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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 1963

39-Down : Closes.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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. 4,981
Across
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Shoe. : PUMP
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Pacific sea. : CORAL
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___ law, in physics. : OHMS
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Useful Latin term. : ETAL
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Type of hat. : OPERA
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Lugger. : BOAT
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Samson's town. : GAZA
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Like a sieve. : LEAKY
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Rail. : SORA
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Equine of a sort. : SHETLAND
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Suitably. : MEETLY
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Eternities. : EONS
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Splashes against. : LAPS
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Where the Prado is. : MADRID
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Portentous. : SINISTER
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Swiss canton. : URI
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Supports. : RESTS
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Therefore. : ERGO
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Eagles et al. : FRATERNALORDERS
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Certain bones. : TALI
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Palm tree. : ARECA
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Like Robert Burns' "beastie." : WEE
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Direct. : INSTRUCT
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Heraldic devices. : CRESTS
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Confer. : TALK
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Sports item. : SLED
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Famous street in London. : REGENT
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Everglades dwellers. : SAURIANS
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Stepson of Thor. : ULLR
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Type of song. : ROUND
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Pack. : STOW
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Type of pipe. : FLUE
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Relative of a hogback. : ARETE
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Jar. : OLLA
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Oats. : FEED
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Beverages. : SODAS
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Precise. : NEAT
Down
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Steps or degrees. : PEGS
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Where Bryce Canyon is. : UTAH
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Network. : MAZE
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Metal worker. : PLATER
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Kitchen utensil. : COLANDER
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Begins. : OPENS
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Foretell. : READ
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Flatboat. : ARK
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Member of a vestry. : LAYMAN
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Haunted. : OBSESSED
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Aviary sound. : HOOT
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Kind of soil. : MARL
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Sojourn. : STAY
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Tours's river. : LOIRE
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Apex covering, in architecture. : EPI
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Tightly twisted thread. : LISLE
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Clothes of a sort. : MUFTI
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Island off Scotland. : ARRAN
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Makes a call. : DIALS
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Show surprise. : START
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Close-fitting tartan trousers. : TREWS
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Source of feathers. : EGRET
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June symbols. : ROSES
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Light lunch. : SNACK
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Laughed, in a way. : TITTERED
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Closes. : OCCLUDES
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Thinner. : RARER
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Spread. : RAN
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Extremists. : ULTRAS
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Holder of over 1,300 patents. : EDISON
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Reindeer driver. : SANTA
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Bridge term. : RUFF
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French pronoun. : ELLE
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Stick. : GLUE
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Wooed. : SUED
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Tamarisk salt tree. : ATLE
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Felix Arndt piece. : NOLA
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Batsman's forte. : SWAT
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Spanish gold. : ORO

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

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