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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, May 27, 1975

54-Down : Blue dye

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,418
Across
1
Soil type : MARL
5
P. I. natives : MOROS
10
"Ay, there's the ___" : RUB
13
Neighborhood : AREA
14
Palm tree : ARECA
15
Greek letter : BETA
16
Pants mishaps : RIPS
17
Return : REPAY
18
Kind of hearth or house : OPEN
19
___ cross : TAU
20
River to the Yellow Sea : YALU
21
Rock cavity : DRUSE
22
Color for a cordon : BLEU
24
Smear : BEDAUB
27
City in Florida : DELAND
29
Enrich : LARD
30
___ Countries : LOW
33
Sends out : EMITS
34
Itchy outbreak : HIVES
35
Asian river : ILI
36
Sotto ___ : VOCE
37
Set the tempo : PACED
38
Etcher's need : ACID
39
Siouan Indian : OTO
40
Greek island : SAMOS
41
Item for a car compartment : GLOVE
42
Ship-shaped clock : NEF
43
Norway's king : OLAF
44
Stun with noise : DEAFEN
45
Sidewalk material : CEMENT
47
"Take ___ from me" : ATIP
48
Titter : TEHEE
50
Small shields : ECUS
52
___ of averages : LAW
55
Seed casing : ARIL
56
Contemporary of the Maxwell : SAXON
58
City in Texas : WACO
59
Like beverage grapes : WINY
60
Nautical command : AVAST
61
Indian flour : ATTA
62
Vast amount : SEA
63
Fishes for trout : CASTS
64
Incite : GOAD
Down
1
Place of trade : MART
2
Song : ARIA
3
Asian nation : REPUBLICOFCHINA
4
___ Vegas : LAS
5
Pillage : MARAUD
6
Soviet city : OREL
7
Onetime American nation : REPUBLICOFTEXAS
8
Wood sorrel : OCA
9
Authority : SAY
10
Philosophic nation : REPUBLICOFPLATO
11
Western redmen : UTES
12
Harmful thing : BANE
15
Ireland's Brian ___ : BORU
20
Desires : YENS
21
Family members : DADS
23
Former : LATE
25
Sneaky kind of drop : EAVES
26
___ Scott : DRED
27
Cattle breed : DEVON
28
Be theatrical : EMOTE
31
Kind of oil : OLIVE
32
Expand : WIDEN
34
Biblical hanging victim : HAMAN
37
Like pastels : PALE
38
Turkish regiment : ALAI
40
"___ Enchanted Evening" : SOME
41
Obtains : GETS
44
Intimidates : DAUNTS
46
Wriggling : EELY
48
Marbles : TAWS
49
Great Lakes port : ERIE
51
Expense : COST
53
Things done : ACTA
54
Blue dye : WOAD
56
U. S. Indian : SAC
57
Gardner : AVA
58
Funny one : WAG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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