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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 1957

5-Across : Hockey stick in Irish game of hurling.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, 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.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,814
Across
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Pottery. : WARE
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Hockey stick in Irish game of hurling. : CAMAN
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Living quarters. : FLAT
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Hoary. : AGED
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Figure of speech. : IRONY
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Timber wolf. : LOBO
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Split apart. : RIVE
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Veteran Hollywood actor. : GARYCOOPER
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Former French political leader. : POINCARE
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Full of vigor. : LUSTY
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Four: Ger. : VIER
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Word of approval. : AMEN
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Distance without limit. : SPACE
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Caesar's midday meal. : CENA
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Loses luster. : DIMS
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One of the Marches. : HAL
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Kindles into activity. : SPARKS
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Of a period of time. : ERAL
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Greedy. : AVID
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Historic capital of Artois. : ARRAS
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Pro ___ (for the King): Lat. : REGE
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Informed. : WISE
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Seeds. : SPORES
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Small bite. : NIP
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Floor coverings. : MATS
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Greek goddess. : HERA
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Upstanding. : ERECT
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Piece of wood. : SLAT
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Bauble. : GAUD
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Part of a tennis court. : ALLEY
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___ cooker. : PRESSURE
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J. F. Cooper hero. : DEERSLAYER
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The makings of a "man." : SNOW
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Crack. : RIFT
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Moslems collectively. : ISLAM
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Grafted: Her. : ENTE
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Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
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Columns. : PIERS
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Role for Orson Welles. : LEAR
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Misinterpret. : WARP
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Money exchange premium. : AGIO
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Billy Graham, for example. : REVIVALIST
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Like paradise. : EDENIC
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Prop for George Burns. : CIGAR
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Sandarac tree. : ARAR
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Something additional. : MORE
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Some. : ANY
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Eastern metropolis: Abbr. : NYC
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Kind of flatfish. : FLOUNDER
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Trims by cutting. : LOPS
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Help. : ABET
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Rightist. : TORY
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Bullfight huzzah. : OLE
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Letters. : CEES
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Anatolian metropolis. : ANKARA
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Billiard stroke. : MASSE
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Early form of the oboe. : SHAWM
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City in northern Italy. : PAVIA
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Red ___. : CARPET
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Slip. : ERROR
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Veteran Hollywood actress. : IRENEDUNNE
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Mysterious power. : MAGIC
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Was off guard. : SLEPT
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Oriental title. : PASHA
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Ices. : DESSERTS
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Red and Black. : SEAS
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Playwright Crouse. : RUSSEL
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River of France and Belgium. : LYS
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Beginnings. : GERMS
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Mediterranean port of Spain. : ADRA
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___ Ericson. : LEIF
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Departed. : LEFT
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American illustrator. : PYLE
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Build. : REAR
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Church court. : ROTA
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Edge. : LIP
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"Just ___ am ... " : ASI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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