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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, November 15, 1977

28-Down : South African statesman

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,321
Across
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Ermine in a summer coat : STOAT
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Softens the sound : MUTES
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Spotted horses : PINTOS
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Of no value : USELESS
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Semiprecious gem : CATSEYE
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Food fish : SARDINE
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Singer of "Hit Parade" fame : ARMEN
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Arctic sea bird : AUK
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Beard eraser : RAZOR
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Legal document : WRIT
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Fabled monsters : OGRES
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___ mater (membrane) : DURA
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A.S.P.C.A., for one : SOC
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Gambles heavily : PLUNGES
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Twilled fabric : REP
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Equivocates : WEASELS
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Famed name in electrodynamics : AMPERE
34
False god : BAAL
35
Become indistinct : BLUR
36
Volcanic rock : BASALT
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Lower-leg coverings : GAITERS
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Candlenut tree : AMA
43
Prized sheep : MERINOS
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___ loss : ATA
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Is permissive : LETS
49
Chad's neighbor : SUDAN
50
Ending with tip or tap : STER
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Swings around : SLUES
53
Shoat shelter : PEN
54
Where a kadein lives : HAREM
55
Kennedy tenant : AIRLINE
57
Menagerie members : ANIMALS
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Sea mammal : MANATEE
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Be of comfort to : SOLACE
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Animal shelters : SHEDS
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Destructive insect : BORER
Down
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Who killed Cock Robin? : SPARROW
2
Small birds : TITMICE
3
Beginning : ONSET
4
Egyptian symbol : ATEN
5
Little Boy Blue's dog : TOY
6
Mossy marsh : MUSKEG
7
World power, for short : USA
8
Region: Abbr. : TERR
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One of Moses' seventy elders : ELDAD
10
Sudden attack : SEIZURE
12
Jonathan, e.g. : SEAGULL
14
Noisy napper : SNORER
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Tampico attire : SERAPE
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Corvine calls : CAWS
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Receptacles : URNS
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Acid salts : OLEATES
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Large eared seal : SEALION
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Sacred song or poem : PSALM
28
South African statesman : SMUTS
31
Arab robe : ABA
33
Grand ___, Acadia : PRE
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Go ___ (get wild or go ape) : BANANAS
36
Species of fir : BALSAM
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Novel by Fielding : AMELIA
38
A god and a planet : SATURNS
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He wrote "The Counterfeiters" : GIDE
40
Frantic scramble : RATRACE
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Raider rival : STEELER
44
Money in Madras : RUPEES
46
"___ and the Man," Shaw play : ARMS
48
Mystical Biblical word : SELAH
50
Philippine island : SAMAR
52
Building location : SITE
54
Hawaiian port : HILO
56
Mr. Buntline : NED
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In London, rich dude : NOB

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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