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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, April 17, 1978

8-Down : Hoosier fabulist

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, 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. 10,474
Across
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Motorist's need : GAS
4
Hunt deity : DIANA
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Sight in N.M. : MESA
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Choir singer : ALTO
15
Terminated : ENDED
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Breslau's river : ODER
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Tavern item : BEER
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Volcano that killed 30,000 in 1902 : PELEE
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Flirt : OGLE
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Dutch philosopher, expounder of pantheism : SPINOZA
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Campus ordeals : ORALS
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Anger : HEAT
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He has pressing problems : IRONER
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Gets a hint of : SCENTS
29
Where Wicklow is : EIRE
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Once around the oval : LAP
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Radio role of John Todd : TONTO
34
Shows sorrow : SOBS
35
Whitney : ELI
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Woeful word : ALAS
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Unkempt : RATTY
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Ore carrier : VEIN
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Clothing style : MOD
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"You ___ Me Love You" : MADE
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"The Odd Couple" playwright : SIMON
43
Bear or Lion : PRO
44
Tel ___ : AVIV
45
Later on, to Pedro : MANANA
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Bearlike : URSINE
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Stable fare : OATS
49
Specialized jargon : ARGOT
51
Recount : NARRATE
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Gaucho's weapon : BOLA
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Lake herring : CISCO
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Tamara ___, famed ballerina : GEVA
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Dutch dairy product : EDAM
60
Deck : ADORN
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"Come Back to ___" : ERIN
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Fictional heroine : TESS
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Nickname for Ichabod Crane's rival : BONES
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Foxy : SLY
Down
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Chatter : GAB
2
Pub beverages : ALES
3
Vermonter who gained fame in Illinois : STEPHENADOUGLAS
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Terminals : DEPOTS
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Don Juan's mother : INEZ
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Californian who gained fame in Illinois : ADLAIESTEVENSON
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Mary Lincoln, ___ Todd : NEE
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Hoosier fabulist : ADE
9
"Lalla Rookh" poet : MOORE
10
Kansan who gained fame in Illinois : EDGARLEEMASTERS
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Find a buyer : SELL
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"Scourge of mortals": Homer : ARES
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Adjusts to a new environment : ORIENTS
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Contemporary pact : NATO
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Change for a five : ONES
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Funny guy : RIOT
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By hook ___ crook : ORBY
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Act that made history : STAMP
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Put in a false light : COLOR
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"___ is in the streets": Proverbs : ALION
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Feather, wing or fin : PINNA
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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Tennis term : ADIN
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Wine connoisseur's interest : VINTAGE
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Fore or main follower : MAST
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Moselle tributary : SAAR
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Nitwits : MORONS
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Is footloose : ROAMS
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Encourage in iniquity : ABET
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Did ranch work : RODE
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Farm unit : ACRE
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Wickedness : EVIL
55
Truck area : CAB
56
June vow : IDO
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"Have you ___ wool?" : ANY

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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