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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, August 11, 1980

5-Down : African V.I.P.

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 23.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,234
Across
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Truck part : CAB
4
John Wayne type : HEMAN
9
Slight : SLIM
13
Woeful word : ALAS
15
Pal from Ponce : AMIGO
16
Present : POSE
17
Marry : MATE
18
Helmet part : VISOR
19
Actor's ambition : ROLE
20
Seaver, Guidry et al. : PITCHERS
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Enjoyed : LIKED
23
French cathedral town : LAON
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"Mood ___," 1931 song : INDIGO
27
Dishes out dough : SPENDS
29
Possessive : OURS
30
City on the Danube : ULM
33
Casper's wife in old comics : TOOTS
34
Available : ONTAP
35
Light meal, in London : TEA
36
Tolkien creature : ELF
37
Bluish-gray : SLATY
38
Isle of ___ : MAN
39
Immie : MIB
40
One of Oberon's subjects : FAIRY
41
Day laborers : PEONS
43
Worthless thing : SOU
44
Roman historian : LIVY
45
Read : PERUSE
46
Dock device : LOADER
48
Merit : EARN
49
Chair part : SPLAT
51
Was repetitious : ITERATED
55
___ de combat : HORS
56
Trooper's beam : RADAR
58
Designate : NAME
59
Malarial fever : AGUE
60
Aspect : ANGLE
61
Sop to Ma Bell : DIME
62
Belgian city : MONS
63
Stable occupant : STEED
64
Be off guard : NAP
Down
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Military abode : CAMP
2
Half the name of a game : ALAI
3
Civil War engagement : BATTLEOFBULLRUN
4
Places of refuge : HAVENS
5
African V.I.P. : EMIR
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Civil War engagement : MISSIONARYRIDGE
7
Past : AGO
8
Conjunction : NOR
9
Stripling : SPRIG
10
Civil War engagement : LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN
11
Map marking : ISLE
12
Reward, in poesy : MEED
14
Intersecting line, to a geometer : SECANT
21
Coal scuttles : HODS
22
Speak imperfectly : LISP
25
Like a kook : NUTTY
26
Low cart : DRAY
27
Checks : STEMS
28
Ailment suffered by F.D.R. : POLIO
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Inclines : LEANS
32
Parson's residence : MANSE
34
Shade of green : OLIVE
37
Port ___, Egypt : SAID
40
"Tortilla ___" : FLAT
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Orchard product : PEAR
42
Mission for Mom : ERRAND
45
Took a look : PEERED
47
Saharan spots : OASES
49
Pretend : SHAM
50
Comic-strip hero : POGO
52
Narrative : TALE
53
Jane Austen novel : EMMA
54
Profound : DEEP
56
Abyssinian title : RAS
57
Tiny colonist : ANT

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