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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 1957
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 B | 2 I | 3 S | 4 H | 5 O | 6 P | 7 A | 8 R | 9 T | 10 I | 11 S | 12 A | 13 N | ||
14 E | N | T | I | R | E | 15 F | A | U | L | K | N | E | 16 R |
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17 T | R | A | D | E | R | 18 A | N | T | E | A | T | E | R |
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19 S | E | R | E | 20 S | 21 U | R | D | 22 L | I | D | S |
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23 A | 24 V | O | N | 25 S | 26 O | D | ||||||||
27 R | 28 E | 29 D | W | I | N | G | 30 M | A | N | S | 31 A | 32 R | 33 D |
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34 A | R | I | A | S | 35 U | 36 S | A | G | E | 37 G | O | A |
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38 P | O | N | Y | 39 G | E | E | S | E | 40 L | I | M | N |
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41 I | D | E | 42 M | A | N | E | T | 43 D | O | N | A | S |
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44 D | E | S | 45 C | A | N | T | 46 E | 47 P | E | R | G | N | E |
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48 H | O | G | 49 R | U | E | D | ||||||||
50 H | 51 A | 52 H | A | 53 B | 54 E | S | T | 55 S | 56 W | 57 I | 58 M |
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59 O | P | E | R | 60 A | 61 H | A | T | 62 T | 63 A | H | I | T | I |
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64 B | E | R | T | L | A | H | R | 65 E | D | I | L | E | S |
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66 D | E | S | T | I | N | E | 67 R | O | P | E | R | S |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,955
Across
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Current best-seller nonfiction author. : BISHOP
7
Workman. : ARTISAN
14
Unimpaired. : ENTIRE
15
Noted novelist. : FAULKNER
17
Frontier merchant. : TRADER
18
Pangolin. : ANTEATER
19
Withered. : SERE
20
Quantity inexpressible in whole numbers. : SURD
22
Covers. : LIDS
23
Where the Bard boated. : AVON
25
Turf. : SOD
27
City on Upper Mississippi River. : REDWING
30
Type of roof. : MANSARD
34
Musical compositions. : ARIAS
35
Long-continued practice. : USAGE
37
Portuguese area in India. : GOA
38
Latin scholar's helper. : PONY
39
Barnyard fowls. : GEESE
40
Portray. : LIMN
41
Cyprinoid fish. : IDE
42
French painter. : MANET
43
Ladies of Lisbon. : DONAS
44
Talk at length. : DESCANT
46
Centerpiece. : EPERGNE
48
Farm animal. : HOG
49
Repented. : RUED
50
Laughing sound. : HAHA
53
Utmost. : BEST
55
In the ___ (in the current state of affairs). : SWIM
59
Headwear. : OPERAHAT
62
Where Paul Gauguin painted. : TAHITI
64
Current comedian. : BERTLAHR
65
Caesar's magistrates. : EDILES
66
Predetermine. : DESTINE
67
Cowboys. : ROPERS
Down
1
Stakes. : BETS
2
Concerning. : INRE
3
Be prominent. : STAR
4
Fugitive. : HIDEAWAY
5
Mesabi Range product. : ORE
6
Human being. : PERSON
7
Distant. : AFAR
8
South African diamond area (with "The"). : RAND
9
Word of rebuke. : TUT
10
___ de France. : ILE
11
Old Norse singers. : SKALDS
12
Contrary fellow. : ANTI
13
Exigency. : NEED
16
Transportation media: Abbr. : RRS
21
Salve. : UNGUENT
24
Force. : VIS
25
Eminent in wisdom. : SAGE
26
Number. : ONE
27
Fleet. : RAPID
28
Eat into. : ERODE
29
Has a meal. : DINES
30
Great artists. : MASTERS
31
Advancing in years. : AGING
32
Type of nose. : ROMAN
33
Valse. : DANSE
36
Comprehend. : SEE
39
Lawless group. : GANG
40
Authority. : LORDSHIP
42
Far East name. : MAO
43
English river. : DEE
45
Records. : CHARTS
47
Golf club. : PUTTER
50
Ledge at back of a fireplace. : HOB
51
Imitated. : APED
52
There's companion. : HERE
53
Road: Ger. : BAHN
54
Raison d'___. : ETRE
56
Subtle trickery. : WILE
57
Relative of the Appian Way. : ITER
58
Title. : MISS
60
Height: Abbr. : ALT
61
"Bali ___," from "South Pacific." : HAI
63
Bustle. : ADO
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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