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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, January 19, 1982
16-Down : Textile workers
Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { B J Q X }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 A | 3 D | 4 S | 5 S | 6 P | 7 E | 8 L | 9 T | ||||||
10 L | 11 O | N | D | O | N | 12 A | T | E | L | I | E | 13 R | ||
14 A | N | G | O | L | A | 15 W | E | A | K | E | N | E | 16 D |
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17 P | S | I | 18 T | I | 19 T | H | E | R | S | 20 D | A | Y |
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21 P | E | N | 22 S | 23 L | I | A | R | S | 24 C | O | D | E |
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25 S | T | E | E | 26 D | 27 R | L | S | 28 H | A | Z | E | R |
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29 S | A | 30 R | E | E | 31 S | A | V | E | R | S |
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32 M | 33 I | A | M | I | D | O | 34 L | P | H | I | N | S | ||
35 D | A | M | M | E | D | 36 F | A | T | A | L | ||||
37 E | R | I | E | S | 38 R | A | P | 39 S | E | 40 P | 41 A | 42 L |
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43 L | O | T | S | 44 G | E | T | I | 45 N | 46 D | O | L | E |
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47 T | O | A | 48 E | R | M | I | N | E | 49 S | 50 U | T | A |
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51 A | N | T | 52 E | R | O | O | M | 53 P | A | 54 T | T | O | N |
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55 S | E | A | M | I | L | E | 56 A | M | I | E | N | S |
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57 S | T | A | N | D | 58 L | E | E | R |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,760
Across
1
Jetties engineer : EADS
5
Wheat species : SPELT
10
Famous bridge : LONDON
12
Workshop : ATELIER
14
Where Luanda is : ANGOLA
15
Enfeebled : WEAKENED
17
Greek letter : PSI
18
Taxpayers of a sort : TITHERS
20
Kind of bed : DAY
21
Indites : PENS
23
Deceitful ones : LIARS
24
Bottom numbers on an envelope : CODE
25
Pleasant Colony or Summing : STEED
27
Literary monogram : RLS
28
Bully on campus : HAZER
29
Agra attire : SAREE
31
Bank customers : SAVERS
32
Don Shula's men : MIAMIDOLPHINS
35
Built a weir : DAMMED
36
Decisive : FATAL
37
Eastern Indians : ERIES
38
Criticize : RAP
39
Flower part : SEPAL
43
A great deal : LOTS
44
Arrive : GETIN
46
Kansas notable : DOLE
47
"___ Waterfowl": Bryant : TOA
48
Northern weasels : ERMINES
50
Actress Hagen : UTA
51
Waiting place : ANTEROOM
53
W.W. II celebrity : PATTON
55
Slightly more than 6,000 nautical feet : SEAMILE
56
Site of the largest church in France : AMIENS
57
Furniture piece : STAND
58
Nasty look : LEER
Down
1
Machine : ENGINE
2
Trouble : ADO
3
Nitwit : DOLT
4
Slowpoke : SNAIL
5
Stockyards occupants : STEERS
6
Orchard products : PEARS
7
Fraternal order : ELKS
8
Be situated : LIE
9
Baker's 130 : TENDOZEN
10
Northern natives : LAPPS
11
Beginning : ONSET
12
What to have at a fish fry? : AWHALEOFATIME
13
Schoolbooks : READERS
16
Textile workers : DYERS
19
Needing a respite : TIRED
22
Oriental seeds : SESAMES
24
Objected pettily : CAVILED
26
Titled ones : DAMES
28
Mirthful sounds : HAHAS
30
Free from : RID
31
Key city: Abbr. : SPT
32
Isolates : MAROONS
33
Lacks originality : IMITATES
34
Rabbit fur : LAPIN
35
River section : DELTA
38
Fashion over : REMOLD
40
Pigeon : POUTER
41
Illinois city : ALTON
42
Inclines : LEANS
44
Edge at the junction of two intersecting vaults : GROIN
45
Neighbor of India : NEPAL
48
Author Bombeck : ERMA
49
Identical : SAME
52
Corrode : EAT
54
Haberdashery item : TIE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.