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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 1964

26-Across : Speck.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { G Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,302
Across
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Gambled. : DICED
6
Baked dish. : PIE
9
River island. : HOLM
13
Senseless. : INANE
14
Where Cádiz is. : ANDALUSIA
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Council. : JUNTA
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Sharp weapons. : STILETTOS
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Societies. : ORDERS
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Jar. : OLLA
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Letters. : ENS
23
Marshal at Waterloo. : NEY
24
Excels. : SHINES
26
Speck. : MOTE
27
Noun suffixes. : ADES
28
Insect stage. : PUPA
29
Informed: Slang. : HEP
32
Where Malmo is: Abbr. : SWED
33
Place in the headlines. : PANAMA
35
Place in the headlines. : ALABAMA
37
Enumerated. : RECITED
38
Short coats. : TUNICS
39
Emit vapor. : REEK
40
Time units: Abbr. : HRS
41
Irish county. : CORK
42
Authentic. : REAL
43
Granular snow. : FIRN
44
Drowsy one. : NAPPER
46
Brother or sister. : SIB
49
Crete's mountain. : IDA
50
Ballet skirt. : TUTU
51
City on Lake Michigan. : RACINE
53
With exuberance. : RAMPANTLY
56
Delhi's river. : JUMNA
57
Way up. : STAIRCASE
58
Barkley. : ALBEN
59
Touchstone. : TEST
60
Fashionable. : NEW
61
Learns. : HEARS
Down
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Burgundy city. : DIJON
2
Harden. : INURE
3
Fudge. : CANDY
4
Being: Sp. : ENTE
5
Loved ones. : DEARS
6
___ de deux. : PAS
7
Sang. : INTONED
8
Roman officials. : EDILES
9
Humble abode. : HUT
10
Therapist. : OSTEOPATH
11
Candidate for "What's My Line?" : LIONTAMER
12
Billiard stroke. : MASSE
15
"___ right with the world!" : ALLS
16
Mead. : LEA
20
Early oboes. : SHAWMS
25
Thought. : IDEA
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Veteran actor. : MUNI
28
Stuff. : PACK
29
Busby. : HAT
30
Make clear. : ELUCIDATE
31
Certain pictures. : PANORAMAS
32
Kind of coat. : SACK
33
KP implement. : PEELER
34
Newspaper items. : ADS
36
Socket for the mouthpiece of a clarinet. : BIRN
37
Gather. : REAP
39
Rebuff. : REPULSE
42
Palm. : RATTAN
43
Principal. : FIRST
44
Now: Lat. : NUNC
45
Potentate. : RAJAH
46
Lion. : SIMBA
47
Secret. : INNER
48
Baked dish. : BEANS
50
Seaman. : TAR
52
Diminutive suffix. : CULE
54
Trap. : PIT
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Evergreen tree. : YEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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