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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, January 29, 1963

54-Across : ___ law.

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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© 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
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Name for a Christmas girl. : NATALIE
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Alamo defender. : BOWIE
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Merchandise: Abbr. : GDS
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Traverses with a beam of light, in TV. : SCANS
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Mild expletive. : EGAD
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Proclaimed. : CRIED
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Diminutive ending on girls' names. : ETTA
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Stage hit of the 1920's. : RUR
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Electrician's term. : SHORTED
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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
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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
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___ 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
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Ruth St. ___. : DENIS
31
Relative of a yard. : ROD
33
Letter. : DEE
35
Gin's companion. : BITTERS
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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
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Projection. : EAR

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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