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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, October 21, 1980

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 17.2
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,305
Across
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Queen in a Shelley poem : MAB
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"Good-bye" composer : TOSTI
9
Handles awkwardly : PAWS
13
O. T. book : AMOS
15
Of the bone below the humerus : ULNAR
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Assembly section : UNIT
17
Like ___ out of hell : ABAT
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English novelist: 1814–84 : READE
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Tabula ___ (blank slate) : RASA
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Costa ___ : RICA
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Seoul soldier : ROK
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Kitchen utensil : DICER
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Formerly : ONCE
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Traveler in a umiak : ESKIMO
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Surgical knife : LANCET
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Have ___ for (hold a grudge) : ITIN
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Cotton knot : NEP
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"Hedda Gabler" playwright : IBSEN
35
Idaho boundary river : SNAKE
36
Year in the reign of Justinian I : DLI
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Catches cod : NETS
38
Tony winner LuPone : PATTI
39
Troglodyte's place : CAVE
40
Patriotic org. : DAR
41
Woodworking tool : LATHE
42
Sky sight : COMET
43
"___ Blue?": 1929 song : AMI
44
Century plant : ALOE
45
City in California : SONORA
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Zookeeper's activity : CAGING
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American colonizer : PENN
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Peteman's purchase : NITRO
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Down Under animal : ROO
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Of hearing : OTIC
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Reputation : ODOR
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Modify to suit : ADAPT
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Starchy plant : TARO
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Immunizing agents : SERA
61
Adjust anew : RESET
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Arthurian lady : ENID
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Amenable : EASY
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In disorder : MESSY
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Happy ___ lark : ASA
Down
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Picasso's "Dora ___ Seated" : MAAR
2
Prefix with dextrous : AMBI
3
Pythons : BOACONSTRICTORS
4
Castle feature : TURRET
5
Grocery item : OLEO
6
Treacherous person : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
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Young boy : TAD
8
Fighting temper : IRE
9
This occurs in Adar : PURIM
10
Western city, famed for mining : ANACONDAMONTANA
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Sapient : WISE
12
Excel : STAR
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Postures : STANCES
22
Wine's partner : DINE
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One hundred yrs. : CEN
26
Kind of craft : STATE
27
Cuyler of baseball's Hall of Fame : KIKI
28
Actress Christian : LINDA
29
Opposite the middle of a ship's side : ABEAM
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Young eel : ELVER
33
Michelangelo work : PIETA
35
Squelched : SATON
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Nuuanu ___, scenic spot on Oahu : PALI
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Imply : CONNOTE
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Como, to Carlo or Carlos : LAGO
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Sebastian ___, record-breaking miler : COE
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Irregular : SPOTTY
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Order : ARRAY
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___ around (pry) : NOSE
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Concept : IDEA
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Uncloses, to Shakespeare : OPES
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Garden bloom : IRIS
55
Musical finale : CODA
57
Weapon : ARM
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English river : DEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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