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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, November 7, 1958
30-Across : It means "red" in Spanish.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 S | 2 H | 3 U | 4 S | 5 H | 6 B | 7 R | 8 A | 9 I | 10 N | 11 I | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 P | I | N | T | A | 15 R | I | O | G | R | A | N | D | E |
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16 A | L | I | A | S | 17 A | N | D | R | O | M | E | D | A |
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18 N | A | V | Y | 19 W | H | E | E | 20 U | R | I | M |
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21 I | R | E | 22 H | I | S | 23 C | 24 A | R | T | E | ||||
25 A | I | R | 26 M | A | N | 27 P | 28 A | L | I | |||||
29 R | O | S | I | N | 30 C | O | L | O | R | 31 A | 32 D | 33 O | ||
34 D | U | A | L | 35 S | A | L | A | D | 36 G | E | R | 37 M |
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38 S | L | E | 39 E | P | I | E | R | 40 B | A | S | I | E |
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41 W | A | N | D | 42 C | A | R | P | E | D |
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43 F | 44 L | 45 E | E | T | 46 N | A | Y | 47 A | N | I |
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48 A | R | O | A | 49 D | 50 O | O | M | 51 V | I | T | A |
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52 L | O | N | G | 53 I | 54 T | U | D | E | 55 C | A | R | A | T |
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56 A | N | G | E | L | I | C | A | L | 57 A | R | E | T | E |
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58 S | T | A | R | L | E | T | S | 59 W | A | D | E | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,419
Across
1
Be quiet! : SHUSH
6
More intelligent: Colloq. : BRAINIER
14
Spanish caravel. : PINTA
15
Where Elephant Butte dam is. : RIOGRANDE
16
Jimmy Valentine, for one. : ALIAS
17
Beauty of Greek myth. : ANDROMEDA
18
Blue. : NAVY
19
Exclamation of excitement. : WHEE
20
High priest's appurtenance, mentioned in Exodus. : URIM
21
Anger. : IRE
22
Pronoun. : HIS
23
Menu. : CARTE
25
Member of SAC. : AIRMAN
27
Old Indic dialect. : PALI
29
Violinist's need. : ROSIN
30
It means "red" in Spanish. : COLORADO
34
Twofold. : DUAL
35
Side dish. : SALAD
36
Beginning. : GERM
38
Less active. : SLEEPIER
40
Popular band leader. : BASIE
41
Baton. : WAND
42
Made complaints. : CARPED
43
Speedy. : FLEET
46
Old-time negative. : NAY
47
Blackbird. : ANI
48
Venezuelan mining town. : AROA
49
Judgment. : DOOM
51
Brief biographical sketch. : VITA
52
Navigator's concern. : LONGITUDE
55
Unit of weight. : CARAT
56
Heavenly. : ANGELICAL
57
Mountain crest. : ARETE
58
Aspiring actresses. : STARLETS
59
Gets one's feet wet. : WADES
Down
1
Native of Toledo. : SPANIARD
2
Noisily merry. : HILARIOUS
3
General. : UNIVERSAL
4
Hold up. : STAY
5
Acquires. : HAS
6
Flexible shoot. : BINE
7
Floated. : RODE
8
Farming: Abbr. : AGR
9
Organization to aid refugees. : IRO
10
Fortress city of Belgium. : NAMUR
11
Sluggish. : INERT
12
Diminutive of a man's name. : EDDIE
13
Quantity of paper. : REAM
15
Cheers. : RAHS
19
Achieve. : WIN
22
Chinese river. : HAN
23
Lump of earth. : CLOD
24
Semblance. : AIR
26
One-third of a league. : MILE
27
Propelled a boat. : POLED
28
Winglike. : ALAR
30
Biblical brother. : CAIN
31
Culture medium. : AGAR
32
Was without hope (of). : DESPAIRED
33
Face east. : ORIENTATE
35
Dispute: Colloq. : SPAT
37
Intervenes in a dispute. : MEDIATES
39
___ lamb. : EWE
40
Type of horse. : BAY
42
Machine part. : CAM
43
First bellboy in line. : FRONT
44
Alba ___, birthplace of Romulus and Remus. : LONGA
45
Keen. : EAGER
46
Holiday song. : NOEL
48
Woe is me! : ALAS
49
Pipe for cables. : DUCT
50
Harem rooms. : ODAS
51
33.33 inches, in Texas. : VARA
53
Unlucky. : ILL
54
Bond. : TIE
55
Bird call. : CAW
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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