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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, December 12, 1978

53-Across : Self-defense system

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,626
Across
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Conflict : WAR
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Right, left and center : FIELDS
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Forest Hills performer : ASHE
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"The Hairy ___" : APE
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Arrange by kinds : ASSORT
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Actor Connery : SEAN
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Smith of Rhodesia : IAN
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People who must be shown : MISSOURIANS
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"Monkey trial" defendant : SCOPES
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Nottingham nursemaids : NANAS
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Adjective for a certain world : THIRD
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Fighters at Mafeking: 1899-1900 : BOERS
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Intimidate : COW
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Withered : SERE
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Play the swain : COURT
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Sugar plant : CANE
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N.O. pro : SAINT
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Done for : KAPUT
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Their milieu may be Baraboo : WISCONSINITES
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Painter friend of Zola : MANET
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___ France : ILEDE
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At loose ___ : ENDS
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Thrashed : HIDED
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Lost in delight : RAPT
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Memento of the 50th : LEI
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Triple trio : NONET
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Volcano that killed 30,000 in 1902 : PELEE
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Japanese primitives : AINUS
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Self-defense system : KARATE
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Citizens of the North Star State : MINNESOTANS
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Zane Grey's "Under the Tonto ___" : RIM
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Kite : ELANET
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Peak in Colorado : UTE
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Borge, e.g. : DANE
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Long seat : SETTEE
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Robe size: Abbr. : MED
Down
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Well-known lines : WAISTS
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Cochise was one : APACHE
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"Boating Party" painter : RENOIR
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Celebrated : FAMED
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"That that ___": Shak. : ISIS
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Kind of curve : ESS
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___ Angeles : LOS
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A Johnny One-Note : DRONER
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English royal line : STUART
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Background for Kipling works : ASIA
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Winslow Homer specialty : SEASCAPE
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Asian river : HAN
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Between ems and os : ENS
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Group working alongside M.D.'s : RNS
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Printery equipment : PRESSES
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City on the Rhine : BONN
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Barely possible, as a chance : OUTSIDE
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Burden of proof : ONUS
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Word with wash or blanket : WET
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Big union : CIO
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He has rates for fetes : CATERER
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Statute : ACT
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Rib : KID
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Lose force : WANE
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Man from Muncie : INDIANAN
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"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
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Mr. Buntline : NED
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Actor Ferrer : MEL
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Blair and White : HOUSES
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Cobbler's item : INSOLE
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Warning signal for Macbeth : ALARUM
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Of small stature : PETITE
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Abounded : TEEMED
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Dir. from Phoenix to Salt Lake City : NNE
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Hit hard : PASTE
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Concerning : INRE
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Kind of cap or pad : KNEE
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Wildly merry : MAD
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Mount where little Zeus was raised : IDA
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Part of a drum roll : TAT
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Symbol of diligence : ANT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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