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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, June 7, 1976

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 49.9
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,795
Across
1
Lost in delight : RAPT
5
Reproach : BLAME
10
Box : SPAR
14
Ailment : AGUE
15
Send money : REMIT
16
Roman measure : URNA
17
Give a lick and a promise : HITTHEHIGHSPOTS
20
Michigan canals : SOO
21
Sharif : OMAR
22
Titter : TEHEE
23
One who specifies : NAMER
25
Moslem beauty : HOURI
27
___ Seas : SEVEN
28
Complain : CARP
29
Ash product : BAT
32
Blends : FUSES
33
Boat for Cleo : BARGE
34
Cretan peak : IDA
35
Blockheads : OAFS
36
"St. Louis Blues" composer : HANDY
37
Traffic sign : STOP
38
Roman 56 : LVI
39
Stale : MOLDY
40
African fight site for Ali : ZAIRE
41
Private room : DEN
42
Black : INKY
43
Succeed : GETON
44
Sea-lane hazards : GALES
46
African country : GABON
47
Palm tree : ARECA
49
Water bird : ERNE
50
Hunter : TAB
53
Bonnie and Clyde, e.g. : PARTNERSINCRIME
57
Bacchanal cry : EVOE
58
Western city : BUTTE
59
Big birds : EMUS
60
Split : REND
61
French port : BREST
62
Impudent : PERT
Down
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Rooters' sounds : RAHS
2
Exchange premium : AGIO
3
Pinpoint : PUTONESFINGERON
4
Hanoi holiday : TET
5
German port : BREMEN
6
Operetta composer : LEHAR
7
Eastern prince : AMIR
8
Russian plane : MIG
9
Biblical verb ending : ETH
10
Great! : SUPER
11
Dry spell : PROHIBITIONTIME
12
Kind of room : ANTE
13
Destroy: Var. : RASE
18
Returns, as a pigeon : HOMES
19
Nitwit : STUPE
24
Birds' class : AVES
25
English novelist : HARDY
26
Drunken revel : ORGY
27
Smoothly polite : SUAVE
28
___ canes : CANDY
30
Deck : ADORN
31
Record : TAPE
32
"Do not ___, spindle or ... " : FOLD
33
Pitching infractions : BALKS
36
Sharpen : HONE
37
Japanese statesman : SATO
39
European city : MILAN
40
Sailing vessel: Var. : ZEBEC
43
Sea bird : GANNET
45
Behaved : ACTED
46
Dixie fare : GRITS
47
Copycat : APER
48
Blow one's top : RAVE
49
Italian family : ESTE
51
Asian river : AMUR
52
Foot to put forward : BEST
54
Recede : EBB
55
Capek classic : RUR
56
Twilled fabric : REP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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