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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Thursday, November 7, 1963

38-Down : Fixed series of dance steps.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,212
Across
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Curtain fabric. : SCRIM
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Censures. : BLAMES
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Old-time ship. : CARAVEL
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Certain plants. : LEGUMES
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Subjugate by fear. : OVERAWE
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Indulged in soup-to-nuts meals. : OVERATE
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Tom, Dick, and Harry. : NAMES
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Girl's nickname. : NAN
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Blusters. : RANTS
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Operatic role. : IGOR
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Encircles. : GIRDS
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Part of a refrain. : LALA
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Period of time: Abbr. : CEN
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Papal name. : CLEMENT
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Pro ___. : TEM
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Carry Nation's battlegrounds. : SALOONS
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Exist as a quality, right, etc. : INHERE
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Expel. : OUST
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Composer's project. : OPUS
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Odds and ends. : SCRAPS
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Worried. : FRETTED
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Spanish gold. : ORO
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Big men on campus. : SENIORS
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Poem: Abbr. : VER
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August, in Paris. : AOUT
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Popular game. : DARTS
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Philippine island. : CEBU
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___ gold. : POTOF
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Texas school: Abbr. : SMU
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Electrical unit. : FARAD
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Isolates. : ENISLES
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Artlessness. : NAIVETE
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Ivory. : DENTINE
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Inventor. : DEVISER
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Safety device on airplane wings. : DEICER
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Some hats. : FELTS
Down
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Uncivilized ones. : SAVAGES
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Italian city. : CREMONA
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Thinner. : RARER
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Yellow bugles. : IVAS
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Sea gull. : MEW
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Fair. : BLONDE
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Bulgarian coin. : LEV
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Antiquing device. : AGER
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Work of art. : MURAL
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Proceed (from). : EMANATE
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Pioneer. : SETTLER
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Of a geometric solid. : CONIC
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Indulgent. : LENIENT
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Oriental seed. : SESAME
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Companion of "the man." : ARMS
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Whitewashed (with "over"). : GLOSSED
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Sharpshooters. : SNIPERS
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Clever stratagems. : COUPS
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Metal fasteners of a certain shape. : TNUTS
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Mauna ___. : LOA
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Presidential monogram. : HST
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Resonant. : OROTUND
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Did a washday job. : SOAPED
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Sang sentimentally. : CROONED
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Fixed series of dance steps. : ROUTINE
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Business concern. : FIRM
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Mighty mountain. : EVEREST
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College activities. : DEBATES
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Middle East figure. : NASSER
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More unmannerly. : RUDER
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Composer of memorable songs. : TOSTI
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Find fault with. : CAVIL
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Paris policeman: Slang. : FLIC
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Tea time. : FIVE
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Compass point. : ENE
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Men of 1917. : AEF

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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