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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 1967

28-Down : Workers in metal.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 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.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,403
Across
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Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
5
Tropical tree. : CACAO
10
Hillside of the Highlands. : BRAE
14
Have ___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
15
Busy. : UPANDDOING
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Fiber for ropes. : BAST
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Things needed. : DESIDERATA
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Honshu bay. : ISE
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Po tributary. : ADDA
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Blanched. : PALED
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Bondage. : THRALL
24
Form of footwear. : SABOT
27
Cards. : TREYS
29
Sky travelers. : METEORS
33
Innkeepers. : HOSTS
35
States of mind. : MOODS
37
Like as ___. : NOT
38
Chinese island. : AMOY
39
Air cavity in the skull. : SINUS
40
Top. : ACME
41
Disciple. : SON
42
Do carpentry work. : MITER
43
Term of endearment. : SWEET
44
Greedy. : HOGGISH
46
Joke: Slang. : SPOOF
48
Plant of the carrot family. : ANISE
50
Complete: Colloq. : ALLOUT
53
Meat dish. : ROAST
56
End up. : LAND
58
Cruise port. : RIO
59
In any case. : ATTHELEAST
62
Kind of cat. : MANX
63
Track man. : MILERUNNER
64
High: Prefix. : ALTI
65
Cards. : ACES
66
May 8, 1945. : VEDAY
67
Social division. : CLAN
Down
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Practice. : HABIT
2
Disconcert. : ABASH
3
Romberg favorite. : DESERTSONG
4
Plane. : JET
5
Embraceable. : CUDDLY
6
Was unoriginal. : APED
7
Spanish abodes. : CASAS
8
Dixie bird. : ANI
9
Extra. : ODD
10
Acid salt. : BORATE
11
Teheran coin. : RIAL
12
Poker stake. : ANTE
13
Mild expletive. : EGAD
16
Stations. : DEPOTS
20
Pub specialties. : ALES
23
Bohemian. : ARTY
25
Casanova's métier. : AMOURS
26
Bunks. : BEDS
28
Workers in metal. : SMITHS
30
Finally. : ONCEFORALL
31
Georgia city. : ROME
32
Editor's term. : STET
33
Menu item. : HASH
34
South Seas tale, 1847. : OMOO
36
Quite the same. : ONE
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Affirmative of a kind. : SISI
40
Military problem. : AWOL
42
Money maker. : MINTER
43
Merchant's sign. : SOLD
45
Cuts. : GASHES
47
Butler's milieu. : PANTRY
49
Relative of the black buck. : ELAND
51
Western range. : UINTA
52
Poison. : TOXIN
53
Vishnu incarnation. : RAMA
54
Of the ear. : OTIC
55
Tamarisk salt tree. : ATLE
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Cruising. : ASEA
60
Recent Broadway hit. : LUV
61
Compass point. : ENE
62
Familiar nickname. : MAC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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