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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, November 20, 1978

55-Across : Prove false

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,604
Across
1
Do arithmetic : ADD
4
Edward Streeter heroine : MABLE
9
Feigned : SHAM
13
Solar-system member : MARS
15
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
16
Bread variety : PONE
17
Devotion object : IDOL
18
Fen growth : REEDS
19
Patriot of '76 : OTIS
20
Firearm : REPEATER
22
Kennel noises : HOWLS
23
Pizarro's victim : INCA
24
Top ___ (burlesque star) : BANANA
27
Harvesting machine : BINDER
29
Again : ANEW
30
Unit of measure: Abbr. : TSP
33
Puts money into a poker game : ANTES
34
Reveal, as news : BREAK
35
Building section : ELL
36
Stream near Essen : RUHR
37
Weight unit : CARAT
38
"___ Grit," Wayne film : TRUE
39
Mining product : ORE
40
Foxier : SLYER
41
Cause of over 5,000 annual deaths in India : COBRA
42
Bird's beak : NEB
43
Kind of table or hall : POOL
44
Pyramid builder : CHEOPS
45
Consumed entirely : USEDUP
47
Speak wildly : RANT
48
Confronted : FACED
50
Someone to dial : OPERATOR
54
Feel inclined toward : LIKE
55
Prove false : BELIE
57
Hipbones : ILIA
58
It rises in Silesia : ODER
59
Interrogated : ASKED
60
For fear that : LEST
61
Boone and Hingle : PATS
62
Interprets : READS
63
"What you ___ is what you get" : SEE
Down
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Eastern prince : AMIR
2
___ City, Fla. : DADE
3
Insignificant amount : DROPINTHEBUCKET
4
Short cannon : MORTAR
5
Out of the wind : ALEE
6
Dance-hall favorite since 1939 : BEERBARRELPOLKA
7
Terhune canine : LAD
8
"Half-striper": Abbr. : ENS
9
"Anthology" river : SPOON
10
Chill relievers : HOTWATERBOTTLES
11
Indigo source : ANIL
12
Confusion : MESS
14
Slight : SLENDER
21
Winners of five dogfights : ACES
22
Bird of prey : HAWK
25
Close by, to a poet : ANEAR
26
"___ but not gaudy" : NEAT
27
Feudal bigwig : BARON
28
Accustom : INURE
31
Eat noisily : SLURP
32
Excuses : PLEAS
34
Marshy inlet : BAYOU
37
Bumpkin : CLOD
38
Chiropody subject : TOENAIL
40
Barreled along the highway : SPED
41
Burn : CHAR
44
Statements of faith : CREEDS
46
Men of vision : SEERS
48
Failure : FLOP
49
Verdi opera : AIDA
51
Variegated : PIED
52
Area near Somme : OISE
53
Price : RATE
55
Where to get an angel's kiss : BAR
56
Dir. from Genoa to Rapallo : ESE

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

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