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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, January 30, 1979

50-Across : Castro's favorite companion

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,675
Across
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Business place : SHOP
5
Golden Horde tribesman : TATAR
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___ Major (army staff) : ETAT
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Preside at a tea table : POUR
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Palette pigment : OCHRE
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Como or Garda : LAGO
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Taj Mahal town : AGRA
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Great fear : DREAD
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Concoction : BREW
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Plant growth caused by fungi : MILDEW
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Baker's ___ : DOZEN
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O'Gorman opus : MURAL
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Pontiac was one : OTTAWA
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Aristophanes' forte : SATIRE
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___ of Orleans : MAID
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Be off guard : NOD
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Adjusted exactly : TRUED
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Literary sketch : CAMEO
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Shipment to Bethlehem : ORE
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Name of film fame : AVA
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Given a thrashing : CANED
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Portly : FAT
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Thicken : GEL
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Martina's rival : CHRIS
40
Dull finish : MATTE
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Imaginary being : ELF
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Collect a check legitimately : EARN
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Thin slice of bacon : RASHER
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Drafted again : REDREW
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Eastern tribe : ERIES
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Village high point : SPIRE
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Castro's favorite companion : HAVANA
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Grocery item : OLEO
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Slyly spiteful : SNIDE
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___ dixit : IPSE
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Banks do this : LEND
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What "phage" means : EATER
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Closefisted : NEAR
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Miami's county : DADE
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Insurance salesman : AGENT
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Italian family of note : ESTE
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Belgian city : SPA
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Grab everything : HOG
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Dickens novel : OURMUTUALFRIEND
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Cooper's "The ___" : PRAIRIE
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Walk like a 2-year old : TODDLE
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Port near Haifa : ACRE
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Mystery novel by Wilkie Collins : THEWOMANINWHITE
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Heavenly Altar : ARA
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"The ___ Badge of Courage" : RED
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Jostle : ELBOW
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Novel by Burroughs : TARZANOFTHEAPES
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Prize-winning U.S. author : AGEE
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Grover's Corners, e.g. : TOWN
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Garnish : LARD
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Pedestal part : DADO
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Comics captain : MARVEL
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Domesticates : TAMES
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Fit to be ___ : TIED
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Western bandit's target : STAGE
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Declaims : ORATES
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Hinder : DETER
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St.-Lô square : CARRE
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Burn : CHAR
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Hand over : CEDE
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Naomi's chosen name: Ruth 1:20 : MARA
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Foolish : ASININE
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Go back : REVERT
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What storms do to riverbanks : ERODE
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Merchandise tag : SOLD
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___ bargaining : PLEA
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Capital of South Yemen : ADEN
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Vast amount : SEA
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Find fault persistently : NAG
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Had a powwow : SAT
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Rather than, to Hamlet : ERE

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