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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Friday, July 6, 1962

40-Down : Shoot: Colloq.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,739
Across
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Building material. : GLASS
6
Marsh plant. : CATTAIL
13
Noted novelist. : BRONTE
14
Evergreen shrub. : OLEANDER
16
Checked. : REINED
17
Trifling details. : MINUTIAE
18
Use as food. : EAT
19
Small canine. : PUG
21
Stubborn: Dial. : SOT
22
Harem room. : ODA
23
Meat dish. : STEW
25
Car. : MOTOR
27
Printing term. : STET
28
___ cotta. : TERRA
30
Forbid. : BAN
31
Shatt-el-Arab port. : BASRA
32
Legume. : SEEDPOD
34
Hot weather need. : FAN
35
Certain winds. : TRADES
36
Flammable material. : TINDER
39
It "isn't far from London!" : KEW
40
Type of story. : PARABLE
41
Brewery product. : LAGER
44
Machine part. : COG
45
Holds out. : LASTS
47
Made a tennis point. : ACED
48
Show-off. : CUTUP
50
Drum majorette. : GIRL
51
Bakery item. : BUN
52
Conjunction. : BUT
53
___ Hill. : SAM
55
Schoolmen's group. : NEA
56
Menu item. : OMELETTE
59
Biblical pool. : SILOAM
61
Brown studies. : REVERIES
62
Suit. : HEARTS
63
Annoying ones. : NAGGERS
64
Mighty range. : ANDES
Down
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Most noble. : GREATEST
2
Slow man. : LOITERER
3
New England cape. : ANN
4
Procedure. : STEP
5
Herb genus. : SEDUM
6
Navy man: Abbr. : COM
7
Chaucer character. : ALISON
8
Concert performer. : TENOR
9
Not slack. : TAUT
10
Leaf cutter. : ANT
11
"___ Delight." : IDIOTS
12
Editorial article. : LEADER
13
French seaport. : BREST
15
Lariat: Sp. : REATA
20
Photographers' screens. : GOBOS
24
Gave vent to. : WREAKED
26
Child. : TAD
27
Ballast article. : SANDBAG
29
Reptile. : ADDER
31
Flat. : BANAL
33
Bench. : PEW
34
Tree. : FIR
36
Toledo's river. : TAGUS
37
"Hamlet" locale. : ELSINORE
38
Periods of seclusion. : RETREATS
40
Shoot: Colloq. : POT
41
Important economic group. : LABOR
42
Perspicacity. : ACUMEN
43
Scene of nuclear test ban talks. : GENEVA
44
Sailing vessel. : CUTTER
46
Hits hard. : SLAMS
48
Attractive girl: Slang. : CUTIE
49
Oriental title. : PASHA
52
Part of a glacier. : BERG
54
Air. : MIEN
57
Shank. : LEG
58
Letter. : ESS
60
Young man. : LAD

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