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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, November 3, 1980

9-Down : Careful

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,318
Across
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Footwear type : PAC
4
Large outpouring : SPATE
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___ up (appear) : CROP
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Without change : ASIS
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Kind of bore : TIDAL
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Nimbus : HALO
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Resort in New York and Canada : THOUSANDISLANDS
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Infuriates : ENRAGES
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Wipe out : ERASE
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Mr. Flintstone : FRED
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Shade of blue : NAVY
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Footloose ones : NOMADS
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Narrative : TALE
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Quick ___ flash : ASA
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Of hearing : OTIC
33
"Visit to a Small Planet" author : VIDAL
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Unite : WED
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Where a reactor has caused much reaction : THREEMILEISLAND
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___ after (attend) : SEE
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Isolation is his delectation : LONER
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Picardy river : OISE
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City in Nebraska : ORD
43
By any chance : EVER
44
"More ___, with less art": Shak. : MATTER
46
Class of vertebrates : AVES
47
Show eagerness : PANT
48
Strong thread : LISLE
51
Most abrupt : CURTEST
54
Campaign site in Tenn.: Apr. 1862 : ISLANDNUMBERTEN
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Something very good : PLUM
59
Of a region : AREAL
60
Korean river : YALU
61
Utah lily : SEGO
62
Shot in a pool room : MASSE
63
Participant at 54 Across : REB
Down
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Lad from Limerick : PAT
2
County in the Tar Heel State : ASHE
3
Plant shoot : CION
4
Periods : STAGES
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Yearned : PINED
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Does a C.P.A.'s work : ADDS
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Mai ___, rum drink : TAI
8
Chi. sights : ELS
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Careful : CHARY
10
Frog genus : RANA
11
Automobile pioneer : OLDS
12
Present, as a problem : POSE
14
Take the Nautilus up : SURFACE
18
Red quartz : SARD
19
Demolishes : LEVELS
23
Ralph of D.C. : NADER
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Half of the name of a game : ALAI
25
Untrue : NOTSO
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Word with world or woman : OTHER
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Bogged down : MIRED
28
Roofing worker : TILER
29
Expect : AWAIT
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Be aware of : SENSE
31
Milk snake : ADDER
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These are spoiled by "the little foxes" : VINES
36
Bengals or Lions : ELEVEN
37
Propose : MOVE
38
Chancy scheme : LOTTERY
44
Sculpture material : MARBLE
45
Kind of room or chamber : ANTE
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Southwest shrine : ALAMO
47
Wild felines : PUMAS
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"The Touch of Your ___," 1936 song : LIPS
49
___ of Pines : ISLE
50
Hit hard : SLUG
51
Suggestions : CUES
52
Excel : STAR
53
Type of type : TELE
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Hold back : DAM
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F.D.R. agency : NRA
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Kernel : NUB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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