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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, July 11, 1978

52-Down : Inside info

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,559
Across
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Varnish ingredient : LAC
4
Bustle : STIR
8
"Ma—He's Making Eyes ___" : ATME
12
Woeful word : ALAS
14
Simon's "___ Suite" : PLAZA
15
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
16
Torn place : RENT
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He wrote "Roots" : HALEY
18
Get well : HEAL
19
Explode : DETONATE
21
Temperamental : MOODY
22
Son of Seth : ENOS
23
"Animal Farm" author : ORWELL
26
Grease one's palm : BRIBE
27
Fruit-and-cream dessert : FOOL
28
Oxbow, in Idaho : DAM
31
Agrees : JIBES
32
Tug's salute : TOOT
33
Opposite of massive : WEE
34
Côte d'___ : AZUR
35
Atlanta court team : HAWKS
37
Latvian capital : RIGA
38
Neighbor of Aus. : GER
39
Nomad of a sort : HOBO
40
Old Scratch : DEVIL
41
Hog's home : STY
42
Contemporary cartel : OPEC
43
Blends : FUSES
44
Largest of the Society Islands : TAHITI
46
Imitates : APES
47
Earl "Fatha" Hines plays it : PIANO
49
Gifted : TALENTED
53
Mimi or Norma : ROLE
54
Salutes : HAILS
56
Food staple in 44 Across : TARO
57
___ Glendower, Welsh rebel : OWEN
58
Ecole attendee : ELEVE
59
Lapse : SLIP
60
Days of yore : PAST
61
Zane Grey locale : MESA
62
Compass point : ENE
Down
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Soft, white fat : LARD
2
To the downwind side : ALEE
3
Chaucerian gem, with "The" : CANTERBURYTALES
4
Skinny stick : SLAT
5
Great novel of 1859, with "A" : TALEOFTWOCITIES
6
Ending with lion and union : IZE
7
Writer Bradbury : RAY
8
City in Mass. : ATHOL
9
Novel by Arnold Bennett: 1908 : THEOLDWIVESTALE
10
Honey drink : MEAD
11
Slithery : EELY
13
More hard-hearted : STONIER
14
Aspect : PHASE
20
Soho swells : NOBS
21
Soften : MELT
24
Chess piece : ROOK
25
Courts : WOOS
26
"Carmen" composer : BIZET
29
Protection : AEGIS
30
Chow or mess : MEAL
31
Barbs; teeth : JAGS
35
Indian of Arizona : HOPI
36
Encourage : ABET
37
Takes offense : RESENTS
39
Sounds from Santa : HOHO
40
Bamboozle : DUPE
43
Like a sophist's argument : FALSE
45
With regard to : ANENT
47
Stage phone : PROP
48
Where the tall corn grows : IOWA
50
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
51
Land of the banshees : ERIN
52
Inside info : DOPE
54
Kind of stitch : HEM
55
"Cakes and ___" : ALE

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