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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Friday, September 24, 1954

5-Down : Dried fruit.

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
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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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,914
Across
1
Greek letter. : BETA
5
Stacks of straw. : RICKS
10
Sound of a sockdolager. : WHAM
14
Injun sounds. : UGHS
15
One-third of a Kipling trio. : ABONE
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Flying machine. : AERO
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Negatives. : NOES
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Dramatic action in a Western. : INDIANRAID
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Apportion. : ASSESS
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Tread down. : TRAMPLE
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Take a firm stand. : INSIST
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Native of: Suffix. : ITE
27
Church's share. : ONETENTH
29
Singer Conner. : NADINE
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Nonpedigreed pets. : CURS
34
Dominion. : REIGN
36
Fort ___. : DIX
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Make a mistake. : ERR
38
College head. : PROVOST
40
Eastern title. : AGA
41
Man's name. : ASA
42
Stuff again. : REPAD
43
Son of Noah. : SHEM
44
Bird in the spring. : NESTER
46
Selected students. : MONITORS
49
A very little. : ACE
50
Joiner's tools. : PLANES
51
Not important. : TRIVIAL
55
Well-known Yankee. : MANTLE
58
What a cowboy does. : RIDESRANGE
61
Gray: French. : GRIS
62
Declare. : AVER
63
Turkish title. : EMEER
64
Lamper ___. : EELS
65
Lacking dignity of mind. : MEAN
66
Composer Taylor. : DEEMS
67
___ majesty. : LESE
Down
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Artificial rubber. : BUNA
2
Conceits. : EGOS
3
Western mountains. : THESIERRAS
4
Concurs. : ASSENTS
5
Dried fruit. : RAISIN
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___ Saud : IBN
7
Soft-finned fish. : COD
8
Work with needles. : KNIT
9
Scorchings. : SEARINGS
10
Became animated (with "up"). : WARMED
11
A great number: Colloq. : HEAP
12
Seed covering. : ARIL
13
Way. : MODE
19
Swimming. : NATANT
21
Compass point. : SSE
24
Sharpen. : STROP
25
What Theda Bara was called. : THEVAMP
27
Vast amount. : OCEAN
28
Cherish. : NURSE
30
The white pine. : IDAHOSTREE
31
River into Bight of Benin. : NIGER
32
Student's tribulations. : EXAMS
35
Antiseptic. : IODOL
38
Concise statement. : PRECIS
39
Rebuilt. : REREARED
43
A mighty Casey. : STENGEL
45
The Mermaid. : TAVERN
47
Designators. : NAMERS
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Win ___ walk. : INA
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Vehicle. : TRAM
52
Split. : RIVE
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Impression. : IDEA
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Unsatisfactory. : LAME
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"Diamond" and others. : LILS
57
Latin verb. : ESSE
59
Born: French. : NEE
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Zircon. : GEM

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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