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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Monday, September 13, 1976
Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 34.3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 T | 5 S | 6 M | 7 E | 8 D | 9 A | 10 L | |||||
11 C | H | O | P | I | N | 12 O | V | U | L | E | 13 S | |||
14 C | H | A | L | I | C | E | 15 R | E | L | I | V | E | 16 D |
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17 L | O | R | E | N | 18 A | 19 L | I | 20 L | A | I | N | E |
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21 O | R | A | D | 22 S | K | I | N | 23 S | 24 T | E | M |
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25 P | A | D | 26 S | P | I | R | I | T | 27 S | 28 E | C | U |
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29 S | L | E | 30 E | P | I | E | R | 31 V | A | 32 S | S | A | R |
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33 P | U | R | R | 34 R | I | T | E | |||||||
35 H | 36 E | 37 G | I | R | A | 38 S | A | T | U | R | 39 A | 40 T | 41 E |
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42 O | A | R | 43 S | L | 44 I | P | S | U | P | 45 M | R | S |
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46 U | S | A | 47 S | N | A | P | S | 48 M | E | A | T |
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49 N | I | N | 50 E | 51 S | 52 D | R | U | 53 P | E | N | C | E |
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54 D | E | G | R | A | 55 D | E | 56 T | 57 I | R | A | D | E | S |
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58 R | E | A | G | A | N | 59 I | R | O | N | E | R | |||
60 S | L | A | N | T | 61 N | E | S | T | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,893
Across
1
Talks : CHATS
6
Neckwear for an Olympic winner : MEDAL
11
Composer-pianist : CHOPIN
12
Botanical seeds : OVULES
14
"The Silver ___" : CHALICE
15
Experienced anew : RELIVED
17
Oscar winner of 1961 : LOREN
18
Ring star : ALI
20
Crooner Frankie : LAINE
21
Toward the mouth : ORAD
22
Trapping trophies : SKINS
24
Pro ___ : TEM
25
Hippie's quarters : PAD
26
Phantoms : SPIRITS
28
Small shield : ECU
29
Less alert : SLEEPIER
31
Eastern school : VASSAR
33
Contented sound : PURR
34
Ceremony : RITE
35
Flight : HEGIRA
38
Cause an oversupply : SATURATE
42
Sweep : OAR
43
Errs : SLIPSUP
45
Miniver or Wiggs : MRS
46
World power : USA
47
Fasteners : SNAPS
48
Essential part : MEAT
49
Cubs and Tigers : NINES
52
Actress Joanne : DRU
53
London money : PENCE
54
Reduce in rank : DEGRADE
56
Vehement speeches : TIRADES
58
Calif. name : REAGAN
59
Household appliance : IRONER
60
Mental attitude : SLANT
61
Love ___ : NESTS
Down
1
Parlor-game offering : CHARADE
2
___ up (in hiding) : HOLED
3
Neat as ___ : APIN
4
Twitching : TIC
5
More furtive : SNEAKIER
6
Actress Erika : MORINI
7
Time of day : EVE
8
Tiresome : DULL
9
Different: Lat. : ALIA
10
Biblical-tribe members : LEVITES
11
Type of music : CHORAL
13
Roman author : SENECA
14
Racetrack sounds : CLOPS
16
Object : DEMUR
19
N.Y. suburban line : LIRR
22
Certain football passes : SPIRALS
23
Sicilian martyr : STVITUS
26
Short-rail branches : SPURS
27
Showed surprise : SATUP
30
Finial : EPI
32
Weight of India : SER
34
Alexandra's friend : RASPUTIN
35
Urge on : HOUND
36
Less taxing : EASIER
37
Farms : GRANGES
38
Box : SPAR
39
Penalties: Fr. : AMENDES
40
___ bullets : TRACER
41
Colorado park : ESTES
44
Start a paragraph : INDENT
48
Intended : MEANT
50
Of an age : ERAL
51
Narrative : SAGA
53
Certain athletes : PROS
55
Virginia river : DAN
57
Wrath : IRE
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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