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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Thursday, April 13, 1978

45-Down : Acts pompously

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,470
Across
1
Part of an ounce : DRAM
5
Do cleaning work : SWEEP
10
Direct insult : SLAP
14
Prefix with chute or troop : PARA
15
Utah range : UINTA
16
Forbidden : TABU
17
Dixie waterway : SHENANDOAHRIVER
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Boots' partners : SADDLES
21
Delight : ELATE
22
Check : REIN
23
Unit of force : DYNE
25
Braque was one : CUBIST
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Intensity of feeling : HEAT
29
Seamen's chat : GAM
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___ hygiene : ORAL
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Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Conceit : EGO
35
Dixie writer : WILLIAMFAULKNER
40
"A Shropshire ___": Housman : LAD
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Undiluted : NEAT
42
Water bird : ERNE
43
Bashful : SHY
44
Strong cart : DRAY
45
Like wintry storms : SLEETY
47
Trial scene in France: 1942 : RIOM
48
Eagerly expectant : ATIP
49
Piece serving as a prop or brake : SPRAG
52
Inactivates : ARRESTS
55
Dixie battle site: 1863 : LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN
59
Church section : APSE
60
Rule the ___ (be master) : ROOST
61
Pisa's river : ARNO
62
Golden or teddy : BEAR
63
Sniffs : NOSES
64
Sugar source : BEET
Down
1
Homeless ones: Abbr. : DPS
2
Stadium sounds : RAHS
3
Region : AREA
4
Big baboon : MANDRILL
5
"The ___ heights ... ": Wilde : SUNLIT
6
Expand : WIDEN
7
Space monkey : ENOS
8
Greek letter : ETA
9
Exclamation of disgust : PAH
10
Set of steps between farms : STILE
11
Mauna Loa's output : LAVA
12
Instigate : ABET
13
Unsullied : PURE
18
Thirst quenchers : ADES
19
Landlord's income : RENTAL
23
Mazo ___ Roche : DELA
24
River into Korea Bay : YALU
25
Auto sections : COWLS
26
The unscrupulous Mr. Heep : URIAH
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Mount ___, in Utah : BALDY
28
Big and strong : HEFTY
29
Vermeer's forte : GENRE
30
James Bond, for one : AGENT
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Comedian Amsterdam : MOREY
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"Mood ___" : INDIGO
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Of aircraft: Prefix : AERO
38
Contraction often used by servants : MAAM
39
___ on (watches) : KEEPSTAB
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Acts pompously : STRUTS
46
Burden for some debtors : LIEN
47
He's on call in the fall : RAKER
48
Showed respect for the National Anthem : AROSE
49
A piece of the rock : SLAB
50
Poet who warned about "a little learning" : POPE
51
Ponselle or Raisa : ROSA
52
Biblical book : AMOS
53
Weight rate : TARE
54
Mathematical ratio : SINE
56
Plant container : URN
57
Exceedingly : TOO
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Stewart's "Touch ___ the Cat" : NOT

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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