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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Tuesday, August 12, 1958
15-Down : East Indian tree.
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 C | 2 H | 3 A | 4 R | 5 D | 6 M | 7 A | 8 R | 9 T | 10 I | 11 N | ||||
12 O | L | I | V | I | E | 13 R | 14 O | C | E | A | N | I | 15 D |
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16 R | A | T | A | B | L | E | 17 V | I | N | T | A | G | E |
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18 L | I | T | 19 S | E | A | 20 S | I | D | E | 21 N | E | O |
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22 O | M | I | 23 T | 24 S | P | I | E | S | 25 H | E | R | D |
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26 P | E | T | I | 27 T | 28 E | N | S | 29 J | U | L | I | A |
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30 D | E | T | O | 31 U | R | S | 32 M | A | G | Y | A | R |
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33 T | I | P | S | 34 H | A | I | G | |||||||
35 C | 36 A | 37 M | E | L | S | 38 M | A | R | L | I | 39 N | 40 S | ||
41 A | V | E | R | S | 42 B | U | N | 43 S | N | O | O | 44 P |
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45 L | A | D | S | 46 T | A | L | K | 47 S | 48 G | U | L | L |
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49 M | I | I | 50 T | A | B | L | E | T | 51 S | 52 G | A | I |
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53 E | L | A | 54 M | I | T | E | 55 R | A | T | 56 R | A | C | E |
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57 R | E | T | I | N | A | L | 58 S | L | E | E | T | E | D |
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59 D | E | T | E | R | S | 60 K | R | I | S | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,332
Across
1
Vegetable. : CHARD
6
Chimney swift. : MARTIN
12
Noted actor. : OLIVIER
14
Sea nymph. : OCEANID
16
Taxable. : RATABLE
17
___ wine. : VINTAGE
18
Illuminated. : LIT
19
Vacation spot. : SEASIDE
21
New: Comb. form. : NEO
22
Overlook. : OMIT
24
Gains sight of. : SPIES
25
Flock. : HERD
26
Minor, in legal usage. : PETIT
28
Printer's measures. : ENS
29
Caesar's daughter, Pompey's wife. : JULIA
30
Roundabout ways. : DETOURS
32
Hungarian. : MAGYAR
33
Capsizes. : TIPS
34
British C. I. C., 1915. : HAIG
35
Bactrian ___. : CAMELS
38
Large, deep-sea fish. : MARLINS
41
Affirms. : AVERS
42
Chignon. : BUN
43
Meddlesome person: Colloq. : SNOOP
45
Young men. : LADS
46
Addresses. : TALKS
48
Kittiwake. : GULL
49
Early in the 11th century. : MII
50
Pads. : TABLETS
52
Merry: Fr. : GAI
53
Ancient Iranian. : ELAMITE
55
Mad scramble: Slang. : RATRACE
57
Of a part of the eye. : RETINAL
58
Showered with frozen rain. : SLEETED
59
Discourages. : DETERS
60
___ Kringle. : KRISS
Down
1
Called for. : CLAIMED
2
Uriah was one. : HITTITE
3
Of all: Scot. : AVA
4
Arches in a vault. : RIBS
5
Crosses out. : DELES
6
Hollywood products. : MOVIES
7
Laboratory substances. : ACIDS
8
M. Coty. : RENE
9
Make lace. : TAT
10
Foolishly. : INANELY
11
Where Lagos is. : NIGERIA
12
Ship's deck. : ORLOP
13
Farm workers. : REAPERS
15
East Indian tree. : DEODAR
20
Wrongdoings. : SINS
23
Giggles. : TITTERS
25
Keeping close to. : HUGGING
27
Labors. : TOILS
29
Confines. : JAILS
31
High points. : UPS
32
Damage. : MAR
34
Longs (for). : HANKERS
35
Less excited. : CALMER
36
Helped. : AVAILED
37
Settle by friendly intervention. : MEDIATE
38
Ponder (with "over"): Colloq. : MULL
39
Candies. : NOUGATS
40
Comforts. : SOLACES
42
Scenes of confusion. : BABELS
44
Worked busily . : PLIED
46
Siberian tribesman. : TATAR
47
Haughty gait. : STALK
50
Prong. : TINE
51
One who: Suffix. : STER
54
With: Ger. : MIT
56
___ publicae (in matters of state): Lat. : REI
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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