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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, February 13, 1974

34-Across : Does cleaning

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, 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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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,950
Across
1
Theater-program listing : CAST
5
Severe : HARSH
10
Culloden fighter : SCOT
14
Handy with words : ARTICULATE
16
Do road work : PAVE
17
Russian city, for a while : STALINGRAD
18
Winglike : ALAR
19
___ Domingo : SANTO
20
Jason's ship : ARGO
22
City on the Danube : ULM
23
Son of Seth : ENOS
26
Herb genus : SEDUM
28
Sweater yarn : WORSTED
31
Cheese-making need : RENNET
34
Does cleaning : MOPS
35
Kind of shirt : HAIR
37
French critic : TAINE
38
Salutation : AVE
39
Farm animals : PORKERS
41
Beverage : ADE
42
Style : GENRE
44
Black-fin snapper : SESI
45
Check : STEM
46
Ocean arms : INLETS
48
Showed alarm : STARTED
50
Decree : EDICT
52
Plumlike fruit : SLOE
53
Add up : TOT
55
Cheating aid : TROT
57
Luggage items : GRIPS
61
Italian wine center : ASTI
63
Indian Ocean arm : ARABIANSEA
66
Decamped : FLED
67
In a solicitous way : PATERNALLY
68
Scurried : TORE
69
Apparition : SHADE
70
Permits : LETS
Down
1
Elliot of TV : CASS
2
Grecian gulf : ARTA
3
Actor Laurel : STAN
4
Knights of old : TILTERS
5
Barbarian : HUN
6
School subject: Abbr. : ALG
7
___ avis : RARA
8
Film people : STARS
9
Bettor with second thoughts : HEDGER
10
Belgian town : SPA
11
Slander : CALUMNIATE
12
Running track : OVAL
13
Polk had one : TERM
15
Descendants: Var. : CIONS
21
Playwright Clifford : ODETS
24
Roman emperor : OTHO
25
Burns : SEARS
27
Miss Merkel : UNA
28
Interlaced : WOVEN
29
Widely-shared piece of mail : OPENLETTER
30
Barriers : DIKES
32
Over : ENDED
33
Abound : TEEM
34
"The Gift of the ___" : MAGI
36
Supports : RESTS
39
Kind of larceny or four : PETIT
40
Coin of Iran : RIAL
43
Carpet color : RED
45
Of the breastbone : STERNAL
47
Discards : SCRAPS
49
Old wooden bowl : ROGAN
51
Body of Jewish law : TORAH
53
White House name : TAFT
54
European capital : OSLO
56
Be seeing you! : TATA
58
Avalon, for one : ISLE
59
Trapper's trophy : PELT
60
"Simon ___" : SAYS
62
Fish of Europe : IDE
64
Flower ___ : BED
65
Anger : IRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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