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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, September 29, 1980

56-Down : Understanding

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,283
Across
1
Complain : CARP
5
Defeat narrowly, with "out" : EDGE
9
Iranian's coin : RIAL
13
Jewish month : ADAR
14
Done away with : SLAIN
15
Raison d'___ : ETRE
16
Ultimatum : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
19
President-to-Congress statement : MESSAGE
20
Chief seaport of India under Shah Jahan : SURAT
21
Ancestor : SIRE
22
Molly, to Fibber : MATE
24
Indian pony : CAYUSE
27
City in Indiana or Illinois : PERU
28
Rook's call : CAW
31
Cupid : AMOR
32
Strike back, perhaps : REACT
33
"Death ___ Salesman" : OFA
34
Get one's lumps : TAKEITONTHECHIN
38
When août comes to Arras : ETE
39
Barnyard fowl : BIDDY
40
Fleet little mammal : HARE
41
Free from : RID
42
Termini : ENDS
43
Used A.G.B.'s invention : PHONED
45
Western writer : GREY
46
Farsighted fellow : SEER
47
Algerian cavalryman : SPAHI
50
Good place to watch the northern lights : ICELAND
53
Review after rethinking : TAKEASECONDLOOK
57
Where Tralee is : ERIN
58
Shackles : IRONS
59
Italian family related to the Borgias : ESTE
60
Lack : WANT
61
Harmful thing : BANE
62
Witnessed : SEEN
Down
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Mehitabel, e.g. : CAT
2
Furniture style : ADAM
3
Profligate person : RAKE
4
What some groups apply : PRESSURE
5
Funeral oration : ELOGE
6
Be venturesome : DARE
7
"___ Blas" : GIL
8
Indianapolis-to-Muncie dir. : ENE
9
Broadway offering : REVUE
10
Highway for Hadrian : ITER
11
Verdi's "O patria mia" is one : ARIA
12
Baltic dweller : LETT
14
Fasten one's eyes on earnestly : STARE
17
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
18
Sagacious : ASTUTE
22
Full of substance : MEATY
23
Crafty : ARCH
24
Provide food for a feast : CATER
25
Andrea or Nicoló of Cremona : AMATI
26
Joined : YOKED
27
Is undecided : PENDS
28
Broadway immortal : COHAN
29
Blazing : AFIRE
30
Lost force : WANED
32
Actor McDowall : RODDY
35
European peninsula : IBERIA
36
Fork part : TINE
37
Hymns : CHORALES
43
Hammer parts : PEENS
44
___ forth (lectured) : HELD
45
City in a Browning poem : GHENT
46
Cake baked on a griddle : SCONE
47
Be fretful : STEW
48
Brazilian state : PARA
49
Related : AKIN
50
Eastern Church item : ICON
51
Feature up front : NOSE
52
Be overly fond of : DOTE
54
Relative : SIB
55
Epoch : ERA
56
Understanding : KEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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