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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, May 15, 1962

16-Across : Wind instrument.

Author:
H. R. Baraboo
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 62.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. R. Baraboo is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,687
Across
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Popular garment. : SLACKS
7
Trumpet sounds. : BLASTS
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Done with great effort. : LABORED
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Pacific seal. : SEALION
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Wind instrument. : OCARINA
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Italian seaport. : TARANTO
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Baltic country: Abbr. : POL
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___ dance (explanation of sorts). : SONGAND
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Pullman. : CAR
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Sufficient: Poet. : ENOW
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Brawls. : RIOTS
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Trapping trophy. : PELT
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Feasts. : DINES
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Italy's tip. : TOE
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Long-eared animals. : HARES
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Indonesian island. : CELEBES
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Displayed. : AIRED
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Fragments of unfinished business. : LOOSEENDS
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___ belli. : CASUS
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Cotton fabrics. : SATEENS
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Afghanistan's capital. : KABUL
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Rights: Abbr. : RTS
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Contemporary pact. : SEATO
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On tiptoe. : ATIP
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Ovid, for example. : POETA
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Titled ones. : SIRS
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Chemical prefix. : TOL
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Children's wear. : ROMPERS
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Clock dial number. : VII
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Spring bloom. : ANEMONE
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Lighten. : RELIEVE
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Tasso hero. : RINALDO
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Scurry about. : SCUTTER
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Affected demonstrations. : SCENES
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Far East princes. : AMEERS
Down
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Inclined. : SLOPED
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Concise. : LACONIC
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Gastropod mollusk. : ABALONE
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Heart: Anat. : COR
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Malay dagger: Var. : KRIS
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Tampico title. : SENOR
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Vegetables. : BEANS
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Enrich. : LARD
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Winglike part. : ALA
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Faithful. : SINCERE
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Added. : TOTALED
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Equine sounds. : SNORTS
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Biblical tribe. : DANITES
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Alaska or Hawaii. : STATE
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March. : GOOSESTEP
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Gushes. : WELLSUP
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Fire worshippers. : PARSEES
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Asian capital. : SEOUL
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Masks. : HIDES
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Cattle genus. : BOS
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Insect. : ANT
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Certain winds. : EASTERS
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Austere, in Roman style. : CATONIC
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Texas city. : ABILENE
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Artlessness. : NAIVETE
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Contender. : STRIVER
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Indian daggers. : KATARS
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Mercutio's friend. : ROMEO
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Willows. : OSIERS
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Bodies of water. : PONDS
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Palm tree. : ARECA
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Ingenue, for one. : ROLE
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Urban problem. : SLUM
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Slangy exclamation. : MAN
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Noun suffix. : ITE

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

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