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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Friday, February 15, 1957
1-Down : Complacent.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has duplicate clues.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 A | 5 S | 6 B | 7 E | 8 R | 9 G | 10 C | 11 O | 12 O | 13 P |
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14 M | A | I | L | O | R | D | E | R | 15 O | K | R | A |
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16 U | T | O | P | I | A | N | I | S | 17 M | 18 R | I | B | S |
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19 G | E | T | 20 L | E | A | N | 21 E | 22 R | N | E | S | T |
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23 H | I | S | 24 T | R | U | E | ||||||||
25 C | 26 O | 27 N | A | N | 28 C | 29 A | R | R | I | A | 30 G | 31 E | 32 S |
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33 U | S | I | N | G | 34 A | M | A | I | N | 35 I | V | A |
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36 B | A | L | D | 37 P | R | I | C | E | 38 G | A | O | L |
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39 E | G | O | 40 B | U | R | S | T | 41 T | O | N | K | A |
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42 B | E | T | 43 S | Y | R | O | S | S | 44 H | A | T | E | D |
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45 M | E | E | T | 46 B | E | D | ||||||||
47 C | 48 E | 49 R | I | S | E | 50 M | 51 A | R | A | 52 C | 53 U | 54 P |
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55 A | M | U | R | 56 S | 57 T | A | L | A | C | 58 T | I | T | E |
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59 D | E | S | K | 60 A | L | T | I | M | E | T | E | R |
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61 S | U | E | S | 62 W | O | O | D | E | N | E | S | T |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,789
Across
1
Youthful actress. : STRASBERG
10
Place of confinement. : COOP
14
Type of business. : MAILORDER
15
Vegetable. : OKRA
16
Ideal governmental system. : UTOPIANISM
18
Curved pieces in an arch. : RIBS
19
Arrive at. : GET
20
Spare. : LEAN
21
Gov. McFarland of Arizona. : ERNEST
23
Pronoun. : HIS
24
Genuine. : TRUE
25
Doyle's middle name. : CONAN
28
Victorias. : CARRIAGES
33
Treating. : USING
34
Forcefully: Poet. : AMAIN
35
Yellow bugle. : IVA
36
Unadorned. : BALD
37
Gov. Daniel of Texas. : PRICE
38
Place of confinement. : GAOL
39
Alter ___. : EGO
40
Explosion. : BURST
41
___ bean. : TONKA
42
VIP of '76. : BETSYROSS
44
Highly unpopular. : HATED
45
Proper. : MEET
46
Article of furniture. : BED
47
Cherry. : CERISE
50
Name claimed by Naomi. : MARA
52
Davis ___. : CUP
55
River of NE Asia. : AMUR
56
Cavern phenomenon. : STALACTITE
59
Clerk's bailiwick. : DESK
60
Airplane navigation instrument. : ALTIMETER
61
Starts litigation. : SUES
62
Most awkward. : WOODENEST
Down
1
Complacent. : SMUG
2
Art gallery in London. : TATE
3
Noisy feast. : RIOT
4
Mountain. : ALP
5
Contaminating. : SOILING
6
"Ye banks and ___ o' bonny Doon ... " : BRAES
7
Famous hurricane. : EDNA
8
Check. : REIN
9
Units of weight: Abbr. : GRS
10
Part of the eye. : CORNEA
11
Migrant worker. : OKIE
12
Spheres. : ORBS
13
___ master. : PAST
17
___ England. : MERRIE
22
Pompeii's present status. : RUIN
23
About 4 inches. : HAND
24
Pamphlets. : TRACTS
25
Cigarette made from berries. : CUBEB
26
Western Indian. : OSAGE
27
Egyptian native. : NILOT
28
Plant of the celery family. : CARROT
29
In a faulty manner. : AMISS
30
Current movie hit. : GIANT
31
Call forth. : EVOKE
32
Endive. : SALAD
37
Thick soups. : PUREES
38
Incite. : GOAD
40
Tennis tournament draws. : BYES
41
Highest point. : THEACME
43
Smiles knowingly. : SMIRKS
46
Rickrack. : BRAID
47
Bounders. : CADS
48
Big bird. : EMEU
49
Stratagem. : RUSE
50
Saint ___, French town. : MALO
51
Voice part. : ALTO
52
Mention. : CITE
53
Cousins of 26 Down. : UTES
54
Forward. : PERT
57
Marble. : TAW
58
Rugby team. : TEN
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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