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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, December 10, 1958
52-Across : Interpret.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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 O | 3 L | 4 D | 5 I | 6 D | 7 E | 8 A | 9 L | ||||||
10 V | I | R | E | O | 11 S | 12 E | N | I | S | L | E | 13 S |
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14 P | I | N | N | A | C | E | 15 D | E | M | E | S | N | E |
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16 A | L | G | I | D | 17 A | 18 F | I | R | E | 19 A | I | T |
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20 I | L | L | S | 21 S | M | E | L | T | 22 S | T | E | T |
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23 D | A | Y | 24 C | H | I | D | E | 25 M | A | I | N | E |
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26 V | O | I | L | E | 27 P | A | L | A | C | E |
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28 T | 29 H | 30 E | E | M | P | E | R | 31 O | R | J | O | N | E | S |
32 R | E | L | I | E | S | 33 A | N | I | O | N | ||||
34 A | R | I | L | S | 35 S | T | E | E | R | 36 B | 37 I | 38 B |
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39 M | E | G | S | 40 P | E | E | L | S | 41 M | A | D | E |
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42 P | S | I | 43 I | R | A | D | E | 44 G | A | B | L | E |
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45 L | I | B | 46 E | R | A | L | 47 S | 48 A | L | L | I | E | S |
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49 E | E | L | P | O | T | S | 50 S | A | U | T | E | S | ||
51 S | E | I | N | E | 52 R | E | A | D |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,452
Across
1
Disposed of. : SOLD
5
Beau ___ (perfect beauty). : IDEAL
10
Songbirds. : VIREOS
12
Places apart. : ENISLES
14
Ship's boat. : PINNACE
15
Domain; realm. : DEMESNE
16
Cold. : ALGID
17
Burning. : AFIRE
19
Islet. : AIT
20
Troubles. : ILLS
21
Silvery food fish. : SMELT
22
Printing direction. : STET
23
Specified time. : DAY
24
Scold. : CHIDE
25
Where Augusta is. : MAINE
26
Thin fabric. : VOILE
27
Fontainebleau attraction. : PALACE
28
Memorable play of 1920. : THEEMPERORJONES
32
Trusts (with "on"). : RELIES
33
Negative ion. : ANION
34
Seed coverings. : ARILS
35
Ranch animal. : STEER
36
Infant need. : BIB
39
Alcott heroine and namesakes. : MEGS
40
Fruit skins. : PEELS
41
Fashioned. : MADE
42
___ Upsilon. : PSI
43
Sultanic decree. : IRADE
44
Hollywood veteran. : GABLE
45
Abundant. : LIBERAL
47
Witty remarks. : SALLIES
49
Fish traps. : EELPOTS
50
Fries. : SAUTES
51
Rouen's river. : SEINE
52
Interpret. : READ
Down
1
Individually. : SINGLY
2
Birds of a region. : ORNIS
3
Plumbum. : LEAD
4
One of Snow White's friends. : DOC
5
Sluggish. : INERT
6
Monetary unit. : DIME
7
Compass point. : ESE
8
A variety of police dog. : ALSATIAN
9
Quality of being gentle. : LENIENCE
10
Rural residence. : VILLA
11
6,080 feet. : SEAMILE
12
Roman official. : EDILE
13
Furniture items. : SETTEES
14
Was worth the effort. : PAID
18
Leagued. : FEDERATED
21
Transports. : SHIPS
22
Reception room. : SALON
24
Takes place. : COMES
25
Greater in number. : MAJOR
26
Conceals. : VEILS
27
Levers. : PRIES
28
Tread heavily. : TRAMPLE
29
Unorthodox beliefs. : HERESIES
30
Fit to be chosen. : ELIGIBLE
31
What nine is to ten. : ONELESS
35
Christmas ___. : SEALS
36
Pampered. : BABIED
37
Loafs. : IDLES
38
Social gatherings. : BEES
40
Babble. : PRATE
41
Where Valetta is. : MALTA
43
Ferrum. : IRON
44
Fasten. : GLUE
46
Roof apex covering. : EPI
48
Swiss stream. : AAR
Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.