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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, October 21, 1980

39-Across : Troglodyte's place

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,305
Across
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Queen in a Shelley poem : MAB
4
"Good-bye" composer : TOSTI
9
Handles awkwardly : PAWS
13
O. T. book : AMOS
15
Of the bone below the humerus : ULNAR
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Assembly section : UNIT
17
Like ___ out of hell : ABAT
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English novelist: 1814-84 : READE
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Tabula ___ (blank slate) : RASA
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Costa ___ : RICA
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Seoul soldier : ROK
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Kitchen utensil : DICER
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Formerly : ONCE
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Traveler in a umiak : ESKIMO
28
Surgical knife : LANCET
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Have ___ for (hold a grudge) : ITIN
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Cotton knot : NEP
34
"Hedda Gabler" playwright : IBSEN
35
Idaho boundary river : SNAKE
36
Year in the reign of Justinian I : DLI
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Catches cod : NETS
38
Tony winner LuPone : PATTI
39
Troglodyte's place : CAVE
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Patriotic org. : DAR
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Woodworking tool : LATHE
42
Sky sight : COMET
43
"___ Blue?": 1929 song : AMI
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Century plant : ALOE
45
City in California : SONORA
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Zookeeper's activity : CAGING
48
American colonizer : PENN
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Peteman's purchase : NITRO
51
Down Under animal : ROO
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Of hearing : OTIC
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Reputation : ODOR
57
Modify to suit : ADAPT
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Starchy plant : TARO
60
Immunizing agents : SERA
61
Adjust anew : RESET
62
Arthurian lady : ENID
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Amenable : EASY
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In disorder : MESSY
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Happy ___ lark : ASA
Down
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Picasso's "Dora ___ Seated" : MAAR
2
Prefix with dextrous : AMBI
3
Pythons : BOACONSTRICTORS
4
Castle feature : TURRET
5
Grocery item : OLEO
6
Treacherous person : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
7
Young boy : TAD
8
Fighting temper : IRE
9
This occurs in Adar : PURIM
10
Western city, famed for mining : ANACONDAMONTANA
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Sapient : WISE
12
Excel : STAR
14
Postures : STANCES
22
Wine's partner : DINE
24
One hundred yrs. : CEN
26
Kind of craft : STATE
27
Cuyler of baseball's Hall of Fame : KIKI
28
Actress Christian : LINDA
29
Opposite the middle of a ship's side : ABEAM
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Young eel : ELVER
33
Michelangelo work : PIETA
35
Squelched : SATON
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Nuuanu ___, scenic spot on Oahu : PALI
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Imply : CONNOTE
41
Como, to Carlo or Carlos : LAGO
42
Sebastian ___, record-breaking miler : COE
45
Irregular : SPOTTY
47
Order : ARRAY
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___ around (pry) : NOSE
50
Concept : IDEA
52
Uncloses, to Shakespeare : OPES
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Garden bloom : IRIS
55
Musical finale : CODA
57
Weapon : ARM
58
English river : DEE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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