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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, October 9, 1979

32-Across : Snow or soap follower

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,927
Across
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___ up (stimulates) : PEPS
5
Consolidate : MERGE
10
"___ virumque cano ... " : ARMA
14
Word with marine or plane : AQUA
15
___ Guinea (African republic) : EQUATORIAL
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Rotate : TURN
18
Slapstick prop : CUSTARDPIE
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"God shed ___ grace on thee" : HIS
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"Be gone!" : SCAT
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Lack : NEED
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Pardonable : VENIAL
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Kind of song : SWAN
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Dull, spiritless people : MOPERS
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Spills the beans : TATTLES
31
Land holdings : ACRES
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Snow or soap follower : FLAKE
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___-Saud : IBN
35
"Little Red Book" author : MAO
36
Relinquish, as rights : WAIVE
37
Sine ___ non : QUA
38
Quantity of heat: Abbr. : BTU
39
Rough : CRUDE
40
Use oakum or tar on a boat : CAULK
42
Roman police officers : AEDILES
44
Word of honor : PAROLE
45
Declaim violently : RANT
46
Hunting expedition : SAFARI
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Be footloose : ROAM
49
Public eminence : FAME
50
Electric ___ : EEL
52
Extra income : PERQUISITE
55
Stengel's widow : EDNA
56
Sung or chanted in alternation : ANTIPHONAL
57
Crowd : RUCK
58
Fling : TOSS
59
Operatic recitative : SCENA
60
Fencing weapon : EPEE
Down
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Course : PATH
2
Use double talk : EQUIVOCATE
3
Rich and arrogant : PURSEPROUD
4
___ Jacinto : SAN
5
Goals : MECCAS
6
Tantamount : EQUAL
7
Deteriorate : RUST
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Roscoe : GAT
9
Greek letter : ETA
10
Zealous : ARDENT
11
Fully prepared : RIPE
12
Motel employee : MAID
13
Tavern item : ALE
16
Much adorned : ORNATE
20
Salutation : SIRS
23
George Eliot, ___ Evans : NEE
24
Poem part : STAVE
25
Pacific island : WAKE
26
Cobra's relative : MAMBA
28
Squiffed : LIQUOREDUP
29
High spirits : EBULLIENCE
30
Plumber's device : SNAKE
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He sold his soul : FAUST
33
Top of a carton : LID
36
Songbird : WREN
39
Refuse to talk : CLAMUP
40
Nightclub : CAFE
41
Heavenly Altar : ARA
43
Baghdad residents : IRAQIS
44
Richardson novel : PAMELA
46
"Father of Lies" : SATAN
47
Custer colleague : RENO
48
Table scraps : ORTS
49
Punish via the pocketbook : FINE
51
Erie or Huron : LAKE
52
One of the Kennedys : PAT
53
Letters on a priest's chasuble : IHS
54
Org. : SOC
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Sooner than : ERE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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