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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, August 31, 1981

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B H J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 17.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,619
Across
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Weight allowance : TARE
5
Fen plant : REED
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Surrealist painter : DALI
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Persian poet : OMAR
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Drying device : AIRER
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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Hopper was one : GOSSIPCOLUMNIST
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Slanders : ASPERSES
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Santa ___ Race Track : ANITA
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Poetic contraction : OER
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Get along : FARE
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Rejects with contempt : SPURNS
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Fine fur : MINK
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Fruit seed : PIP
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Siberian stream : LENA
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___ Island, Canada : PELEE
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Epoch : ERA
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William Allen White was one : EDITORIALWRITER
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Corrode : EAT
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Dwarfish : RUNTY
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National League team : NINE
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Work busily : PLY
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Black : INKY
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Turned over : CANTED
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Payments to psychiatrists : FEES
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O.T. book : LAM
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City NW of Genoa : TURIN
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Lake Michigan port and resort : MANISTEE
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Grantland Rice et al. : SPORTSREPORTERS
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Tiny bit : ATOM
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Poet who married Thomas Mann's daughter : AUDEN
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Eagerly expectant : ATIP
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Ancient city : ROMA
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Strip : PEEL
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Disown : DENY
Down
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Clothing for Cassius : TOGA
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Disney's inventive mouse : AMOS
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Carpentry tool : RASP
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Kitchen utensil : RICER
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Olympian lad : EROS
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Wriggly swimmer : EEL
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Actress Joanne : DRU
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Metaphysical poet : DONNE
10
Others, to Ovid : ALII
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Register : LIST
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Greek letter : IOTA
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Church sections : APSES
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Shipment to Pittsburgh : IRON
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"Little Miss ___," Shirley Temple film : MARKER
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Derby entry : FILLY
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Again : ANEW
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Rest : SLEEP
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Cycle : PEDAL
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Singleness : UNITY
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Sinking ship's deserter : RAT
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Having substance : MEATY
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___ four (small cake) : PETIT
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" ... Alice Blue Gown" musical : IRENE
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Reduced : PARED
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Showy flowers : PINKS
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Global area : ORIENT
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Old Norse poem : RUNE
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Tourist haven : INN
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Church law : CANON
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Eastern notable : AMIR
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Terra ___ : FIRMA
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Garment part : LAPEL
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Autocrat : TSAR
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___ snuff (satisfactory) : UPTO
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Follower of ball or sun : ROOM
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Ancient Asian : MEDE
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South African native village : STAD
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Cécile's cranium : TETE
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Where Tralee is : ERIN
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Spot : ESPY
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A sugar source : SAP
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___ anemone (perennial plant) : RUE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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