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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, April 25, 1978

24-Across : Retired Ram

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,482
Across
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Tourist mecca in Europe : ALPS
5
___ broke : GOFOR
10
Beginner : TYRO
14
Liquid or soft follower : SOAP
15
T. S. Eliot's "cruelest month" : APRIL
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Be nomadic : ROAM
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Podded plant : OKRA
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Simon and Diamond : NEILS
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Enveloping glow : AURA
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Small share : PITTANCE
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Unit equal to 61.02 cubic inches : LITER
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Duchamp's staircase-descender : NUDE
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Retired Ram : NAMATH
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Fierce feline : OCELOT
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Ring decision : DRAW
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Belgian city : SPA
33
"___ Bulba," novel by Gogol : TARAS
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Senator from Ohio : GLENN
35
Machine part : CAM
36
Show displeasure : HISS
37
River into the Irish Sea : BOYNE
38
Bicarb : SODA
39
"Cap'n ___," book by Lincoln : ERI
40
Papal court : CURIA
41
Uncle ___ : REMUS
42
Newscaster Cochran : RON
43
___ Benedict : EGGS
44
Argentine area : PAMPAS
45
Tool for Michelangelo : CHISEL
47
Anatolia, with 55 Across : ASIA
48
Righteous : MORAL
50
"Battle of the Bulge" site : ARDENNES
54
"___ You Not," book by Jack Paar : IKID
55
See 47 Across : MINOR
57
Helper : AIDE
58
Shade of green : LIME
59
Make muddled : ADDLE
60
Used a jinrikisha : RODE
61
Penetrating : KEEN
62
Presents, as a question : POSES
63
Cookie : SNAP
Down
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Wringing wet : ASOP
2
He raised Hel : LOKI
3
Accomplices : PARTNERSINCRIME
4
Mixing tools : SPATULAS
5
Booby or its cousin : GANNET
6
Acronym for a cartel in the news : OPEC
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Precious possession of 6 Down : OIL
9
Literary monogram : RLS
10
Characteristic : TRAIT
11
Famed juvenile magazine: 1827-1929 : YOUTHSCOMPANION
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Cooked slightly : RARE
13
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
21
Commotions : ADOS
22
Sheer cloth : LAWN
25
Sphere of conflict : ARENA
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Equine's pride : MANE
27
Additional : OTHER
28
City in Illinois : CAIRO
31
Where a shrew was tamed : PADUA
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Accumulate : AMASS
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Eat greedily : GORGE
37
Baer or Bunny : BUGS
38
Campus activities : SEMINARS
40
Do some plastering : CEIL
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Scratch out : RASE
44
"Sky pilots" : PADRES
46
One of the Rams' QB's : HADEN
48
Honey's companion : MILK
49
D.P. in the 30's : OKIE
51
Romeo or Dromio : ROLE
52
Northern epic : EDDA
53
Permeate : SEEP
55
Travelogue prop : MAP
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Form of Esperanto : IDO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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