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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, March 28, 1967

59-Across : Famous yachtsman.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, 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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,436
Across
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Officials of old, in Venice. : DOGES
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Takes it easy. : COASTS
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Discover by accident. : HITUPON
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Complete: Colloq. : ALLOUT
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Halo. : AUREOLE
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Warlike Indians of the 1860's. : PAIUTES
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Common alloy. : BRASS
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1887 novel. : SHE
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Gush. : SPURT
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Tourist meccas. : INNS
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Busy bird. : STORK
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Mathematical ratio. : SINE
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Make lace. : TAT
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Summons. : CALLSUP
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Partner of order. : LAW
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Places. : LOCALES
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Is a match for. : RIVALS
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"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
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Tendril. : BINE
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Tarkington hero. : PENROD
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Seasoning makers. : SALTERS
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Black bird. : ANI
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Small waves. : RIPPLES
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Baseball great. : OTT
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Is in no rush. : LAGS
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The nostrils. : NARES
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Fly for fishing. : LURE
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Foretokens. : OMENS
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Nautical rope. : TYE
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Stamping device. : DATER
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Arranged in succession. : SERIATE
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More clamorous. : NOISIER
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Famous yachtsman. : LIPTON
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Par for the course. : SEVENTY
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Black bucks. : SASINS
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Ventures. : DARES
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Daily. : DIURNAL
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Adriatic strait. : OTRANTO
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Suppose. : GUESS
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Epic poetry. : EPOS
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Scale note. : SOL
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Flower buds for flavoring. : CAPERS
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Suffix with pay. : OLA
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Muhammad and others. : ALIS
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Menu items. : SOUPS
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Pago Pago's island. : TUTUILA
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Of the breastbone. : STERNAL
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Special garb. : HABIT
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Snuggled. : NESTLED
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Fricassees. : STEWS
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British schoolboy's vacation. : HOLS
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Crusaders' foe. : SALADIN
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Island chain in the N Pacific. : KURILES
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Heat: Lat. : CALOR
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Capacity units. : PINTS
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Status symbol. : CAR
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Letter. : VEE
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Whalebones. : BALEENS
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Spanish seaport. : PALOS
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Does painting. : ENAMELS
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Africa's most populous country. : NIGERIA
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Active. : SPRY
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Customary procedure. : ROUTINE
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Peachtree and others. : STREETS
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Thin metal disks. : PATENS
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Kind of cloth. : TERRY
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Cuts. : SNIPS
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Amplified light device. : LASER
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Egyptian queen of the gods. : SATI
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Singer of note. : DIVA
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Long ___. : TON
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Famous dictionary: Abbr. : OED

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3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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