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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, August 9, 1957
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.8
Grid has duplicate clues.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 M | 5 F | 6 L | 7 U | 8 T | 9 E | 10 S | 11 L | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 T | A | L | E | 15 B | E | A | R | E | R | 16 T | A | B | U |
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17 A | V | A | G | A | R | D | N | E | R | 18 O | N | E | R |
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19 Y | E | W | 20 B | A | Y | S | 21 O | 22 B | L | A | T | E |
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23 T | E | L | 24 T | R | A | I | T | |||||||
25 S | 26 P | 27 A | R | S | 28 M | 29 A | O | 30 E | D | U | 31 C | 32 E |
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33 A | I | N | U | 34 R | O | L | L | 35 E | R | 36 R | A | W |
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37 B | A | N | E | 38 A | T | O | L | L | 39 I | N | R | E |
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40 E | N | E | 41 S | T | O | N | E | S | 42 R | E | A | R |
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43 R | O | B | 44 O | T | 45 R | E | D | 46 C | A | R | T | S |
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47 A | D | I | 48 O | S | 49 F | A | N | |||||||
50 B | 51 O | X | E | R | S | 52 S | 53 A | A | R | 54 I | 55 L | 56 I |
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57 A | N | T | S | 58 C | 59 O | A | G | U | L | 60 A | T | E | D |
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61 I | C | E | S | 62 A | R | L | E | N | E | D | A | H | L |
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63 T | A | R | A | 64 R | E | E | D | S | 65 A | L | I | E |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,964
Across
1
Feign. : SHAM
5
Musical instrument. : FLUTE
10
Direct insult. : SLAP
14
Gossip. : TALEBEARER
16
Forbidden. : TABU
17
Hollywood actress. : AVAGARDNER
18
Unique thing: Slang. : ONER
19
Tree. : YEW
20
Trees. : BAYS
21
Flattened at the poles. : OBLATE
23
___ Aviv. : TEL
24
Characteristic. : TRAIT
25
Sail supports. : SPARS
28
Far East name. : MAO
30
Draw forth. : EDUCE
33
Japanese tribesman. : AINU
34
Infield hit. : ROLLER
36
Inexperienced. : RAW
37
Harmful thing. : BANE
38
Wake Island, for example. : ATOLL
39
Concerning. : INRE
40
Compass point. : ENE
41
A ___ throw. : STONES
42
Put up. : REAR
43
Capek creation. : ROBOT
45
Color. : RED
46
Supermarket vehicles. : CARTS
47
Farewell. : ADIOS
49
Hot weather aid. : FAN
50
Large dogs. : BOXERS
52
Moselle tributary. : SAAR
54
River of Central Asia. : ILI
57
Hill dwellers. : ANTS
58
Solidified. : COAGULATED
61
Desserts. : ICES
62
Hollywood redhead. : ARLENEDAHL
63
Scarlett's home. : TARA
64
Orchestral instruments. : REEDS
65
"It's a sin to tell ___." : ALIE
Down
1
Check. : STAY
2
Experience. : HAVE
3
"There ought to be ___!" : ALAW
4
Alcott heroine. : MEG
5
Wild. : FERAL
6
Title. : LADY
7
Receptacles. : URNS
8
Links place. : TEE
9
Slip. : ERROR
10
Impassive. : STOLID
11
Hollywood actress. : LANATURNER
12
Encourage. : ABET
13
Absolute. : PURE
15
Innocents. : BABES
22
Former heavyweight champion. : BAER
23
Loyal. : TRUE
24
Rang out. : TOLLED
25
Cavalry weapon. : SABER
26
Serkin's forte. : PIANO
27
She'll appear on Broadway in the fall. : ANNEBAXTER
28
Takes a trip. : MOTORS
29
Isolated. : ALONE
31
Unit of weight. : CARAT
32
Pitchers. : EWERS
34
Pompadour pad. : RAT
35
Urban railroads. : ELS
39
Asiatic country. : IRAN
41
Agitate. : STIR
44
Gulf of the Black Sea. : ODESSA
46
Popular bandleader. : CARLE
48
Admired award. : OSCAR
49
Roman deities. : FAUNS
50
Entice. : BAIT
51
Brazilian ounce. : ONCA
52
Fire ___. : SALE
53
Venerable. : AGED
54
European country: Abbr. : ITAL
55
Where Samson slew the Philistines. : LEHI
56
Empty. : IDLE
59
State: Abbr. : ORE
60
Actress Rehan. : ADA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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