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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 10, 1977

3-Down : Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield"

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.0
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Error in 58-Across clue — contralto is actually the lowest female voice; left as in original.

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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,224
Across
1
Bumpkin : CLOD
5
Chief aquatic plant life : ALGAE
10
Dip and throw : BAIL
14
Author of "The Man Without a Country" : HALE
15
Swindle : GOUGE
16
Noun suffix : ENCE
17
Eagerly expectant : ATIP
18
Nazi's "Nordic" : ARYAN
19
Porch in Athens : STOA
20
Went round and round : REVOLVED
22
Dos Passos and Steinbeck : JOHNS
23
Canal in a song : ERIE
24
Nanook of the North : ESKIMO
27
Magna ___ : CARTA
29
Covering at Camelot : MAIL
30
Digits: Abbr. : NOS
33
He wrote "Ragged Dick" : ALGER
34
Besmirch : TAINT
35
Kennel sound : YIP
36
Plumlike fruit : SLOE
37
Lump : CHUNK
38
Normandy town : STLO
39
___ Aviv : TEL
40
"Washington ___ here" : SLEPT
41
Proofreading mark : CARET
42
Sinclair's "World's ___" : END
43
Scene in Margaret Mitchell's book : TARA
44
At that time: Fr. : ALORS
45
"The ___ of night ... ": Longfellow : SHADES
47
"___ M for Murder" : DIAL
48
Arthur Miller hero : LOMAN
50
Pins on record players : SPINDLES
54
Site of first Olympic games : ELIS
55
In any way : ATALL
57
Tree trunk : BOLE
58
Lowest female voice : ALTO
59
Kind of code or colony : PENAL
60
Church section : APSE
61
Author of "The Boys of Summer" : KAHN
62
Cheap; vulgar : TATTY
63
Pearl Buck's "The Living ___" : REED
Down
1
Scorch : CHAR
2
"The ___ George Apley" : LATE
3
Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" : OLIVERGOLDSMITH
4
Banished one : DEPORTEE
5
Desert plant : AGAVE
6
Knowledge : LORE
7
French author ("The Necklace") : GUYDEMAUPASSANT
8
Turkish title : AGA
9
Yet, to Shakespeare : EEN
10
Twig broom : BESOM
11
Victorian novelist ("Barchester Towers") : ANTHONYTROLLOPE
12
Church item : ICON
13
Farmlands : LEAS
21
Munchausen, e.g. : LIAR
22
Cast off a lover : JILT
25
Author ___-Exupéry : SAINT
26
Possibly a pain in the neck : KINK
27
Brahman or Sudra : CASTE
28
Poet Ginsberg : ALLEN
31
Engine tender : OILER
32
What leopards can't alter : SPOTS
34
"Hey ___" (1954 song) : THERE
37
Attired : CLAD
38
Do-it-yourself cafe area : SALADBAR
40
Kowalski in "Streetcar ... " : STAN
41
Mildred Pierce's creator : CAIN
46
Is wearing : HASON
47
Lalapalooza : DILLY
48
Security breach : LEAK
49
Stewpot : OLLA
51
Map of a town : PLAT
52
Differently : ELSE
53
Pearl Buck's "Dragon ___" : SEED
55
Like a quick study : APT
56
"___ and Sympathy" : TEA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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