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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, July 31, 1978

54-Down : Loot for the Knave of Hearts

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,579
Across
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Poet : BARD
5
Boor : CHURL
10
Alluring woman : VAMP
14
On a cruise : ASEA
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Emanations : AURAE
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Hipbones : ILIA
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In a decisive stage : ATATURNINGPOINT
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Italian beauty : LOREN
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Hollywood novice : STARLET
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___ pickle : DILL
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Greek portico : STOA
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Arachnid's trap : WEB
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Agua or bufo : TOAD
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Belgian seaport : OSTEND
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Pub potion : ALE
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___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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Big bird : EMEU
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Rejects : TURNSTHUMBSDOWN
43
Move sideways : EDGE
44
___ up (get with effort) : SCARE
45
Sleuth, for short : TEC
46
Took a breather : RESTED
49
Great Lakes port : ERIE
50
Sooner than : ERE
51
___ out (exhibit) : TROT
53
Campus concern : TEST
55
Use a parachute : BAILOUT
58
Mock : TAUNT
62
Passed a crisis safely : TURNEDTHECORNER
65
Obstacle : SNAG
66
Nantes's river : LOIRE
67
Forbidden : TABU
68
Buddies : PALS
69
Singer Ford : ERNIE
70
Plumlike fruit : SLOE
Down
1
False god : BAAL
2
Concerning : ASTO
3
Lift up : REAR
4
Outmoded : DATED
5
Cable ___ : CAR
6
Barbarian : HUN
7
He wrote "Exodus" : URIS
8
Declaims bombastically : RANTS
9
Smooth and connected musical passage : LEGATO
10
Profaned; desecrated : VIOLATED
11
What "It's a sin to tell" : ALIE
12
Lemon balm is one : MINT
13
Like some poker hands : PAT
18
Weds : UNITES
19
Bears and Lions : PROS
23
Pixie-led : LOST
24
Strips of wood : LATHS
26
Word with bed or log : WATER
27
Baffle : ELUDE
28
Navigation hazards : BERGS
30
Two-spot : DEUCE
32
Be theatrical : EMOTE
33
Less familiar : NEWER
34
Blockhead : DUNCE
37
Sharp pain : SMART
40
Meshed materials : NETTINGS
41
French cheese : BRIE
42
Looks after : SEESTO
47
Mr. Gardner : ERLE
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Draw absentmindedly : DOODLE
52
Instruct : TUTOR
54
Loot for the Knave of Hearts : TARTS
55
Artificial rubber : BUNA
56
Soviet sea : ARAL
57
Scanty : THIN
59
Single : UNAL
60
Biblical mount : NEBO
61
Correct : TRUE
62
Chef's meas. : TSP
63
"Cap'n ___" : ERI
64
Third letter : CEE

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

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