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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, August 6, 1958

40-Down : Sorority girls: Colloq.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,326
Across
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Migratory worker. : HOBO
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Hardened into a mass. : CAKED
10
Vegetable. : PEAS
14
Improve. : AMELIORATE
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Speak falteringly. : LISP
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Great name in the theatre. : HELENHAYES
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16,000,000 square miles. : ASIA
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Insect. : ANT
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Goddess of youth. : HEBE
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Shrewdest. : CUTEST
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Pronoun. : HERS
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"Cry the Beloved Country" author. : PATON
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To be relied upon. : SECURE
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Charles ___ Gibson. : DANA
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Ad ___ (for this case only). : HOC
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Minister-author. : PEALE
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Capital of Western Australia. : PERTH
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Ab___ (from the egg): Lat. : OVO
35
Heavenly bear. : URSA
36
Inclines. : TENDS
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Go in the pool. : SWIM
38
Inlet. : RIA
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Massenet opera. : THAIS
40
New Hampshire city. : KEENE
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Bird's beak. : NEB
42
Islet in a river (used in place names). : HOLM
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Storage place. : GARRET
44
Appears dimly. : LOOMS
46
Stimulates: Slang. : PEPS
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Piece of china. : TEACUP
49
Weather abbreviation. : TEMP
50
City square: Abbr. : BLK
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Department of France. : ORNE
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Plundering. : SPOLIATION
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Mineral silicate. : MICA
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Apparent. : OSTENSIBLE
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Edible seed. : BEAN
60
Japanese in America. : NISEI
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Cabbage dish. : SLAW
Down
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Mirthful exclamation. : HAHA
2
Portent. : OMEN
3
Haberdashery item. : BELT
4
Spanish "bravo." : OLE
5
Hold together. : COHERE
6
Middle Easterners. : ARABS
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The "Children's Ambassador." : KAYE
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Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Talks at length. : DESCANTS
10
Great philosopher. : PLATO
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Dr. Milton. : EISENHOWER
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Without any changes, commercially speaking. : ASIS
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Sound of a raindrop. : SPAT
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Exist, as a quality. : INHERE
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Mining state. : UTAH
23
Native dance. : HULA
24
Cowboy's comrades:Slang. : PARDS
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Refuse with disdain. : SPURN
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Uncanny. : EERIE
27
Moroccan metropolis. : CASABLANCA
28
Coarse cotton. : DENIM
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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One of Santa's reindeer. : COMET
33
Thunder sounds. : PEALS
36
Creator of Eloise. : THOMPSON
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Weights of India. : SERS
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Poetic pronoun. : THOU
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Sorority girls: Colloq. : KAPPAS
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Zodiac sign. : GEMINI
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Two-thirds of the earth's surface. : OCEAN
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Martinique mountain. : PELEE
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Pyramid of Cheops, for example : TOMB
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Cleveland's lake. : ERIE
49
Small fry. : TOTS
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Having to do with books: Abbr. : BIBL
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"Damn Yankees"girl. : LOLA
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Recognized. : KNEW
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Greek letter. : PSI
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Poetic verbal contraction. : TIS

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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