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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, March 6, 1962
54-Across : Musical instrument.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 C | 2 A | 3 S | 4 C | 5 A | 6 S | 7 C | 8 A | 9 R | 10 A | 11 B | ||||
12 M | E | N | T | O | R | 13 S | 14 T | O | P | I | C | A | 15 L |
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16 A | L | G | E | R | I | A | 17 A | B | I | L | E | N | E |
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18 S | T | E | A | K | 19 N | 20 O | R | 21 S | E | R | A | I |
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22 T | I | L | L | 23 S | T | U | C | 24 K | 25 D | A | N | L |
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26 S | C | I | 27 L | O | A | T | H | E | 28 D | 29 T | A | A |
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30 S | C | 31 R | U | F | F | S | 32 N | O | 33 S | E | S | |||
34 A | N | T | E | 35 P | N | E | U | |||||||
36 P | 37 A | T | T | I | 38 P | E | E | R | E | 39 S | 40 S | |||
41 M | A | D | 42 S | E | 43 C | O | N | D | S | 44 L | E | 45 G |
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46 O | L | A | 47 V | 48 S | A | P | P | Y | 49 R | I | C | A |
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50 D | A | M | E | 51 S | 52 N | E | A | 53 S | E | D | A | N |
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54 O | C | A | R | I | 55 N | A | 56 L | 57 E | A | D | I | N | G |
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58 C | E | N | T | A | U | R | 59 S | A | V | A | N | T | S |
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60 S | T | E | M | M | Y | 61 T | O | N | G | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,617
Across
1
Conspirator against Caesar. : CASCA
6
Sacred beetle. : SCARAB
12
Teachers. : MENTORS
14
Of a subject. : TOPICAL
16
Scene of cease-fire accord. : ALGERIA
17
Texas city. : ABILENE
18
Cut of meat. : STEAK
19
Conjunction. : NOR
21
Oriental inn. : SERAI
22
Place where money is kept. : TILL
23
Baffled. : STUCK
25
One of the Boones. : DANL
26
School subject: Abbr. : SCI
27
Detested. : LOATHED
29
Chinese pagoda. : TAA
30
Backs of necks. : SCRUFFS
32
Nuzzles. : NOSES
34
Penny ___. : ANTE
35
Type of tire: Abbr. : PNEU
36
Memorable diva. : PATTI
38
Noblewoman. : PEERESS
41
Hilarious. : MAD
42
Boxer's aides. : SECONDS
44
Triangle side. : LEG
46
Norway's king. : OLAV
48
Juicy. : SAPPY
49
Costa ___. : RICA
50
Titled women. : DAMES
52
Teachers' group. : NEA
53
Vehicle. : SEDAN
54
Musical instrument. : OCARINA
56
Principal. : LEADING
58
Mythical being. : CENTAUR
59
Men of learning. : SAVANTS
60
Describing some grasses. : STEMMY
61
Hammer's partner. : TONGS
Down
1
Boston basketballers. : CELTICS
2
Saintly. : ANGELIC
3
Purloin. : STEAL
4
Irish county. : CORK
5
Hero of "Exodus." : ARI
6
Foodstuff. : STARCH
7
Male swan. : COB
8
Honeybee genus. : APIS
9
Vexed: Colloq. : RILED
10
Having needlelike leaves. : ACERATE
11
Fruits. : BANANAS
12
Poles. : MASTS
13
Historic trail town. : SANTAFE
15
Girl's name meaning "night." : LEILA
20
Baseball events. : OUTS
23
Sentimentalists. : SOFTIES
24
Prominent Democrat. : KENNEDY
27
Thespian pair. : LUNTS
28
Active ones. : DOERS
31
Rodent. : RAT
33
Pay court to. : SUE
35
Correspondents. : PENPALS
36
Fine abodes. : PALACES
37
Unyielding. : ADAMANT
38
English poet. : POPE
39
Winter sport. : SLIDING
40
Intersecting lines. : SECANTS
41
California Indian. : MODOC
43
___ Islands. : CANARY
45
Squads or shifts. : GANGS
47
Green: Fr. : VERTE
49
Fortification. : REDAN
51
Asian gulf. : SIAM
53
Solomon island. : SAVO
55
O. T. book: Abbr. : NUM
57
Have tea. : EAT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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