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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, January 16, 1978

25-Down : Get ___ (succeed)

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,383
Across
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Chihuahuas : DOGS
5
Ball : DANCE
10
Far from apple-cheeked : PALE
14
Heroic poem : EPIC
15
Violently : AMAIN
16
Kazan : ELIA
17
Hollywood name : LANA
18
John Drew's co-star: 1892-97 : MAUDEADAMS
20
Contemporary comedian : ALANKING
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Harsh : RASPY
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Speck : DOT
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___ hand (obsequious) : HATIN
27
Mystic art : CABALA
30
Rialto spot : THEATER
33
Neighbor of Silver Springs : OCALA
34
Textile workers : DYERS
35
Shape formed by migrating geese : VEE
37
Telescope part : LENS
38
Plotter exposed by Esther : HAMAN
39
Look after : TEND
40
Epoch : ERA
41
Dressed cress : SALAD
42
He wrote about Roaring Camp : HARTE
43
Talk foolishly : BLATHER
45
Author of "Bambi" : SALTEN
46
Physicist Bruno : ROSSI
47
Lad aided by Scrooge : TIM
48
Crazy as ___ : ALOON
51
One of Jolie's daughters : EVAGABOR
56
Ali or Namath, at times : MOVIEACTOR
59
___ mater : DURA
60
Made a request : PLED
61
Soprano Lehmann : LOTTE
62
Singer Campbell : GLEN
63
Director Richter : HANS
64
"We twa hae run about the ___": Burns : BRAES
65
Actress Raines : ELLA
Down
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Poet Walter ___ Mare : DELA
2
Ring setting : OPAL
3
Lollobrigida : GINA
4
"George White's ___" : SCANDALS
5
Actress Lili : DAMITA
6
"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
7
Victor Herbert operetta : NAUGHTYMARIETTA
8
Legendary Spanish hero : CID
9
Compass point : ENE
10
Bookish bore : PEDANT
11
Woeful word : ALAS
12
Lacking energy : LIMP
13
"___ Rider" : EASY
19
Songs for the Met set : ARIAS
21
Tropical nut : KOLA
25
Get ___ (succeed) : AHEAD
26
Sea swallow : TERN
27
Composer Porter : COLE
28
Sharp : ACERB
29
Hackneyed : BANAL
31
Court celebrity : EVERT
32
Annuity, in Arles : RENTE
34
Carnegie and Evans : DALES
36
Barbara from Tucson : EDEN
38
Triumphant exclamations : HAHS
39
Norma or Constance of old films : TALMADGE
41
Ezra or Paula : STONE
42
White House aide in 1974 : HAIG
44
Calla lilies, e.g. : AROIDS
45
Gazes fixedly : STARES
48
On both sides: Prefix : AMPH
49
Montez or Albright : LOLA
50
Part of the range : OVEN
52
Ballot : VOTE
53
Papal document : BULL
54
Soviet city : OREL
55
"It ___ hundred years ... ": Holmes : RANA
57
Priestly vestment : ALB
58
Heart : COR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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