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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, September 11, 1967

53-Down : Rumanian city.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,603
Across
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Eire locale. : COBH
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Italian. : PISAN
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Something wanted. : HELP
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Across. : OVER
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Within certain limits. : INTRAMURAL
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Name meaning "the weary." : LEAH
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Commonwealth of the U.S.A. : PUERTORICO
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Formicid. : ANT
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City on the Aar. : BERNE
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General's nickname. : MONTY
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Type of build. : SPARE
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Norse name. : SVEN
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Inconsequential. : SMALL
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Participated. : SATIN
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Deplorable. : SAD
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Bostonians. : CABOTS
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Guy. : GENT
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Vietnamese name. : NGO
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In a series. : AROW
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Afternoon: Sp. : TARDE
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Captured: Scot. : TAEN
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Former Burmese notable. : UNU
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Quién ___? : SABE
43
Turkish port. : SMYRNA
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Term of endearment. : PET
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Fugitive. : HIDER
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Regions. : AREAS
49
Femme's spouse. : MARI
50
Operated a boat. : OARED
52
Hemp plant. : SISAL
55
Moslem judges. : CADIS
57
Type of paper. : RAG
60
Poker holding. : PAIROFACES
62
December word. : YULE
63
Opinion. : ESTIMATION
64
Skip. : OMIT
65
Goddess: Poet. : DIAN
66
Middle, in law. : MESNE
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Govt. agency. : USIA
Down
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Nut tree. : COLA
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Dutch ___. : OVEN
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Hunts around. : BEATSABOUT
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Initials for a prince. : HRH
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Musician. : PIPER
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Hardens. : INURES
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English gun. : STEN
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Checked. : ARRESTED
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Man's nickname. : NAT
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Ontario Indian. : HURON
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Colleen's name. : ERIN
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Milk: Prefix. : LACT
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Tactic. : PLOY
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Importance. : MOMENT
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Lithuanian. : BALT
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Do farm work. : PLOW
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Creepers. : VINES
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Duck. : SCAUP
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Historic river. : MARNE
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Conform. : AGREE
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Band items. : SNAREDRUMS
31
Star in Centaurus. : AGENA
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Ladies of Spain. : DONAS
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Way up. : STAIR
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Renounce. : ABDICATE
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Anc. metropolis. : TYRE
42
Jewish greeting. : SHALOM
44
Bellicose god. : MARS
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Emulated the 600. : RODEON
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Famous artist. : MARIN
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Soissons's river. : AISNE
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Promoted. : SPED
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Rumanian city. : IASI
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Rama's spouse. : SITA
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Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
58
Et ___. : ALII
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Japanese wooden clog. : GETA
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Lineage: Abbr. : FAM
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A person. : YOU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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