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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, August 13, 1979

69-Across : Stupid one

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,870
Across
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"Tell it not in ___" : GATH
5
Defeat : WORST
10
Flower or river follower : BED
13
South Seas novel : OMOO
14
As ___ (usually) : ARULE
15
Barcelona bull : TORO
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Sign of pity or fear : LUMPINTHETHROAT
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Liberates : FREES
20
What casts do : REHEARSE
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Lacking brightness : DRAB
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Van Buren had but one : TERM
25
Ginger : PEP
28
Burroughs beasts : APES
30
Eliot classic: 1863 : ROMOLA
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Beverage : ALE
35
City in 7 Down : ESSEN
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Always : EVER
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Terrify : CURDLEONESBLOOD
42
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
43
"Annie Hall," for one : MOVIE
44
Chemical suffix : INE
45
She wrote "Bad Girl" : DELMAR
48
Jewelry item : RING
49
Place to hole up : DEN
50
Arabian sultanate : OMAN
52
If ___ be : NEED
54
Small dogs : SCOTTIES
58
Oil centeer : TULSA
62
Looks lovingly : MAKESSHEEPSEYES
65
Roman writer : OVID
66
Poetry Muse : ERATO
67
Kind of toad or frog : TREE
68
"___ whiz!" : GEE
69
Stupid one : DUNCE
70
Immunizing agents : SERA
Down
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"A good walk spoiled": Twain : GOLF
2
Asian river : AMUR
3
"It's Greek ___!" : TOME
4
Was optimistic : HOPED
5
Lacking force or color : WAN
6
Women's group sponsoring voc. ed. : ORT
7
Rhine region : RUHR
8
Weather word : SLEET
9
Fasten : TETHER
10
Uncouth chap : BOOR
11
Periods : ERAS
12
Be overly fond : DOTE
15
Impede or confine : TRAMMEL
17
Lebanon's southern neighbor : ISRAEL
18
Leander's lass : HERO
22
Recess in a cathedral : APSE
23
Twiggy broom : BESOM
25
Walked like an expectant father : PACED
26
Baffle : ELUDE
27
What the fearless face without flinching : PERIL
29
Man from Morelos : SENOR
31
Egg-shaped : OVOID
32
Sierra ___ : LEONE
33
English forest : ARDEN
36
"The Rosary" composer : NEVIN
39
Kicked downstairs : DEMOTED
40
Mathematical ratio : SINE
41
Causes to exist : BEGETS
46
Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
47
Like a dais or podium : RAISED
51
Mrs. Gandhi's father : NEHRU
53
Concert numbers : DUETS
54
Urban problem : SMOG
55
The Blue Grotto, at Capri : CAVE
56
Wandering worker of the bad old days : OKIE
57
O'Casey or O'Faoláin : SEAN
59
Music maker that doesn't sound true : LYRE
60
Farsighted fellow : SEER
61
On the deep : ASEA
63
Common abbr. : ETC
64
"Ulalume" poet : POE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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