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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, July 6, 1956
17-Across : Former kingdom, now part of Egypt.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 B | 5 S | 6 P | 7 E | 8 W | 9 S | 10 S | 11 K | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 A | P | O | R | T | 15 U | T | A | H | 16 T | A | P | E |
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17 N | U | B | I | A | 18 N | O | R | A | 19 B | A | Y | E | S |
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20 G | R | I | N | N | 21 E | D | 22 D | R | I | V | E | R | S |
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23 S | E | N | 24 L | A | I | 25 C | 26 P | T | A | |||||
27 E | S | T | E | 28 R | 29 S | N | 30 A | 31 F | 32 U |
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33 A | 34 Y | 35 E | 36 A | Y | E | 37 L | I | 38 L | 39 G | L | I | B |
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40 G | O | A | D | 41 L | 42 I | E | G | E | 43 E | I | R | E |
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44 T | Y | R | E | 45 S | O | B | 46 H | 47 E | R | T | E | R |
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48 S | O | N | N | 49 Y | 50 N | E | 51 V | I | N | |||||
52 A | A | 53 R | 54 S | A | G | S | 55 B | 56 B | 57 A |
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58 M | 59 A | 60 T | U | R | E | 61 S | 62 S | H | I | 63 V | E | R | S |
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64 A | I | R | E | D | A | L | 65 E | S | 66 G | I | L | A | S |
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67 S | L | U | R | 68 C | U | T | A | 69 N | A | I | V | E |
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70 T | E | E | S | 71 H | E | A | L | 72 S | L | E | E | T |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,565
Across
1
Sharp points on hooks. : BARBS
6
Benches. : PEWS
10
Card game. : SKAT
14
Nautical term. : APORT
15
Sen. Bennett's state. : UTAH
16
Red ___. : TAPE
17
Former kingdom, now part of Egypt. : NUBIA
18
Old-time vaudeville star. : NORABAYES
20
Looked cheerful. : GRINNED
22
Men of the road. : DRIVERS
23
Theodore Green, for example: Abbr. : SEN
24
Secular. : LAIC
26
School auxiliary. : PTA
27
Acid salt. : ESTER
29
Mixed up as usual: G. I. slang. : SNAFU
33
Madagascan lemur. : AYEAYE
37
Girl's nickname. : LIL
39
Voluble. : GLIB
40
Spur. : GOAD
41
Belgian city. : LIEGE
43
Island country. : EIRE
44
Ancient city. : TYRE
45
Show grief. : SOB
46
New England political leader. : HERTER
48
Little boy. : SONNY
50
Composer of "Narcissus." : NEVIN
52
Bern's river. : AAR
54
Declines in price. : SAGS
55
Business degree. : BBA
58
Victor and others. : MATURES
62
Texas notable. : SHIVERS
64
Canines. : AIREDALES
66
Large lizards. : GILAS
67
Gliding effect in music. : SLUR
68
___ figure (attract attention). : CUTA
69
Childlike. : NAIVE
70
River in England. : TEES
71
Make whole. : HEAL
72
Winter weather. : SLEET
Down
1
Popular haircut. : BANGS
2
River in Venezuela. : APURE
3
Large thrush. : ROBIN
4
Stick of a spread fan. : BRIN
5
One of the Kims. : STANLEY
6
Very learned person. : PUNDIT
7
War theatre. : ETO
8
City district. : WARD
9
Miss Becky. : SHARP
10
Norwegian seaport. : STAVANGER
11
The children's entertainer. : KAYE
12
Unoriginal person. : APER
13
Hardy heroine. : TESS
19
Tools. : BITS
21
Studio equipment. : EASELS
25
Large Indonesian island. : CELEBES
28
Arrange dishonestly. : RIG
30
Descended. : ALIT
31
Enthusiasm. : FIRE
32
Deutschland ___ alles. : UBER
33
Representatives: Abbr. : AGTS
34
Popular toy. : YOYO
35
Merit. : EARN
36
Recent White House visitors. : ADENAUERS
38
School in Pennsylvania. : LEHIGH
42
Particle. : ION
47
Banners. : ENSIGNS
49
Railroad center. : YARD
51
Feudal retainer. : VASSAL
53
Influence. : REACH
55
Misrepresent. : BELIE
56
Indian. : BRAVE
57
Anything of value. : ASSET
58
Part of a derrick. : MAST
59
Wing: Fr. : AILE
60
Word of agreement. : TRUE
61
Swing around. : SLUE
63
Perfume holder. : VIAL
65
___ Beta Pi. : ETA
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