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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Monday, July 31, 1978
38-Across : Big bird
Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 D | 5 C | 6 H | 7 U | 8 R | 9 L | 10 V | 11 A | 12 M | 13 P |
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14 A | S | E | A | 15 A | U | R | A | E | 16 I | L | I | A |
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17 A | T | A | T | 18 U | R | N | I | N | G | 19 P | O | I | N | T |
20 L | O | R | E | N | 21 S | T | A | R | L | E | T | |||
22 D | I | 23 L | 24 L | 25 S | T | O | A | |||||||
26 W | 27 E | 28 B | 29 T | O | A | 30 D | 31 O | S | T | 32 E | 33 N | 34 D |
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35 A | L | E | 36 E | S | T | E | 37 S | 38 E | M | E | U |
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39 T | U | R | 40 N | S | T | H | U | M | 41 B | 42 S | D | O | W | N |
43 E | D | G | E | 44 S | C | A | R | E | 45 T | E | C |
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46 R | E | S | T | 47 E | 48 D | 49 E | R | I | E | 50 E | R | E |
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51 T | R | O | 52 T | 53 T | E | S | 54 T | |||||||
55 B | 56 A | I | L | O | U | 57 T | 58 T | A | 59 U | 60 N | 61 T |
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62 T | U | R | N | E | D | T | H | 63 E | 64 C | O | R | N | E | R |
65 S | N | A | G | 66 L | O | I | R | E | 67 T | A | B | U |
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68 P | A | L | S | 69 E | R | N | I | E | 70 S | L | O | E |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,579
Across
1
Poet : BARD
5
Boor : CHURL
10
Alluring woman : VAMP
14
On a cruise : ASEA
15
Emanations : AURAE
16
Hipbones : ILIA
17
In a decisive stage : ATATURNINGPOINT
20
Italian beauty : LOREN
21
Hollywood novice : STARLET
22
___ pickle : DILL
25
Greek portico : STOA
26
Arachnid's trap : WEB
29
Agua or bufo : TOAD
31
Belgian seaport : OSTEND
35
Pub potion : ALE
36
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
38
Big bird : EMEU
39
Rejects : TURNSTHUMBSDOWN
43
Move sideways : EDGE
44
___ up (get with effort) : SCARE
45
Sleuth, for short : TEC
46
Took a breather : RESTED
49
Great Lakes port : ERIE
50
Sooner than : ERE
51
___ out (exhibit) : TROT
53
Campus concern : TEST
55
Use a parachute : BAILOUT
58
Mock : TAUNT
62
Passed a crisis safely : TURNEDTHECORNER
65
Obstacle : SNAG
66
Nantes's river : LOIRE
67
Forbidden : TABU
68
Buddies : PALS
69
Singer Ford : ERNIE
70
Plumlike fruit : SLOE
Down
1
False god : BAAL
2
Concerning : ASTO
3
Lift up : REAR
4
Outmoded : DATED
5
Cable ___ : CAR
6
Barbarian : HUN
7
He wrote "Exodus" : URIS
8
Declaims bombastically : RANTS
9
Smooth and connected musical passage : LEGATO
10
Profaned; desecrated : VIOLATED
11
What "It's a sin to tell" : ALIE
12
Lemon balm is one : MINT
13
Like some poker hands : PAT
18
Weds : UNITES
19
Bears and Lions : PROS
23
Pixie-led : LOST
24
Strips of wood : LATHS
26
Word with bed or log : WATER
27
Baffle : ELUDE
28
Navigation hazards : BERGS
30
Two-spot : DEUCE
32
Be theatrical : EMOTE
33
Less familiar : NEWER
34
Blockhead : DUNCE
37
Sharp pain : SMART
40
Meshed materials : NETTINGS
41
French cheese : BRIE
42
Looks after : SEESTO
47
Mr. Gardner : ERLE
48
Draw absentmindedly : DOODLE
52
Instruct : TUTOR
54
Loot for the Knave of Hearts : TARTS
55
Artificial rubber : BUNA
56
Soviet sea : ARAL
57
Scanty : THIN
59
Single : UNAL
60
Biblical mount : NEBO
61
Correct : TRUE
62
Chef's meas. : TSP
63
"Cap'n ___" : ERI
64
Third letter : CEE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.