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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, September 26, 1956

21-Across : Poetic contraction.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,647
Across
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Electrical units. : AMPERES
8
Detection device. : RADAR
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Niagara. : TORRENT
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Old-fashioned love knot. : AMORET
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Western wonderland. : COLORADO
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___ line. : TOETHE
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French pronoun. : ELLES
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Yellow-flowered plants. : RUES
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Nickname of 52 Across. : CLEM
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Beethoven's ___. : THIRD
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Baby coach. : PRAM
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Believer in: Suffix. : IST
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TV celebrity. : SHEEN
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Married folk. : PAIRS
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Tiny bits. : ATOMS
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Historic capital of Artois. : ARRAS
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Current best seller. : ANDERSONVILLE
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Encumbered. : LADEN
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Disconcert: Colloq. : FEEZE
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Symbol of authority. : GAVEL
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Fixed gaze. : STARE
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Unit of measure: Abbr. : TSP
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Sharp. : ACID
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Silver coins of Thailand. : BAHTS
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Down: Prefix. : CATA
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Fall behind. : LAG
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Honshu city. : KURE
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Fervent. : EAGER
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Adjective for an egghead. : BRAINY
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American novelist. : STAFFORD
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British notable. : ATTLEE
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___ Star. : EASTERN
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Fisherman. : EELER
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Accumulates. : AMASSES
Down
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Lagoon islands. : ATOLLS
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French statesman, Suez conferee. : MOLLET
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Introduction. : PROEM
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Slips. : ERRS
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Rural utility group. : REA
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Final point. : END
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"Moby Dick" and others. : STORIESOFTHESEA
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Considered. : RATED
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Biblical monotheist. : AMOS
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John ___. : DOE
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Designating a main road. : ARTERIAL
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Tell in detail. : REHEARSE
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Contract conditions. : TERMS
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This: Fr. : CECI
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Jardiniere. : URN
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Something that annoys. : THORN
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Edges. : HEMS
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Converse: Fr. : PARLE
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Great strength. : STEEL
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Car, for example. : PRIZE
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Did arithmetic. : ADDED
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Affirms. : AVERS
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One way to dine. : ALACARTE
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Steer a course. : NAVIGATE
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Clean. : NEAT
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Nero's successor. : GALBA
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Patriotic group. : SAR
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Poet who wrote in Bengali and English. : TAGORE
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Ship sections. : STERNS
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Cowboy's comrade. : PARD
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Department store employee. : BUYER
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Paris specialties. : CAFES
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Joint. : KNEE
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Small lizards. : EFTS
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State: Abbr. : ILL
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School cap. : TAM
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Jehoshaphat's father. : ASA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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