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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, May 6, 1980

48-Across : Constantinople coin

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,137
Across
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Concerning : ASTO
5
Weight units : DRAMS
10
Aleutian island nearest Japan : ATTU
14
Bacteriology pioneer: 1828-98 : COHN
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Jack of old films : OAKIE
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"___ Can't Be Love," 1938 song : THIS
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Arnold Bennett novel: 1908 : THEOLDWIVESTALE
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Kind of sister : SOB
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Arabian port : ADEN
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Performer at Roosevelt Raceway : PACER
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Like some beavers : EAGER
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Avoid duty : SHIRK
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His hero is Paul Bunyan : LOGGER
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High-strung : TAUT
30
German river : EMS
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Creator of Tattered Tom : ALGER
34
Hollywood immortal : GABLE
35
"Ole!" relative : RAH
36
Interpret : READ
37
Ruffle : FRILL
38
Cause of harm : BANE
39
Elongated fish : GAR
40
One of 50 : MAINE
41
Irish river : BOYNE
42
Printers' measures : ENS
43
Grammatical goof : AINT
44
C.I.A. head : TURNER
45
Fragrances : ODORS
47
___ planes : CARGO
48
Constantinople coin : ASPER
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Standard : NORM
51
Double-U predecessor : VEE
54
J. R. Lowell work: 1848 : THEBIGLOWPAPERS
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Fictional plantation : TARA
59
Cowboy carnival : RODEO
60
Goren coup : SLAM
61
Culture medium : AGAR
62
Uncompromising : STERN
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___ of Pines : ISLE
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"Hamlet" quintet : ACTS
2
London film center : SOHO
3
Gay work: 1728 : THEBEGGARSOPERA
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"Sail ___ Union ... ": Longfellow : ONO
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Walk unsteadily : DODDER
6
More inexperienced : RAWER
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Related : AKIN
8
Twice DII : MIV
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___ about (investigate) : SEE
10
Perfume : ATTAR
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Victorian classics : THACKERAYNOVELS
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Roofing material : TILE
13
Patron : USER
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Light beer : LAGER
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Rancor : SPITE
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Hoary : AGED
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Fine fur : SABLE
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Jane Addams's ___ House : HULL
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Extensive : LARGE
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City SSE of Buffalo : OLEAN
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Corrupt : TAINT
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Shelly ___, jazz drummer : MANNE
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Diaphanous : SHEER
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Beams : GRINS
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"___ stood the wind for France" : FAIR
38
A four-time Wimbledon winner : BORG
40
Soprano Kanawa is one : MAORI
41
Where Rangoon is : BURMA
44
Game fish : TARPON
46
Exclude : DEBAR
47
Show fear : COWER
48
"___ boy!" : ATTA
49
Kind of rug : SHAG
50
Swelling : NODE
52
Of an epoch : ERAL
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Salinger heroine : ESME
55
Weight units: Abbr. : GRS
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Batch : LOT
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Greek letter : PSI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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