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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, December 1, 1980

48-Across : Send forth

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,346
Across
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Large, clumsy boat : ARK
4
Commandment word : SHALT
9
Heat-resistant mineral : MICA
13
Particles : IONS
15
Asian land : KOREA
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Mt. Demavend is its highest point : IRAN
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Battle site: Nov. 24, 1863 : LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN
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Salt, sugar, etc. : STAPLES
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Joe Louis ___, in Detroit : ARENA
22
Exaggerated : TALL
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Priestly mantle : COPE
25
C.S.A. forces : REBELS
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Monitor or Merrimac : SHIP
29
Instance, in Calais : CAS
32
Old-time rhymer : OMAR
33
Purloined : STOLE
34
Hill dweller : ANT
35
Battle site: Nov. 25, 1863 : MISSIONARYRIDGE
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High in pitch : ALT
40
Dish out dough : SPEND
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At no time: Poetic : NEER
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Born : NEE
43
Interpret : READ
44
Crushing tool : PESTLE
46
___ on (be sure of) : BANK
47
Daring deed : FEAT
48
Send forth : ISSUE
51
Luftwaffe blitz : AIRRAID
54
Engagement in 1861 or 1862 (Manassas, to the C.S.A.) : BATTLEOFBULLRUN
58
Came to rest : ALIT
59
Farm animals : MARES
60
Knowledge : LORE
61
Thin : RARE
62
Supply : STORE
63
Arrest : NAB
Down
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Be indisposed : AIL
2
Aussie animals : ROOS
3
Unit of speed at sea : KNOT
4
Craniums : SKULLS
5
Tourist haven : HOTEL
6
Weapons : ARMS
7
Zodiacal sign : LEO
8
Kind of cross : TAU
9
Anglican bishop's cap : MITRE
10
"Dies ___" (old hymn) : IRAE
11
Adam's eldest : CAIN
12
Tolstoy heroine : ANNA
14
Babilonia and Gardner : SKATERS
18
Ring stone : OPAL
19
One enjoying a siesta : NAPPER
23
Combination of three or more tones : CHORD
24
Unctuous : OILY
25
Style of type : ROMAN
26
Novelist Zola : EMILE
27
Beat soundly : BASTE
28
Custer's finale : STAND
29
Armed-forces trainee : CADET
30
Play sponsor : ANGEL
31
Cubic meter : STERE
33
Furtive fellow : SNEAK
36
Winner of the Yom Kippur War : ISRAEL
37
Begin : OPEN
38
Enthrone, e.g. : INSTALL
44
Look over carefully : PERUSE
45
Rank below marquis : EARL
46
Copper capital : BUTTE
47
Basic toughness : FIBER
48
Building beam : IBAR
49
Room for Raúl : SALA
50
Movement : STIR
51
Hair style : AFRO
52
Inflexible : IRON
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___ mater (brain membrane) : DURA
55
German river : EMS
56
Kind of cake or meal : OAT
57
Bird's beak : NEB

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