. : COMTE
52
Harrow's rival. : ETON
56
Mailing address. : APO
57
Common suffixes. : ERS
59
Short-napped fabric. : RAS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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