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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, July 6, 1962
5-Down : Herb genus.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 G | 2 L | 3 A | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 A | 8 T | 9 T | 10 A | 11 I | 12 L | |||
13 B | R | O | N | T | E | 14 O | L | E | A | N | D | E | 15 R |
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16 R | E | I | N | E | D | 17 M | I | N | U | T | I | A | E |
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18 E | A | T | 19 P | U | 20 G | 21 S | O | T | 22 O | D | A |
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23 S | T | E | 24 W | 25 M | O | 26 T | O | R | 27 S | T | E | T |
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28 T | E | R | R | 29 A | 30 B | A | N | 31 B | A | S | R | A |
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32 S | E | E | D | 33 P | O | D | 34 F | A | N | |||||
35 T | R | A | D | E | S | 36 T | I | N | D | 37 E | 38 R | |||
39 K | E | W | 40 P | A | R | A | B | L | E | |||||
41 L | 42 A | 43 G | E | R | 44 C | O | G | 45 L | A | S | T | 46 S |
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47 A | C | E | D | 48 C | U | T | U | 49 P | 50 G | I | R | L |
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51 B | U | N | 52 B | U | T | 53 S | A | 54 M | 55 N | E | A |
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56 O | M | E | 57 L | E | T | T | 58 E | 59 S | I | 60 L | O | A | M |
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61 R | E | V | E | R | I | E | S | 62 H | E | A | R | T | S |
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63 N | A | G | G | E | R | S | 64 A | N | D | E | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,739
Across
1
Building material. : GLASS
6
Marsh plant. : CATTAIL
13
Noted novelist. : BRONTE
14
Evergreen shrub. : OLEANDER
16
Checked. : REINED
17
Trifling details. : MINUTIAE
18
Use as food. : EAT
19
Small canine. : PUG
21
Stubborn: Dial. : SOT
22
Harem room. : ODA
23
Meat dish. : STEW
25
Car. : MOTOR
27
Printing term. : STET
28
___ cotta. : TERRA
30
Forbid. : BAN
31
Shatt-el-Arab port. : BASRA
32
Legume. : SEEDPOD
34
Hot weather need. : FAN
35
Certain winds. : TRADES
36
Flammable material. : TINDER
39
It "isn't far from London!" : KEW
40
Type of story. : PARABLE
41
Brewery product. : LAGER
44
Machine part. : COG
45
Holds out. : LASTS
47
Made a tennis point. : ACED
48
Show-off. : CUTUP
50
Drum majorette. : GIRL
51
Bakery item. : BUN
52
Conjunction. : BUT
53
___ Hill. : SAM
55
Schoolmen's group. : NEA
56
Menu item. : OMELETTE
59
Biblical pool. : SILOAM
61
Brown studies. : REVERIES
62
Suit. : HEARTS
63
Annoying ones. : NAGGERS
64
Mighty range. : ANDES
Down
1
Most noble. : GREATEST
2
Slow man. : LOITERER
3
New England cape. : ANN
4
Procedure. : STEP
5
Herb genus. : SEDUM
6
Navy man: Abbr. : COM
7
Chaucer character. : ALISON
8
Concert performer. : TENOR
9
Not slack. : TAUT
10
Leaf cutter. : ANT
11
"___ Delight." : IDIOTS
12
Editorial article. : LEADER
13
French seaport. : BREST
15
Lariat: Sp. : REATA
20
Photographers' screens. : GOBOS
24
Gave vent to. : WREAKED
26
Child. : TAD
27
Ballast article. : SANDBAG
29
Reptile. : ADDER
31
Flat. : BANAL
33
Bench. : PEW
34
Tree. : FIR
36
Toledo's river. : TAGUS
37
"Hamlet" locale. : ELSINORE
38
Periods of seclusion. : RETREATS
40
Shoot: Colloq. : POT
41
Important economic group. : LABOR
42
Perspicacity. : ACUMEN
43
Scene of nuclear test ban talks. : GENEVA
44
Sailing vessel. : CUTTER
46
Hits hard. : SLAMS
48
Attractive girl: Slang. : CUTIE
49
Oriental title. : PASHA
52
Part of a glacier. : BERG
54
Air. : MIEN
57
Shank. : LEG
58
Letter. : ESS
60
Young man. : LAD
Answer summary:
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