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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, July 5, 1978

37-Down : Debatable

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 Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, 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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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,553
Across
1
Crawly creature : ASP
4
What spongers do : CADGE
9
Race-track sound : CLOP
13
Unitas was one : COLT
15
Of the ear : AURAL
16
Hawaiian port : HILO
17
Wicked weapons : TWOHANDEDSWORDS
20
Hormone or vitamin D : STEROID
21
Efface : ERASE
22
Budget item : RENT
23
French cheese : BRIE
25
Show affection : CARESS
28
Litigant : SUER
29
"Hail, Claudius!" : AVE
32
Global area : ASIA
33
Far from fresh : TIRED
34
Society gal : DEB
35
Unfaithful swains : TWOTIMINGLOVERS
39
Be corrosive : EAT
40
Clothing sizes, for men : LONGS
41
Church section : APSE
42
Clinic workers, for short : RNS
43
Theater seat : LOGE
44
Prepare to knit : CASTON
46
Fork-tailed hawk : KITE
47
Spanish bigwigs : DONS
48
Goodness adversary : SATAN
51
Get in touch with : CONTACT
54
Tough guy : TWOFISTEDFELLOW
58
Extinct magazine : LOOK
59
Word with hog or hop : HEDGE
60
Fountain item : SODA
61
Earthenware container : OLLA
62
Asian notable : EMEER
63
Briard or Samoyed : DOG
Down
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Statute : ACT
2
Farm animals : SOWS
3
Novel need : PLOT
4
Churchmen : CANONS
5
C.P.A. project : AUDIT
6
Famous Scott : DRED
7
Move restlessly about : GAD
8
Urban railroads : ELS
9
Task : CHORE
10
Modena money : LIRA
11
Pioneer auto maker : OLDS
12
Present, as a question : POSE
14
At that place : THEREAT
18
Bellicose deity : ARES
19
Oddball : WEIRDO
23
One-horse towns : BURGS
24
Attachment on a fishing rod : REEL
25
Provide food for a fee : CATER
26
Egyptian dam : ASWAN
27
Police problems : RIOTS
28
Burn slightly : SINGE
29
Expert : ADEPT
30
Left-hand page : VERSO
31
Buddy of TV : EBSEN
33
Slight amount : TINGE
36
Big Ten team : ILLINI
37
Debatable : MOOT
38
Feudal group : VASSALS
44
Have a parley : CONFER
45
Prefix with room or date : ANTE
46
He wrote "The Trial" : KAFKA
47
Deceitful trick : DODGE
48
Normandy town : STLO
49
G.I. offense : AWOL
50
Awl or adze : TOOL
51
Hand over : CEDE
52
Bumpkin : CLOD
53
Fuss : TODO
55
Haggard novel : SHE
56
Pro ___ : TEM
57
Punster : WAG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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