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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, February 5, 1979

42-Down : Predecessor of C.I.A.

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,681
Across
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Weep loudly : BAWL
5
At ___ (unrestrained) : LARGE
10
Full of expectation : AGOG
14
Jai ___ : ALAI
15
Area dialect : IDIOM
16
Narrow way : LANE
17
Historic event of 1861 or 1862 : BATTLEOFBULLRUN
20
Cote creature : EWE
21
Horrid person : OGRE
22
Emulates an adjutory : AIDS
23
Glossy black : RAVEN
25
Thicket : COPSE
27
Fine china : SPODE
29
Rinse : LAVE
30
Where Sydney is: Abbr. : NSW
33
Wait nearby : HOVER
34
Pastoral : RURAL
35
Unclose, to Shakespeare : OPE
36
Kind of wife or house : ALE
37
Pacific sea : CORAL
38
Brother : FRA
39
Tall tree : FIR
40
Special garb : HABIT
41
Motorists' mecca : MOTEL
43
Sum up : TOT
44
"Ars Amatoria" poet : OVID
45
Fire remnants : ASHES
46
Place of safety : HAVEN
48
Stiffen, with "up" : TENSE
50
One of the people conquered by Cyrus : MEDE
51
Islets : AITS
52
Unit of measure: Abbr. : GRO
55
Standing between extremes : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
59
Red river : URAL
60
Fine-grained rock : SHALE
61
Shaping tool : ADZE
62
Fan fare : GAME
63
More tender : SORER
64
Flanders river : YSER
Down
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Infant : BABE
2
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
3
Bygone events : WATEROVERTHEDAM
4
Came by chance, with "on" or "upon" : LIT
5
City on the Meuse : LIEGE
6
Deck : ADORN
7
Prevalent : RIFE
8
Cruiser chap : GOB
9
Aussie bird : EMU
10
West ___ (Milwaukee suburb) : ALLIS
11
Colorado tourist magnet : GARDENOFTHEGODS
12
Obligation : ONUS
13
O.T. book : GEN
18
Swain : LOVER
19
Garment part : LAPEL
24
Hoosier fabulist : ADE
25
Weight unit : CARAT
26
Race track : OVAL
27
Ray of light : SHAFT
28
Salk's concern : POLIO
29
Sensational : LURID
31
Lively frolic : SPREE
32
Whip marks : WEALS
34
___ Goodfellow (Puck) : ROBIN
37
Paleolithic abode : CAVE
40
Atrocious abode : HOVEL
41
Parsonage : MANSE
42
Predecessor of C.I.A. : OSS
47
Make muddled : ADDLE
48
Kind of page or piece : TITLE
49
The wide blue yonder : ETHER
50
Remarkable star in Cetus : MIRA
51
"___ or nigh around": Hardy : AFAR
53
Demolish : RAZE
54
Stettin's stream : ODER
55
Rogues' gallery photo : MUG
56
Kind of curve : ESS
57
Exclamation of surprise : OHO
58
Actor Milland : RAY

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