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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, April 28, 1980

8-Down : Homophone for won

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,129
Across
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English essayist : LAMB
5
Small drum : TABOR
10
Coarse tobacco : SHAG
14
Confused : ASEA
15
Think : OPINE
16
Western wolf : LOBO
17
Old Dominion city : CHARLOTTESVILLE
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Qualify : ENTITLE
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Crawly creature : ADDER
22
Wriggling : EELY
23
Strong spice : MACE
25
The Doral is one : COURSE
28
Chef's concern : MENU
29
Bakery item : PIE
32
Where Rio Branco is : ACRE
33
Aleutian island : ATTU
34
Popular street name : ELM
35
Capital of the Virgin Islands : CHARLOTTEAMALIE
40
___ Aviv : TEL
41
Music maker : OBOE
42
Tampico toiler : PEON
43
Govt. agency : IRS
44
In the ___ (imminent) : WIND
45
Add to : APPEND
47
Party : FETE
48
Breslau's river : ODER
49
Pittsburgh product : STEEL
52
Items to be tickled : IVORIES
55
Creamy desserts : CHARLOTTERUSSES
59
___ Minor : URSA
60
English county : SHIRE
61
Common abbr. : ETAL
62
Event in many a Flynn film : DUEL
63
Finals on campus : TESTS
64
Disown : DENY
Down
1
Varnish ingredient : LAC
2
Court star : ASHE
3
Selfish : MEAN
4
Goods-for-goods person : BARTERER
5
Play the piccolo : TOOTLE
6
In a suitable way : APTLY
7
Chomp : BITE
8
Homophone for won : ONE
9
Thing, to an LL.B. : RES
10
___ rule : SLIDE
11
Ship section : HOLD
12
Competent : ABLE
13
Active person : GOER
18
Is situated : LIES
19
What Nature abhors : VACUUM
23
Distribute : METE
24
Pier, to Frank Lloyd Wright : ANTA
25
Queens of the night : CACTI
26
Palette pigment : OCHER
27
U.S.S.R. range : URALS
28
Defeated at chess : MATED
29
Vicious volcano in Martinique : PELEE
30
Ancient Troy : ILION
31
Correct : EMEND
36
J. R. or Amy : LOWELL
37
Newspaper notice : OBIT
38
Sol is one : TONE
39
Informed : APPRISED
45
Admires greatly : ADORES
46
Andean land : PERU
47
Untamed : FERAL
48
Public : OVERT
49
Move swiftly : SCUD
50
Kind of way in N.Y. : THRU
51
Lessen tension : EASE
52
Medical suffix : ITIS
53
Italian family : ESTE
54
Actor Connery : SEAN
56
East: Ger. : OST
57
"___ Robe": L. C. Douglas : THE
58
Tricky : SLY

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