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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, September 17, 1956

38-Across : V. I. P. of 18th century.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 18.5 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.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,638
Across
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Extreme nationalist party of Egypt. : WAFD
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Tasteless. : VAPID
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One's own person. : SELF
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Good nature. : AMIABILITY
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Wife: Latin. : UXOR
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Practical intelligence. : HORSESENSE
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Zola novel. : NANA
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Farmer's crop. : RYE
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Bewildered. : LOST
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Sioux. : REDMEN
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Chief, in India. : MIR
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Greek mountain. : OSSA
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The ___, home of the Peace Palace. : HAGUE
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Pop. : DAD
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Established places. : SEATS
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Preposition. : UPON
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Seaport of Brazil. : RECIFE
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Bite. : NIP
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V. I. P. of 18th century. : MARIEANTOINETTE
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Auxiliary verb. : ARE
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Childhood delight. : CUTOUT
43
Place ___ Concorde. : DELA
44
Describing voices. : NASAL
46
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
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Beverage. : CIDER
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Hosiery shade. : SAND
50
Fragment. : ORT
51
California peak. : SHASTA
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Relative of 10 Down. : SODA
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Campaign nickname. : IKE
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Want and expect. : HOPE
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Footman. : DOOROPENER
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Consumer. : USER
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Conclusions. : INFERENCES
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Nearest to. : NEXT
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Slews. : REAMS
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Silly. : DAFT
Down
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True: Ger. : WAHR
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East Asian port. : AMOY
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Strong feeling. : FIRE
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Men of the law: Colloq. : DAS
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Part of a windshield. : VISOR
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Pub sign. : ALES
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Unit of measure. : PINT
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Pronoun. : ITS
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Textile factory workers. : DYERS
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Dessert. : SUNDAE
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Midyear event. : EXAM
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Isolated. : LONE
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TV nickname. : FRAN
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Show to be false. : BELIE
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German industrial center. : ESSEN
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Actor Paul. : MUNI
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Very displeasing. : ODIOUS
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Person. : HUMAN
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Three-banded armadillo. : APARA
27
Dixie Senatorial family. : GORES
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Describing many fenders. : DENTED
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Function in regard to. : ACTON
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Paid up. : ANTED
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Peerage prerogative. : TITLE
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Long blade. : SPEAR
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Indian diplomat. : RAU
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Prepared. : FIT
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Brilliancy. : ECLAT
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Do journalistic work. : EDIT
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Asseverate. : ASSERT
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Cloth. : CRAPE
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Lowest point. : NADIR
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Perfumes. : ODORS
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Eschew. : SHUN
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Water carrier. : HOSE
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Highest point. : APEX
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Davenport. : SOFA
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Senator Watkins' home town. : OREM
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Indian monarch. : INCA
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Campaign nickname. : KEEF
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Formerly: Arch. : ERST
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Number. : ONE
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___ table. : END

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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