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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, October 22, 1963

10-Across : Movie star, old style.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,196
Across
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American inventor. : BELL
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Prairie metropolis. : OMAHA
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Movie star, old style. : VAMP
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Schoolroom need. : RULER
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Dorsal bones. : ILIA
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Reckon with. : TAKEINTOACCOUNT
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Rectified. : EMENDATED
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Few: Prefix. : OLIGO
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Noun suffixes. : ETS
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Hindu title. : SRI
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Luggage item. : VALISE
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Took up food. : SPOONED
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___ marché (cheap): Fr. : ABON
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Noted violinist. : STERN
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Rialto sign. : SRO
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Forsakes. : TURNSONESBACKON
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Vessel: Abbr. : STR
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Conform. : ADAPT
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Cookbook item. : MENU
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Ocean voyage boon. : SEALEGS
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Dorset and others. : SHIRES
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Patriotic group. : SAR
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Dessert. : ICE
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Conspirator against Caesar. : CASCA
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Toilsome. : LABORIOUS
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Utterly. : INCOMMENSURABLE
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___ ensemble. : TOUT
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Type of rubber stamp. : DATER
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Of the Isle of Man. : MANX
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Concludes. : ENDS
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Whirls. : SPINS
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Call it ___. : ADAY
Down
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Diminish. : BATE
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Ancient Asian kingdom. : ELAM
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Crimson ___. : LAKE
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Legal paper. : LIEN
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Decorated. : ORNATE
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Namesakes of comic character. : MUTTS
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Century plant. : ALOE
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Source. : HEAD
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Spark stream. : ARC
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One of the strings. : VIOLIN
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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Chinese dynasty. : MING
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Duck: Sp. : PATO
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Roman time. : IDES
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Long cigar. : CORONA
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Tree of the apple family. : SORB
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Casks. : VATS
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Touches on. : ABUTS
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Hollywood name. : LORRE
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Dewdrop ___. : INN
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Degrees. : STEPS
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Troublemaker. : PEST
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Glacial ridge. : ESKER
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Speak monotonously. : DRONE
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Tear, as in cloth. : SNAG
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Burden. : ONUS
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Respectful greeting. : SALAAM
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Breslau's river. : ODER
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10th cen. date. : CMI
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Scarves. : ASCOTS
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Makes clean and bright. : SCOURS
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Masculine title. : HERR
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Noted dramatist. : IBSEN
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Mention. : CITE
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Presently. : ANON
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Move swiftly. : SCUD
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Spring. : LEAP
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Hostile to: Prefix. : ANTI
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"___ man of destiny." : IAMA
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O.T. book: Abbr. : OBAD
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Bone. : ULNA
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Like some fiction. : SEXY
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Harley Street tenants. : MDS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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