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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 1963
62-Across : Type of pipe.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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65 F | E | E | D | 66 S | O | D | A | S | 67 N | E | A | T |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,981
Across
1
Shoe. : PUMP
5
Pacific sea. : CORAL
10
___ law, in physics. : OHMS
14
Useful Latin term. : ETAL
15
Type of hat. : OPERA
16
Lugger. : BOAT
17
Samson's town. : GAZA
18
Like a sieve. : LEAKY
19
Rail. : SORA
20
Equine of a sort. : SHETLAND
22
Suitably. : MEETLY
24
Eternities. : EONS
25
Splashes against. : LAPS
26
Where the Prado is. : MADRID
29
Portentous. : SINISTER
33
Swiss canton. : URI
34
Supports. : RESTS
36
Therefore. : ERGO
37
Eagles et al. : FRATERNALORDERS
41
Certain bones. : TALI
42
Palm tree. : ARECA
43
Like Robert Burns' "beastie." : WEE
44
Direct. : INSTRUCT
47
Heraldic devices. : CRESTS
49
Confer. : TALK
50
Sports item. : SLED
51
Famous street in London. : REGENT
54
Everglades dwellers. : SAURIANS
58
Stepson of Thor. : ULLR
59
Type of song. : ROUND
61
Pack. : STOW
62
Type of pipe. : FLUE
63
Relative of a hogback. : ARETE
64
Jar. : OLLA
65
Oats. : FEED
66
Beverages. : SODAS
67
Precise. : NEAT
Down
1
Steps or degrees. : PEGS
2
Where Bryce Canyon is. : UTAH
3
Network. : MAZE
4
Metal worker. : PLATER
5
Kitchen utensil. : COLANDER
6
Begins. : OPENS
7
Foretell. : READ
8
Flatboat. : ARK
9
Member of a vestry. : LAYMAN
10
Haunted. : OBSESSED
11
Aviary sound. : HOOT
12
Kind of soil. : MARL
13
Sojourn. : STAY
21
Tours's river. : LOIRE
23
Apex covering, in architecture. : EPI
25
Tightly twisted thread. : LISLE
26
Clothes of a sort. : MUFTI
27
Island off Scotland. : ARRAN
28
Makes a call. : DIALS
29
Show surprise. : START
30
Close-fitting tartan trousers. : TREWS
31
Source of feathers. : EGRET
32
June symbols. : ROSES
35
Light lunch. : SNACK
38
Laughed, in a way. : TITTERED
39
Closes. : OCCLUDES
40
Thinner. : RARER
45
Spread. : RAN
46
Extremists. : ULTRAS
48
Holder of over 1,300 patents. : EDISON
50
Reindeer driver. : SANTA
51
Bridge term. : RUFF
52
French pronoun. : ELLE
53
Stick. : GLUE
54
Wooed. : SUED
55
Tamarisk salt tree. : ATLE
56
Felix Arndt piece. : NOLA
57
Batsman's forte. : SWAT
60
Spanish gold. : ORO
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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