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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, March 19, 1958
42-Down : Noted British capitalist.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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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53 A | C | A | D | E | 54 M | 55 I | E | S | 56 R | I | A | T | A |
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57 S | E | C | E | S | S | I | O | N | 58 D | A | I | R | Y |
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59 T | R | E | S | 60 S | I | N | E | 61 A | N | D | E | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,186
Across
1
Reserved accommodations, as on a ship. : SPACE
6
Long narrative. : SAGA
10
Staff member: Abbr. : ASST
14
Birthplace of Alexander the Great. : PELLA
15
Variety of gypsum. : ALABASTER
17
Otherwise named. : ALIAS
18
Star of the silent days. : VALENTINO
19
Frightens. : STARTLES
21
Slow-moving. : TARDY
22
City in Iowa. : AMES
23
___ yourself. : DOIT
25
Maker of seven voyages. : SINBAD
28
Camelot celebrity. : LANCELOT
32
Negative particle. : ANION
33
Money. : CENTS
34
Happy ___ lark. : ASA
35
Sudden calamity. : BLOW
36
El ___, 16th century painter. : GRECO
37
Make a call. : DIAL
38
Mutineer: Colloq. : REB
39
Look at angrily. : GLARE
40
Tropical fruit. : MANGO
41
What Addison called "thou pleasing dreadful thought." : ETERNITY
43
Gift recipients. : DONEES
44
Domestic. : HOME
45
Japanese primitive. : AINU
46
Shot in billiards. : CAROM
49
Current Broadway hit. : LILABNER
53
Schools. : ACADEMIES
56
Cowboy equipment. : RIATA
57
1860-61 headline word. : SECESSION
58
Type of farm. : DAIRY
59
Very: Fr. : TRES
60
Mathematical ratio. : SINE
61
Vicuña's home. : ANDES
Down
1
Resorts. : SPAS
2
Trapping trophy. : PELT
3
Inter ___. : ALIA
4
Star of silent days. : CLARABOW
5
American inventor. : EASTMAN
6
Puts by. : SAVES
7
Exclamation. : ALAS
8
Liquid measure: Abbr. : GAL
9
Fictional Mr. Potash. : ABE
10
In ___ (agitated or excited). : ASTATE
11
Change position slightly. : STIR
12
Cause to go. : SEND
13
Ancient city of Asia Minor. : TROY
16
Grotesque gestures. : ANTICS
20
Caused. : LED
23
Social event. : DANCE
24
Preposition. : ONTO
25
One of the jets. : SABRE
26
Waterway. : INLET
27
Legendary queen of Thebes. : NIOBE
28
Suspicious: Colloq. : LEERY
29
Popular crooner. : LAINE
30
Western Indian. : OSAGE
31
Man of brass: Greek myth. : TALOS
33
Container. : CRATE
36
Light: Slang. : GLIM
37
Of a historic river. : DANUBIAN
39
Dwarfs. : GNOMES
40
Aromatic plant of the mint family. : MONARDA
42
Noted British capitalist. : RHODES
43
Watered down: Abbr. : DIL
45
Soissons' river. : AISNE
46
Throw. : CAST
47
Maple tree genus. : ACER
48
Track meet event. : RACE
49
Region of Spain. : LEON
50
Marine worm: Zool. : NAID
51
Raison d'___. : ETRE
52
Starfish arms. : RAYS
54
Library exhibits. : MSS
55
Three. : III
Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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