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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, July 18, 1978

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.8
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,566
Across
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Where Anna taught : SIAM
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Singer Diana : ROSS
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Jazz music : BOP
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Taj Mahal's city : AGRA
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Works on galleys : EDITS
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Utah lily : SEGO
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Actress Nettleton : LOIS
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"Sunny" composer : JEROMEKERN
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Calais cup : TASSE
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Like a Sousa march : SPIRITED
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Emulate Dürer : ETCH
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Excitement : STIR
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Musical works : SONATAS
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Rope limiting a cow's scope : TETHER
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Unser or A.J. Foyt : RACER
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Brake parts : SHOES
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Possibly the world's most famous man : ALI
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Smell ___ (be leery) : ARAT
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Man from Madras or Malaya : ASIAN
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Word with bob or dog : SLED
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"For Me and My ___" : GAL
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Show disdain : SNORT
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Donne's gift to posterity : POEMS
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Like an arcade : SHADED
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Italian soprano : TEBALDI
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San Diego Symphony conductor : EROS
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Sodium soap : SAPO
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Hindered : DETERRED
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Diplomatic attire : TAILS
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Swedish singer-actress : ANNMARGRET
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Stream deposit : SILT
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Old coins of France : SOUS
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Flavoring for ouzo : ANISE
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Musical group : TRIO
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Presidential monogram : HST
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Unfold, as a rose : OPEN
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Surfeit : SATE
Down
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Song heroine : SAL
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Diva's song : ARIA
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"Manon" composer : MASSENET
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Turn down : REJECT
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Literary form : ODE
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Letter opener : SIRS
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Organ parts : STOPS
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Sugar source : BEET
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Monster : OGRE
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Duck's milieu : POND
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Very much in love : SMITTEN
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Dirndl : SKIRT
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Extinct tribe : ERIES
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Streisand or Sills : STAR
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Actress Signe : HASSO
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Singer Vaughan : SARAH
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City in Florida : OCALA
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Guayabera : SHIRT
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Summoned to court : HALED
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Fragrant oleoresin : ELEMI
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Frees from : RIDS
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Plays like Alexander's band : RAGS
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Author Joyce Carol : OATES
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Pyrenees republic : ANDORRA
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Featured choristers : SOLOISTS
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Snout of a sawfish : SERRA
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Haydn's nickname : PAPA
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Composer Taylor : DEEMS
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___ down (make secure) : BATTEN
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Musical sign : SEGNO
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Go swiftly : DASH
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Biblical oldster : ENOS
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Carpenter's item : TNUT
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Trickle : DRIP
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Money in Modena : LIRA
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Kind of trench or lamp : SLIT
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Compass point : ESE
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Italian region : TOE

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

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