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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, August 20, 1979

16-Across : "The Story of ___ Boy": Aldrich

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 Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,877
Across
1
Beach near Venice : LIDO
5
Rocky slope : TALUS
10
Nautical officer : MATE
14
Man from Jiddah : ARAB
15
End : OMEGA
16
"The Story of ___ Boy": Aldrich : ABAD
17
For all eternity : WORLDWITHOUTEND
20
"Do the duty which lies ___ thee": Carlyle : NEAREST
21
Alaskan locale : SITKA
22
Sailors : TARS
23
Stupefy : STUN
25
Pigtails : PLAITS
28
Excel : STAR
29
Indian of Iowa or Oklahoma : SAC
32
Of aircraft: Prefix : AERO
33
Seed : SPORE
34
Nabokov heroine : ADA
35
Have great affection for : THINKTHEWORLDOF
39
Young boy : TAD
40
Forsyte bride : IRENE
41
Bern's river : AARE
42
Wrath : IRE
43
___ off (angry) : TEED
44
Hits hard : PASTES
46
Gang or pun follower : STER
47
Unpaid sitter : AUNT
48
Quebec peninsula : GASPE
51
Scattered : STREWED
54
Like "you and me" in a Paul Williams song : AGAINSTTHEWORLD
58
Destroy : RUIN
59
Drives away biddies : SHOOS
60
Split : RIVE
61
"Adam ___" : BEDE
62
Haul over the coals : ROAST
63
Speaker's post : DAIS
Down
1
Burger's forte : LAW
2
Ferrum : IRON
3
Challenge : DARE
4
Sacrifice : OBLATION
5
Rises high : TOWERS
6
Wrong : AMISS
7
Baltic dweller : LETT
8
Reaction to bad taste : UGH
9
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
10
Morning prayer : MATIN
11
Urge on : ABET
12
What Patton often sat in : TANK
13
Icelandic writing : EDDA
18
Mild expletive : DRAT
19
Extortionist of sorts : USURER
23
Creator of Topsy : STOWE
24
Starchy plant : TARO
25
Opera star Adelina : PATTI
26
"Cio-Cio" composer : LEHAR
27
Taken for ___ (done in by the mob) : ARIDE
28
Exhaust : SPEND
29
Camp David conferee in 1978 : SADAT
30
Worship : ADORE
31
"Filling stations" : CAFES
33
Complete : SHEER
36
Young rabbit : KITTEN
37
Hercules'-club is one : TREE
38
The latest, in fashion : LASTWORD
44
" ... a gem of ___ ray serene": Gray : PUREST
45
Again : ANEW
46
Part of a cactus : SPINE
47
A Musketeer : ATHOS
48
Attire : GARB
49
Chills and fever : AGUE
50
Port ___, on the Suez Canal : SAID
51
Greek portico : STOA
52
Assam silkworm : ERIA
53
Half of MCXII : DLVI
55
World-power div. : SSR
56
Le Duc ___ of Hanoi : THO
57
Ecole ___ Beaux-Arts, in Paris : DES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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