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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, March 25, 1980

24-Across : Border, as of lace

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q V X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,095
Across
1
Word with plant or head : EGG
4
___ four : PETIT
9
French clerical title : ABBE
13
Access : DOOR
15
New England college town : ORONO
16
Sills specialty : ARIA
17
Busy as ___ : ABEE
18
Alaskan town : SITKA
19
What a footpad does : ROBS
20
Notre Dame vs. Montclair State, e.g. : MISMATCH
22
Knightly combat : JOUST
23
Lacerated : TORE
24
Border, as of lace : EDGING
27
Sports official : SCORER
29
Biblical kingdom : MOAB
30
Presidential monogram : HST
33
World's highest capital : LHASA
34
Affliction causing loss of hair : MANGE
35
Shipment from China : TEA
36
Excellent : AONE
37
Showy flower : CANNA
38
___ ranch : MINK
39
Give it a whirl : TRY
40
Be prominent : SHINE
41
___ macabre : DANSE
42
Electric ___ : EEL
43
Bully : HAZE
44
Liquefied by heat : MOLTEN
45
Slippery one : ELUDER
47
Prefix with suggestion : AUTO
48
Kind of shower : LINEN
50
Went speedily : BARRELED
54
Water growth : ALGA
55
Nut of the oak : ACORN
57
___ arms : SIDE
58
"Cinderella team" of 1969 : METS
59
Mournful music : DIRGE
60
Sufficient, to FitzGerald : ENOW
61
Court celebrity : ASHE
62
Generous one : DONOR
63
German river : EMS
Down
1
Dairy product : EDAM
2
Asian desert : GOBI
3
Stops at nothing : GOESTOANYLENGTH
4
Notice : POSTER
5
Author Hoffer : ERIC
6
Naturally fitted for : TOTHEMANNERBORN
7
India ___ : INK
8
"___ Wild Rose" : TOA
9
Retired diamond notable : AARON
10
Made to conform : BROUGHTINTOLINE
11
Infant attire : BIBS
12
Middle ___ : EAST
14
Contrition : REMORSE
21
Statistic in an almanac : AREA
22
Correspond : JIBE
25
"Death Be Not Proud" poet : DONNE
26
Infatuated : GAGA
27
Convention decision : SLATE
28
Odd job : CHORE
31
Homophone for cents : SENSE
32
Swindled : TAKEN
34
Indian corn : MAIZE
37
African lake : CHAD
38
"The ___ Falcon" : MALTESE
40
Eschew : SHUN
41
Gloomy : DOUR
44
George Eliot hero : MARNER
46
Legal paper : LEASE
48
Priest at 33 Across : LAMA
49
Parts of France : ILES
51
Jason's ship : ARGO
52
Biblical land : EDOM
53
Moistens : DEWS
55
Do arithmetic : ADD
56
Labor org. founded in 1938 : CIO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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