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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, August 13, 1979

66-Across : Poetry Muse

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,870
Across
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"Tell it not in ___" : GATH
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Defeat : WORST
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Flower or river follower : BED
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South Seas novel : OMOO
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As ___ (usually) : ARULE
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Barcelona bull : TORO
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Sign of pity or fear : LUMPINTHETHROAT
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Liberates : FREES
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What casts do : REHEARSE
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Lacking brightness : DRAB
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Van Buren had but one : TERM
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Ginger : PEP
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Burroughs beasts : APES
30
Eliot classic: 1863 : ROMOLA
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Beverage : ALE
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City in 7 Down : ESSEN
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Always : EVER
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Terrify : CURDLEONESBLOOD
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Entertainer Adams : EDIE
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"Annie Hall," for one : MOVIE
44
Chemical suffix : INE
45
She wrote "Bad Girl" : DELMAR
48
Jewelry item : RING
49
Place to hole up : DEN
50
Arabian sultanate : OMAN
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If ___ be : NEED
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Small dogs : SCOTTIES
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Oil centeer : TULSA
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Looks lovingly : MAKESSHEEPSEYES
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Roman writer : OVID
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Poetry Muse : ERATO
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Kind of toad or frog : TREE
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"___ whiz!" : GEE
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Stupid one : DUNCE
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Immunizing agents : SERA
Down
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"A good walk spoiled": Twain : GOLF
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Asian river : AMUR
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"It's Greek ___!" : TOME
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Was optimistic : HOPED
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Lacking force or color : WAN
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Women's group sponsoring voc. ed. : ORT
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Rhine region : RUHR
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Weather word : SLEET
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Fasten : TETHER
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Uncouth chap : BOOR
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Periods : ERAS
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Be overly fond : DOTE
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Impede or confine : TRAMMEL
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Lebanon's southern neighbor : ISRAEL
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Leander's lass : HERO
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Recess in a cathedral : APSE
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Twiggy broom : BESOM
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Walked like an expectant father : PACED
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Baffle : ELUDE
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What the fearless face without flinching : PERIL
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Man from Morelos : SENOR
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Egg-shaped : OVOID
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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English forest : ARDEN
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"The Rosary" composer : NEVIN
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Kicked downstairs : DEMOTED
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Mathematical ratio : SINE
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Causes to exist : BEGETS
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Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
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Like a dais or podium : RAISED
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Mrs. Gandhi's father : NEHRU
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Concert numbers : DUETS
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Urban problem : SMOG
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The Blue Grotto, at Capri : CAVE
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Wandering worker of the bad old days : OKIE
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O'Casey or O'Faoláin : SEAN
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Music maker that doesn't sound true : LYRE
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Farsighted fellow : SEER
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On the deep : ASEA
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Common abbr. : ETC
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"Ulalume" poet : POE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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