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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, June 2, 1980

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,164
Across
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Fraud : SHAM
5
Bitter : ACRID
10
Astringent : ALUM
14
Hebrides island : IONA
15
Patriot of '76 : PAINE
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Mediocre : SOSO
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Impending disaster : SWORDOFDAMOCLES
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Boiling : ENRAGED
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Take it easy : COAST
22
Angers : IRES
23
Author Harte : BRET
25
Delight : ELATE
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___ chops : VEAL
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Algonquian : SAC
31
Game animal : STAG
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De ___ (in reality) : FACTO
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Bear or Lion : PRO
34
Fictional trio : THREEMUSKETEERS
38
Become weaker : LAG
39
Meddlesome : NOSEY
40
In apple pie order : NEAT
41
Folding-money item : ONE
42
Hutch dwellers : DOES
43
Comrade : BUDDY
45
Ringlet : CURL
46
Without defects : PURE
47
Search carefully : SCOUR
50
___ hunters : BARGAIN
53
Acted threateningly : LOOKEDDAGGERSAT
57
Cutting tool : ADZE
58
Of the ear : AURAL
59
Sailors' saint : ELMO
60
Work sessions : BEES
61
Metaphysical poet : DONNE
62
Consider : DEEM
Down
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Family member : SIS
2
Sewing-machine inventor : HOWE
3
Presently : ANON
4
Mozart's "The ___ of Figaro" : MARRIAGE
5
Peak : APOGEE
6
Tourists' meccas : CAFES
7
Lorna's John ___ : RIDD
8
Wycherley's "Love ___ Wood" : INA
9
Carter or Kennedy: Abbr. : DEM
10
Necktie : ASCOT
11
Montez or Albright : LOLA
12
Treats : USES
13
Nearly all : MOST
18
Bolt : DART
19
Fierce feline : OCELOT
23
Thackeray heroine : BECKY
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Be worthy of : RATE
25
Edith Wharton hero : ETHAN
26
Capacious : LARGE
27
Potiches : VASES
28
Kind of trap : SPEED
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Formation : ARRAY
30
Expense : COST
31
Norman town : STLO
32
___ oil (a source of alcohol) : FUSEL
35
Keep on : ENDURE
36
Wasteland tract : MOOR
37
Inspired affection : ENDEARED
43
Rob : BURGLE
44
Impulse : URGE
45
Gherkins, colloquially : CUKES
46
"___ Love Song" : PAGAN
47
Place for a pitcher's toe : SLAB
48
___ of laws : CODE
49
Trickle : OOZE
50
Storage structure : BARN
51
Map marking : ISLE
52
Designate : NAME
54
Mom's man : DAD
55
Brace : DUO
56
Male animal : TOM

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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