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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Thursday, October 27, 1955

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J Q U }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.0
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
David Steinberg notes:

The 42-Across clue is erroneous: The ERIES were Iroquoian rather than Algonquian.

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,312
Across
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Western geographic feature. : PLAINS
7
Scanty. : SPARSE
13
Abounding. : REPLETE
15
South American. : CHILEAN
16
Account for. : EXPLAIN
17
Sen. Knowland's home town. : OAKLAND
18
Douglas ___. : FIR
19
Crush. : TRAMPLE
21
Convey a false impression. : LIE
22
College subject: Colloq. : ECON
24
Strike heavily. : SMITE
25
Diminutive of a girl's name. : RITA
26
Footloose fellow. : ROVER
28
City transportation. : ELS
29
Follower of Bacchus. : SATYR
30
Mr. Chamberlain. : NEVILLE
32
Silly fellow. : ZANY
33
Exclamation of concern. : ALAS
34
Doubtful. : MOOT
35
Fruit drinks. : ADES
36
Oklahoma footballers. : SOONERS
39
Extracts from certain nuts. : COLAS
41
Container. : BIN
42
Algonquian Indians. : ERIES
44
Algerian port. : ORAN
45
The keynote. : TONIC
47
Disagreement. : SPAT
48
Object. : AIM
49
Leopardlike animal. : CHEETAH
51
Have to pay. : OWE
52
Littler. : TEENIER
54
Supervise. : OVERSEE
56
Writes. : INDITES
57
Cognate. : RELATED
58
Stirrup-shaped bone of the ear. : STAPES
59
Transmission gear ratios. : SPEEDS
Down
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Put forward for consideration. : PREFER
2
Reference book. : LEXICON
3
Pronounce good. : APPROVE
4
Trouble. : ILL
5
Clever. : NEAT
6
Animates. : STIRS
7
Fine-grained rock. : SHALE
8
Medieval weapon. : PIKE
9
Quite. : ALL
10
True state of affairs. : REALITY
11
Reasonableness. : SANITY
12
Make precious. : ENDEAR
14
Substances used in cloisonné. : ENAMELS
15
Native Egyptians. : COPTS
20
Santee's event. : MILE
23
Native of Boulder City. : NEVADAN
25
Violent talkers. : RANTERS
27
Irritates. : RILES
29
Tributary of the Rhone. : SAONE
31
___ Vegas. : LAS
32
Juvenile mecca. : ZOO
34
Civil War fighting ship. : MONITOR
35
San Francisco Bay city. : ALAMEDA
36
Mathematical ratio. : SINE
37
Quick and sharp retort. : RIPOSTE
38
Water plant. : SEAWEED
39
Relatives of the raccoon. : COATIS
40
Nehru's milieu. : ORIENT
41
Citizens of U. S. A. : BOERS
43
Knightly transportation. : STEEDS
45
Poetic pronouns. : THEES
46
Where stalagmites are found. : CAVES
49
Mention. : CITE
50
Remedy. : HELP
53
Check in growth. : NIP
55
Girl's name. : RAE

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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