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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, March 19, 1979

44-Down : Tool for trimming trees

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,723
Across
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Man from Jidda : ARAB
5
Roman raiment : TOGAS
10
Irish seaport : COBH
14
Ear part : LOBE
15
End : OMEGA
16
Region : AREA
17
Milne bear : POOH
18
Of wheels : ROTAL
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Place to go barefoot : PARK
20
Playing card : TWOSPOT
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English poet 1573-1631 : DONNE
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Author Pierre ___: 1850-1923 : LOTI
24
Woodshed comeuppance : HIDING
27
Wearing gauntlets : GLOVED
29
Harrow's rival : ETON
30
Grow weaker : EBB
33
Cell occupant : LIFER
34
Wild goose : BRANT
35
Brother : FRA
36
Spark streams : ARCS
37
Freshwater ducks : TEALS
38
J.E.C., for instance : PRES
39
Stadium sound : RAH
40
Timorous person : SISSY
41
Coffee ___ : BREAK
42
Compass point : ESE
43
At the summit : ATOP
44
Introductions : PROEMS
45
Attack again from the air : REBOMB
47
Namath's last team : RAMS
48
Pimlico performer : HORSE
50
Very learned : ERUDITE
53
Came to rest : ALIT
54
Kitchen garb : APRON
56
Chalcedony : SARD
58
Decamp : FLEE
59
Western writer: 1836-1902 : HARTE
60
Vicious volcano : ETNA
61
News service : TASS
62
Less forthright : SLYER
63
Consider : DEEM
Down
1
One of the Pennines : ALP
2
Source : ROOT
3
Songwriter's definition of life: 1931 : ABOWLOFCHERRIES
4
Is necessary for : BEHOOVES
5
Sluggish : TORPID
6
South Seas novel : OMOO
7
Receive a Bronx cheer : GETTHERASPBERRY
8
Turkish title : AGA
9
Chemical salt : SAL
10
Type of chicken or rabbit : CAPON
11
Boer republic: 1854-1900 : ORANGEFREESTATE
12
City between Zurich and Lausanne : BERN
13
Codlike fish : HAKE
21
Suffix with tap or team : STER
22
Force : DINT
25
Where the Adige flows : ITALY
26
Spanish notables : DONS
27
Show anger : GLARE
28
Money in Ankara : LIRAS
31
Golden shiner : BREAM
32
Luxuriates : BASKS
34
Twiggy broom : BESOM
37
Serbians' leader : TITO
38
Gave great expectations : PROMISED
40
"Quien ___?" : SABE
41
Carpentry item : BRAD
44
Tool for trimming trees : PRUNER
46
Creator of the Moffats : ESTES
48
Sword section : HAFT
49
Stewpot : OLLA
51
Set system : ROTE
52
Bald eagle's relative : ERNE
54
Exclamations : AHS
55
"___ Joey" : PAL
57
Hungry Horse, e.g. : DAM

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

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