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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, March 28, 1956
11-Down : Supreme genius.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 D | 2 E | 3 N | 4 N | 5 I | 6 S | 7 S | 8 T | 9 E | 10 E | 11 D | 12 S | |||
13 O | P | I | A | T | E | 14 S | P | A | R | T | A | N | 15 S |
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16 C | A | M | P | E | R | 17 K | I | M | N | O | V | A | K |
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18 T | U | B | 19 M | A | 20 T | I | N | E | E | 21 I | R | A |
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22 O | L | L | 23 A | 24 C | R | I | E | D | 25 N | E | T |
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26 R | E | E | S | 27 E | 28 E | N | S | 29 N | 30 A | C | R | E |
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31 S | T | R | I | V | 32 I | N | G | 33 R | E | M | I | S | S |
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34 D | E | N | T | 35 D | I | V | A | |||||||
36 T | 37 O | 38 K | E | N | S | 39 B | E | D | I | Z | 40 E | 41 N | 42 S |
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43 A | M | I | S | S | 44 L | O | B | 45 S | E | L | A | H |
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46 R | E | L | 47 R | E | A | R | 48 S | 49 S | E | T | A |
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50 O | L | D | 51 C | O | S | T | A | I | 52 N | 53 V | A | R |
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54 T | E | A | 55 H | O | U | S | E | 56 L | E | 57 G | A | T | E |
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58 S | T | R | E | E | T | E | R | 59 O | R | A | T | O | R |
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60 S | E | N | D | E | R | 61 S | O | B | E | R | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,465
Across
1
Author of "Auntie Mame." : DENNIS
7
Equines. : STEEDS
13
Anything that soothes. : OPIATE
14
Big Ten footballers. : SPARTANS
16
Outdoor man. : CAMPER
17
Stage and screen actress. : KIMNOVAK
18
Container. : TUB
19
Theatre performance. : MATINEE
21
Irish rebel group. : IRA
22
___ podrida. : OLLA
24
Proclaimed. : CRIED
25
Gain. : NET
26
Star shortstop. : REESE
28
Naval rank: Abbr. : ENS
29
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
31
Working hard. : STRIVING
33
Negligent. : REMISS
34
Hollow. : DENT
35
Milanov. : DIVA
36
Carfare. : TOKENS
39
Dresses showily. : BEDIZENS
43
Out of kilter. : AMISS
44
Seixas specialty. : LOB
45
Mystic Biblical word. : SELAH
46
Having to do with: Abbr. : REL
47
Builds. : REARS
49
Bristle. : SETA
50
Of long standing. : OLD
51
Contemporary novelist. : COSTAIN
53
Department of France. : VAR
54
Recent Broadway hit play. : TEAHOUSE
56
Representative. : LEGATE
58
He wrote "Father of the Bride." : STREETER
59
Demosthenes. : ORATOR
60
Telegraph man. : SENDER
61
Makes serious. : SOBERS
Down
1
Paul White and others. : DOCTORS
2
Military ornament. : EPAULET
3
More agile. : NIMBLER
4
Be off guard. : NAP
5
News ___. : ITEM
6
Ice pinnacle. : SERAC
7
Porcupine's weapons. : SPINES
8
Repressed. : TAMED
9
Sea bird. : ERNE
10
Region in W. W. II. : ETO
11
Supreme genius. : DAVINCI
12
Rabbit hunters. : SNARERS
14
Olympic competition. : SKIING
15
Fish. : SKATES
20
Little Nell's last name. : TRENT
23
Actor's words. : ASIDES
27
Quits. : EVENS
29
Ben ___. : NEVIS
30
Astounds. : AMAZES
32
Those elected. : INS
33
Get ___ of. : RID
35
Actress Paget. : DEBRA
36
Old playing cards. : TAROTS
37
Certain short-order dishes. : OMELETS
38
Irish county. : KILDARE
39
Straw hat, in Britain. : BOATER
40
Promote. : ELEVATE
41
Swimmer. : NATATOR
42
Those who take part. : SHARERS
44
___ Antilles. : LESSER
47
Way. : ROUTE
48
Storage places. : SILOS
51
Campus girl. : COED
52
Roman rascal. : NERO
55
Fowl. : HEN
57
Chatter: Slang. : GAB
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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