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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, January 29, 1958
11-Down : Skein.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 G | 2 I | 3 S | 4 T | 5 A | 6 N | 7 N | 8 I | 9 E | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 Y |
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14 O | N | C | E | 15 N | O | E | L | C | 16 O | W | A | R | D |
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17 A | C | R | E | 18 E | M | O | L | U | M | E | N | T | S |
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19 T | H | O | 20 G | M | A | N | 21 E | L | K | S | ||||
22 L | 23 U | R | I | D | 24 P | 25 O | L | L | ||||||
26 B | 27 A | L | T | I | C | 28 B | O | N | E | S | 29 E | 30 T | 31 S |
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32 R | O | W | E | D | 33 F | L | E | E | T | 34 V | I | P |
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35 E | R | O | S | 36 S | L | A | M | S | 37 F | A | L | A |
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38 S | T | R | 39 C | L | A | S | S | 40 A | L | T | E | R |
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41 T | A | K | 42 E | H | O | M | E | 43 B | R | E | A | D | S |
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44 L | O | G | E | 45 B | R | A | W | N | ||||||
46 D | 47 E | E | R | 48 F | R | O | M | 49 G | 50 E | 51 M |
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52 H | E | R | M | A | 53 N | 54 W | O | U | K | 55 H | U | L | A |
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56 R | E | S | I | L | I | E | N | C | E | 57 O | A | S | T |
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58 S | P | E | S | 59 P | E | T | E | R | 60 D | Y | E | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,137
Across
1
Main point. : GIST
5
Miss Oakley. : ANNIE
10
Light carriage. : SHAY
14
Formerly. : ONCE
15
Well-known playwright. : NOELCOWARD
17
Port of western Israel. : ACRE
18
Fees. : EMOLUMENTS
19
Yet, for short. : THO
20
Government agent. : GMAN
21
Lodge members. : ELKS
22
Sensational. : LURID
24
Head. : POLL
26
Memel's waterfront. : BALTIC
28
Asterlike plants. : BONESETS
32
Quarreled: Colloq. : ROWED
33
Defense arm. : FLEET
34
Celebrity: Slang. : VIP
35
Antony's friend in "Antony and Cleopatra." : EROS
36
Criticizes: Colloq. : SLAMS
37
Scottie's name. : FALA
38
Vessel: Abbr. : STR
39
Grade or quality. : CLASS
40
Transform. : ALTER
41
___ pay. : TAKEHOME
43
Grocery items. : BREADS
44
Theatre box. : LOGE
45
Strength. : BRAWN
46
Game animal. : DEER
48
Beginning at. : FROM
49
Muffin. : GEM
52
Well-known novelist. : HERMANWOUK
55
Dance. : HULA
56
Elasticity. : RESILIENCE
57
Tobacco kiln. : OAST
58
Hope: Lat. : SPES
59
Blue ___, signal flag of British navy. : PETER
60
Colors. : DYES
Down
1
Farm animal. : GOAT
2
Very small amount. : INCH
3
Ornamentation. : SCROLLWORK
4
Driver's place. : TEE
5
Weak. : ANEMIC
6
Pasture-seeking tribesman. : NOMAD
7
Gaseous element. : NEON
8
Unfavorable. : ILL
9
Small shield: Fr. : ECU
10
Waves. : SWELLS
11
Skein. : HANK
12
Branch of academic learning. : ARTS
13
Measurements: Abbr. : YDS
16
Lenten fare. : OMELET
20
Grating. : GRID
23
Western tribesmen. : UTES
24
Thomas specialties. : POEMS
25
Numbers. : ONES
26
French port. : BREST
27
Main artery. : AORTA
28
Tired of pleasure. : BLASE
29
Famous name of vaudeville days. : EVATANGUAY
30
Designating certain walls. : TILED
31
Boxes. : SPARS
33
Tongue of light. : FLAME
36
Hit hard. : SLOG
37
Moved swiftly. : FLEW
39
___ music. : CHORAL
40
Ancient Syria. : ARAM
42
Fragrant oleoresins. : ELEMIS
43
Agent. : BROKER
45
Celebrated Scottish family. : BRUCE
46
Profound. : DEEP
47
Gaelic. : ERSE
48
Origin. : FONT
50
In addition. : ELSE
51
Floor coverings. : MATS
52
Periods: Abbr. : HRS
53
Bite. : NIP
54
Very small. : WEE
55
Fuel carrier. : HOD
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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