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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, January 29, 1963
18-Across : Alamo defender.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
David Steinberg notes:
There was no clue or number for 28-Down, DERIDES, in the print version. Added clue: "Mocks."
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12 S | I | N | E | D | I | 13 E | 14 U | T | O | P | I | A | 15 S |
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16 A | R | A | B | I | A | N | 17 N | A | T | A | L | I | E |
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18 B | O | W | I | E | 19 G | 20 D | S | 21 S | C | A | N | S |
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22 E | G | A | D | 23 C | R | I | E | 24 D | 25 E | T | T | A |
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26 R | U | R | 27 S | H | O | R | T | E | 28 D | 29 E | L | M |
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30 E | E | 31 R | I | E | S | T | 32 R | E | 33 D | D | Y | E |
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34 O | D | E | S | 35 B | I | N | E | |||||||
36 B | 37 L | 38 A | D | E | S | 39 T | I | D | I | E | 40 S | 41 T | ||
42 R | E | L | 43 R | E | 44 L | A | T | E | S | 45 C | I | 46 S |
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47 A | G | A | 48 R | 49 S | I | F | T | S | 50 M | A | D | E |
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51 C | A | M | E | 52 L | 53 A | T | E | 54 S | A | L | I | C |
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55 E | T | E | S | I | 56 A | N | 57 R | 58 E | A | G | E | N | T |
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59 S | E | D | I | L | I | A | 60 S | A | V | I | N | G | S |
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61 S | A | T | Y | R | S | 62 R | A | C | E | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,939
Across
1
Clearer. : PURER
6
Cookbook category. : SALADS
12
For an indefinite period. : SINEDIE
14
Perfect places. : UTOPIAS
16
Man from Jidda. : ARABIAN
17
Name for a Christmas girl. : NATALIE
18
Alamo defender. : BOWIE
19
Merchandise: Abbr. : GDS
21
Traverses with a beam of light, in TV. : SCANS
22
Mild expletive. : EGAD
23
Proclaimed. : CRIED
25
Diminutive ending on girls' names. : ETTA
26
Stage hit of the 1920's. : RUR
27
Electrician's term. : SHORTED
29
Hardwood. : ELM
30
Strangest. : EERIEST
32
Magenta. : REDDYE
34
Literary forms. : ODES
35
Twining stem. : BINE
36
Swordsmen. : BLADES
39
Most precise. : TIDIEST
42
Type of pronoun: Abbr. : REL
43
Tells. : RELATES
45
On this side: Prefix. : CIS
47
Chinese gelatin. : AGAR
49
Examines minutely. : SIFTS
50
Invented. : MADE
51
Guanaco's cousin. : CAMEL
53
Broke bread. : ATE
54
___ law. : SALIC
55
Annual, as winds. : ETESIAN
57
Chemical detector. : REAGENT
59
Seats for the clergy. : SEDILIA
60
Contents of certain banks. : SAVINGS
61
Brown and gray butterflies. : SATYRS
62
Goes hurry-scurry. : RACES
Down
1
Dugout. : PIROGUE
2
Not cognizant. : UNAWARE
3
Bridge business. : REBID
4
Diminutive of a girl's name. : EDIE
5
Inlet. : RIA
6
Time of day. : SUNSET
7
___ loss. : ATA
8
Hollywood areas. : LOTS
9
Swiftly. : APACE
10
Expatiated. : DILATED
11
Pious. : SAINTLY
12
Weapon. : SABER
13
Take the whole of. : ENGROSS
15
Oriental seed. : SESAME
20
Housewife's problem. : DIRT
23
Products of Wisconsin. : CHEESES
24
Mocks. : DERIDES
27
Word used with East and West. : SIDER
28
Ruth St. ___. : DENIS
31
Relative of a yard. : ROD
33
Letter. : DEE
35
Gin's companion. : BITTERS
36
Suspenders. : BRACES
37
Envoys. : LEGATES
38
San Francisco's neighbor. : ALAMEDA
39
White House resident, 1909-13. : TAFT
40
Type of triangle. : SCALENE
41
News. : TIDINGS
44
Climbing plants. : LIANAS
46
Followings. : SECTS
48
Meet again. : RESIT
50
One kind of carpet. : MAGIC
52
Spring bloom. : LILY
54
Yugoslav river. : SAVA
56
Apparent character. : AIR
58
Projection. : EAR
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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