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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Saturday, June 18, 1977

18-Across : Mazo ___ Roche ("Jalna" author)

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,171
Across
1
Haberdashery stock : CRAVATS
8
Gauchos' milieu : PAMPAS
14
Native environment : HABITAT
15
Trattoria dish : RAVIOLI
16
Copy : IMITATE
17
Human being : ADAMITE
18
Mazo ___ Roche ("Jalna" author) : DELA
19
Pairs or bridges : SPANS
21
Biblical oldster : ENOS
22
Supplement (with 23 Across) : EKE
23
See above : OUT
24
Add up : TOT
25
Bacon part : RIND
27
Feudal bigwigs : DUKES
29
Napoleon won here in 1806 : JENA
30
Show scorn toward : SNEERAT
32
Sharks' fellow travelers : REMORAS
34
Chicle : GUM
35
Conveyance for horses : VAN
36
Clergymen : CURATES
40
Island near Borneo : CELEBES
44
Woeful word : ALAS
45
She wrote "A Certain Smile" : SAGAN
47
Ending with tire or irk : SOME
48
Dentist's rotary tool : BUR
49
Splash against : LAP
50
Capek classic : RUR
51
Came to rest : ALIT
53
Kind of cigarette : CUBEB
55
Ford's running mate in '76 : DOLE
56
Tapping sound : RATATAT
58
Virginia river : RAPIDAN
60
Cotton fabric : ETAMINE
61
Hard rubber : EBONITE
62
Past, future et al. : TENSES
63
Testified : DEPONED
Down
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Faultfinders; nags : CHIDERS
2
Baking dish : RAMEKIN
3
Where young Ike lived : ABILENE
4
"Ars longa, ___ brevis" : VITA
5
___ loss for words : ATA
6
Makes lace : TATS
7
Do the town : STEPOUT
8
Hippie apartments : PADS
9
Hollywood name : AVA
10
M. Marceau, for one : MIME
11
Hunting dog : POINTER
12
City in Pennsylvania : ALTOONA
13
Shut-eye sessions : SIESTAS
15
One of the "harangue gang" : RANTER
20
Sea bird : AUK
26
Manet's portraitist : DEGAS
27
Titled women : DAMES
28
Most common dice throw : SEVEN
29
Naval hero: 1747-92 : JONES
31
Motoring hazard : RUT
33
___ de mer : MAL
36
Broadway musical : CABARET
37
Howl : ULULATE
38
River, town or bay in N.J. : RARITAN
39
Greet : SALUTE
40
Frolicked : CAPERED
41
Russian composer of "Prince Igor" : BORODIN
42
Rival : EMULATE
43
Tranquilized : SERENED
46
Chatter : GAB
52
Headwear : TAMS
53
Containers : CANS
54
Ruth or Zaharias : BABE
55
Nickname for singer Martin : DINO
57
Stalemate : TIE
59
Beverage : POP

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