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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Monday, February 3, 1958
43-Across : Partitions, in anatomy.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 L | 2 U | 3 N | 4 C | 5 H | 6 C | 7 H | 8 A | 9 I | 10 S | 11 E | ||||
12 S | E | M | I | H | O | 13 T | 14 H | A | L | L | O | O | 15 S |
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16 T | I | P | P | I | E | R | 17 E | N | G | L | I | S | H |
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18 A | S | I | 19 P | R | O | 20 R | A | T | A | 21 R | I | A |
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22 M | U | R | 23 S | 24 S | U | E | T | S | 25 T | E | N | N |
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26 P | R | I | A | 27 M | 28 P | A | S | 29 C | R | E | S | T |
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30 E | N | L | A | 31 C | E | S | 32 B | A | A | |||||
33 G | A | S | T | R | O | 34 N | O | M | I | 35 C | ||||
36 D | O | S | 37 N | O | N | P | L | U | 38 S | |||||
39 A | 40 G | 41 A | I | N | 42 H | E | R | 43 S | E | P | T | 44 A |
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45 D | A | R | N | 46 B | I | R | T | 47 H | 48 R | I | R | E |
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49 D | O | G | 50 G | U | N | S | H | O | 51 T | 52 D | I | D |
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53 E | L | I | 54 D | I | N | G | 55 E | R | O | 56 S | I | V | E |
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57 R | E | V | E | N | G | E | 58 R | E | L | A | T | E | S |
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59 R | E | M | A | S | S | 60 B | U | O | Y | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,142
Across
1
Meal. : LUNCH
6
Light carriage. : CHAISE
12
Relative of lukewarm. : SEMIHOT
14
Shouts. : HALLOOS
16
More wobbly. : TIPPIER
17
Spinning motion given to a billiard ball. : ENGLISH
18
"Do ___ I say ... " : ASI
19
In proportion. : PRORATA
21
Estuary: Span. : RIA
22
Walls: Fr. : MURS
24
Fats. : SUETS
25
State: Abbr. : TENN
26
Hector's father. : PRIAM
28
Step, in dancing. : PAS
29
Heraldic device. : CREST
30
Entwines. : ENLACES
32
Ovine sound. : BAA
33
Of eating. : GASTRONOMIC
36
Two: Span. : DOS
37
Puzzle. : NONPLUS
39
A second time. : AGAIN
42
Pronoun. : HER
43
Partitions, in anatomy. : SEPTA
45
Repair. : DARN
46
Beginning. : BIRTH
48
To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
49
Postman's foe. : DOG
50
Range of a weapon. : GUNSHOT
52
Carried out. : DID
53
Slurring over. : ELIDING
55
Disintegrating. : EROSIVE
57
Vindictive spirit. : REVENGE
58
Recounts. : RELATES
59
Gather again. : REMASS
60
Channel markers. : BUOYS
Down
1
Time for recreation. : LEISURE
2
Acting as an arbiter. : UMPIRING
3
Bite. : NIP
4
Counter, often blue. : CHIP
5
Garden workers. : HOERS
6
Foils. : CHEATS
7
English maritime county, for short. : HANTS
8
Water growth. : ALGA
9
Harshly. : ILL
10
Evening gathering. : SOIREE
11
Rose-colored dyes. : EOSINS
12
Character. : STAMP
13
Thespian. : TROUPER
15
Negative verbal contraction. : SHANT
20
Logicians. : REASONERS
23
Moslem warrior of 12th century. : SALADIN
25
Short film used for advertising. : TRAILER
27
Lodge man. : MASON
29
Vacation places. : CAMPS
31
Coins: Abbr. : CTS
32
Frenchman's "all right." : BON
34
Storm or strong wind. : NORTHER
35
Greed. : CUPIDITY
38
Contends. : STRIVES
39
Snake. : ADDER
40
Official at Dartmoor. : GAOLER
41
Greek. : ARGIVE
42
Depends (on). : HINGES
44
Yellow fever mosquito. : AEDES
46
Stoppers. : BUNGS
47
Biblical name of Mt. Sinai. : HOREB
50
Miss Lollobrigida. : GINA
51
Fragrant balsam. : TOLU
54
Opposite of Rep. : DEM
56
Saint: Portuguese. : SAO
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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