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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, October 9, 1979

52-Across : Extra income

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
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Word with marine or plane : AQUA
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___ Guinea (African republic) : EQUATORIAL
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Rotate : TURN
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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
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Land holdings : ACRES
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Snow or soap follower : FLAKE
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___-Saud : IBN
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"Little Red Book" author : MAO
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Relinquish, as rights : WAIVE
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Sine ___ non : QUA
38
Quantity of heat: Abbr. : BTU
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Rough : CRUDE
40
Use oakum or tar on a boat : CAULK
42
Roman police officers : AEDILES
44
Word of honor : PAROLE
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Declaim violently : RANT
46
Hunting expedition : SAFARI
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Be footloose : ROAM
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Public eminence : FAME
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Electric ___ : EEL
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Extra income : PERQUISITE
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Stengel's widow : EDNA
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Sung or chanted in alternation : ANTIPHONAL
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Crowd : RUCK
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Fling : TOSS
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Operatic recitative : SCENA
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Fencing weapon : EPEE
Down
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Course : PATH
2
Use double talk : EQUIVOCATE
3
Rich and arrogant : PURSEPROUD
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___ Jacinto : SAN
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Goals : MECCAS
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Tantamount : EQUAL
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Deteriorate : RUST
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Roscoe : GAT
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Greek letter : ETA
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Zealous : ARDENT
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Fully prepared : RIPE
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Motel employee : MAID
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Tavern item : ALE
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Much adorned : ORNATE
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Salutation : SIRS
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George Eliot, ___ Evans : NEE
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Poem part : STAVE
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Pacific island : WAKE
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Cobra's relative : MAMBA
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Squiffed : LIQUOREDUP
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High spirits : EBULLIENCE
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Plumber's device : SNAKE
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He sold his soul : FAUST
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Top of a carton : LID
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Songbird : WREN
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Refuse to talk : CLAMUP
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Nightclub : CAFE
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Heavenly Altar : ARA
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Baghdad residents : IRAQIS
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Richardson novel : PAMELA
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"Father of Lies" : SATAN
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Custer colleague : RENO
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Table scraps : ORTS
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Punish via the pocketbook : FINE
51
Erie or Huron : LAKE
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One of the Kennedys : PAT
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Letters on a priest's chasuble : IHS
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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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