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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, June 28, 1978

12-Down : Sheer nonsense

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: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,546
Across
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Periods of prosperity : UPS
4
Chick's comment to a frugal farmer : CHEEP
9
Dramatis personae : CAST
13
Green guard : TRAP
14
Legal paper : LEASE
15
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Perfectly matched : ASLIKEASTWOPEAS
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Relieve without curing : PALLIATE
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Averse : LOATH
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Microscope part : LENS
22
Front edge of the tibia : SHIN
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Conspiracies : CABALS
27
Ullmann : LIV
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Dijon dance : BAL
31
Monitor lizard : URAN
32
Maid of paradise : HOURI
34
Del ___, Texas : RIO
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Size up a person : TAKEONESMEASURE
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Oahu instrument, for short : UKE
40
Appropriate anagram for notes : TONES
41
Makes tracks : HIES
42
Word with diem or annum : PER
43
Part of pewter : TIN
44
Depletes one's cash : SPENDS
46
Festive : GALA
47
Pleasing to see : FAIR
48
Tropical bird : MACAW
51
Vague discomforts : MALAISES
55
In actuality : ASAMATTEROFFACT
58
"The ___ Love" : MANI
59
Male seal's surrounders : HAREM
60
Noisy quarrel : FRAY
61
Prolific author : ANON
62
Overweight : OBESE
63
Grieving : SAD
Down
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___ Minor : URSA
2
Grow wearisome : PALL
3
Writer of hard-boiled fiction : SPILLANE
4
Sandblasts : CLEANS
5
Preliminary races : HEATS
6
Soothe : EASE
7
Superlative ending : EST
8
Fixed bench : PEW
9
Plump roasting fowl : CAPON
10
Field : AREA
11
Louver board : SLAT
12
Sheer nonsense : TOSH
13
Bar item : TAP
17
German seaport : KIEL
18
"Twelfth Night" countess : OLIVIA
22
The shame of cities : SLUMS
23
Employ : HIRE
24
Lampshade wearer at a party : CUTUP
25
As lean as ___ : ARAKE
26
Muffin man : BAKER
28
Bear : BRUIN
29
Made public : AIRED
30
Yellowish loam : LOESS
32
Kind of rinse : HENNA
33
Chemical suffix : OSE
36
Pontiac was one : OTTAWA
37
Fiber spun into yarn : NOIL
38
County officers : SHERIFFS
44
Herod's dancer : SALOME
45
Singer Edith: 1914-63 : PIAF
46
Homeless lad : GAMIN
47
Gets along : FARES
48
Sound from a doll : MAMA
49
As wise ___ owl : ASAN
50
Third word of "The Aeneid" : CANO
51
Having no admixture : MERE
52
A Roosevelt : SARA
53
Plant form : ECAD
54
Unkempt abode : STY
56
Conjunction, for short : THO
57
Filer's aid : TAB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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