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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, September 26, 1956
11-Down : Designating a main road.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 33.3
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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13 T | O | R | R | E | N | T | 14 A | M | O | R | E | 15 T |
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16 C | O | L | O | R | A | D | O | 17 T | O | E | T | H | E |
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18 E | L | L | E | S | 19 R | 20 U | E | S | 21 E | E | R |
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22 C | L | E | M | 23 T | 24 H | I | R | D | 25 P | R | A | M |
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26 I | S | T | 27 S | H | E | E | N | 28 P | A | I | R | S |
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29 A | T | O | M | S | 30 A | R | R | A | S | |||||
31 A | 32 N | D | E | R | S | O | 33 N | V | I | L | L | E | ||
34 L | A | D | E | N | 35 F | E | E | Z | E | |||||
36 G | A | V | E | L | 37 S | T | A | R | E | 38 T | 39 S | 40 P |
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41 A | C | I | D | 42 B | A | H | T | S | 43 C | A | T | A |
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44 L | A | G | 45 K | U | R | E | 46 E | A | G | E | R |
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47 B | R | A | 48 I | N | Y | 49 S | 50 T | 51 A | F | F | O | R | D |
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52 A | T | T | L | E | E | 53 E | A | S | T | E | R | N | ||
54 E | E | L | E | R | 55 A | M | A | S | S | E | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,647
Across
1
Electrical units. : AMPERES
8
Detection device. : RADAR
13
Niagara. : TORRENT
14
Old-fashioned love knot. : AMORET
16
Western wonderland. : COLORADO
17
___ line. : TOETHE
18
French pronoun. : ELLES
19
Yellow-flowered plants. : RUES
21
Poetic contraction. : EER
22
Nickname of 52 Across. : CLEM
23
Beethoven's ___. : THIRD
25
Baby coach. : PRAM
26
Believer in: Suffix. : IST
27
TV celebrity. : SHEEN
28
Married folk. : PAIRS
29
Tiny bits. : ATOMS
30
Historic capital of Artois. : ARRAS
31
Current best seller. : ANDERSONVILLE
34
Encumbered. : LADEN
35
Disconcert: Colloq. : FEEZE
36
Symbol of authority. : GAVEL
37
Fixed gaze. : STARE
38
Unit of measure: Abbr. : TSP
41
Sharp. : ACID
42
Silver coins of Thailand. : BAHTS
43
Down: Prefix. : CATA
44
Fall behind. : LAG
45
Honshu city. : KURE
46
Fervent. : EAGER
47
Adjective for an egghead. : BRAINY
49
American novelist. : STAFFORD
52
British notable. : ATTLEE
53
___ Star. : EASTERN
54
Fisherman. : EELER
55
Accumulates. : AMASSES
Down
1
Lagoon islands. : ATOLLS
2
French statesman, Suez conferee. : MOLLET
3
Introduction. : PROEM
4
Slips. : ERRS
5
Rural utility group. : REA
6
Final point. : END
7
"Moby Dick" and others. : STORIESOFTHESEA
8
Considered. : RATED
9
Biblical monotheist. : AMOS
10
John ___. : DOE
11
Designating a main road. : ARTERIAL
12
Tell in detail. : REHEARSE
15
Contract conditions. : TERMS
16
This: Fr. : CECI
20
Jardiniere. : URN
23
Something that annoys. : THORN
24
Edges. : HEMS
25
Converse: Fr. : PARLE
27
Great strength. : STEEL
28
Car, for example. : PRIZE
29
Did arithmetic. : ADDED
30
Affirms. : AVERS
31
One way to dine. : ALACARTE
32
Steer a course. : NAVIGATE
33
Clean. : NEAT
36
Nero's successor. : GALBA
37
Patriotic group. : SAR
38
Poet who wrote in Bengali and English. : TAGORE
39
Ship sections. : STERNS
40
Cowboy's comrade. : PARD
42
Department store employee. : BUYER
43
Paris specialties. : CAFES
45
Joint. : KNEE
46
Small lizards. : EFTS
48
State: Abbr. : ILL
50
School cap. : TAM
51
Jehoshaphat's father. : ASA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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