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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Friday, July 22, 1977

33-Down : Hue or rinse

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,205
Across
1
Ablution : BATH
5
One of fifty : IDAHO
10
Energy source : ATOM
14
Ailment from malaria : AGUE
15
Eating place : DINER
16
Piano novelty : NOLA
17
Western wonderland : CANADIANROCKIES
20
Army fare : KRATIONS
21
Distribute : ALLOT
22
"Harper Valley ___" : PTA
23
Item found in a pine forest : CONE
25
Compulsion; coercion : DURESS
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More emaciated : GAUNTER
32
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
33
German state : HESSE
34
Johnny ___ of the C.S.A. : REB
36
Historic waterway : STLAWRENCERIVER
40
Old domain: Abbr. : HRE
41
Ancient Asia Minor region : IONIA
42
Swan or swallow : DIVE
43
Silly : ASININE
45
Depended (with "on") : LEANED
47
Beverage : COLA
48
Bridge term : BID
49
Pallid : ASHEN
52
Blood feud : VENDETTA
57
Joplin composition : THEMAPLELEAFRAG
60
Went swiftly : TORE
61
Of a cereal : OATEN
62
In ___ (completely) : TOTO
63
Set ___ (attack) : UPON
64
Condemns : DOOMS
65
Game animal : STAG
Down
1
Player like O.J. : BACK
2
Seaweed substance : AGAR
3
Sandwich staple : TUNA
4
Topic in the tropics : HEAT
5
Stupes : IDIOTS
6
Dors or Ross : DIANA
7
Harding et al. : ANNS
8
Beagle of L.B.J.'s day : HER
9
Spanish gold : ORO
10
Sock : ANKLET
11
Labor : TOIL
12
Bread spread : OLEO
13
Location of a crow's-nest : MAST
18
Cheesy snacks : DIPS
19
Preserver : CANNER
23
Foe of Caesar : CASCA
24
Yorkshire river : OUSE
25
Punctuation mark : DASH
26
Excessive : ULTRA
27
Dromio, Romeo and Gremio : ROLES
28
Epsilon's cousin : ETA
29
Spirit in a bottle : GENIE
30
Noted North Carolinian : ERVIN
31
Bailiff in Ivanhoe's era : REEVE
33
Hue or rinse : HENNA
35
Brought up : BRED
37
Minnesota city : WINONA
38
Vex : ROIL
39
Crete's historic peak : IDA
44
Purveyors of yesteryear : ICEMEN
45
Fabrics from Dundee : LINENS
46
Norse collection of poems : EDDA
48
Brazilian port : BELEM
49
Alaskan island : ATTU
50
Factory : SHOP
51
Edible submarine : HERO
52
Presidential power : VETO
53
Salamanders : EFTS
54
Turkey ___ : TROT
55
Goodbye : TATA
56
Excited : AGOG
58
Seed holder : POD
59
Thai language : LAO

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

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