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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Thursday, December 20, 1956

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.0
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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,732
Across
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Saddle horse. : HACK
5
Opening. : SLOT
9
Magnitude. : BULK
13
Winglike structures. : ALAE
14
TV celebrity. : STEVEALLEN
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Cheerful; bright. : ROSY
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Branch of the Rockies. : TETONRANGE
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Unpopular pupil. : PET
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"___ and the Man". : ARMS
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Remove all marks of. : ERASE
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Indians. : INCAS
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Shade. : TONE
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Look closely at. : REGARD
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Gov. Russell's constituents. : NEVADANS
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Saw. : ADAGE
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Jungle growths. : VINES
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Bird call. : COO
34
Cause for sorrow. : PITY
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Noted Whittier alumnus. : NIXON
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Tug's tow. : SCOW
37
___ de France. : ILE
38
Scrooge. : MISER
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Birds. : GEESE
40
Talks at length. : DESCANTS
42
American dramatist. : MILLER
43
Belt. : AREA
44
Communications medium. : CABLE
45
Please greatly. : CHARM
48
Be excessively fond of. : DOTE
49
Inexperienced. : RAW
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Middle East key city. : CAIROEGYPT
55
Texas city. : WACO
56
Showing limited knowledge in a particular field. : ILLITERATE
57
Caesar's reproachful words. : ETTU
58
Conversational phrase. : ISEE
59
Rhee's men. : ROKS
60
Lectern. : DESK
Down
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Musical instrument. : HARP
2
South African plant. : ALOE
3
Rebukes. : CASTIGATES
4
___ West. : KEY
5
Arrests. : STEMS
6
Assigns by contract. : LETS
7
Ab ___ (from the beginning): Lat. : OVO
8
Big ___. : TEN
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Uttered loudly. : BLARED
10
Arm bone. : ULNA
11
Triangle sides. : LEGS
12
Joint. : KNEE
14
Prized musical instrument. : STRAD
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Scenes of contests. : ARENAS
19
Haifa's neighbor. : ACRE
22
Hero of Hungary. : NAGY
23
Aria singer. : TENOR
24
Dutch ___. : OVEN
25
Swift. : RAPID
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Roman official. : EDILE
27
Water fairies. : NIXES
28
Hasten. : ACCELERATE
29
Snare. : NOOSE
30
Agriculturalist. : SOWER
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Outlook. : VISTA
35
The Muses. : NINE
36
Deal in. : SELL
38
Woodchuck. : MARMOT
39
Taunt. : GIBE
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Debbie's baby daughter. : CARRIE
42
Dull finish. : MATTE
44
People of 52 Across. : COPTS
45
Early in the 3d century. : CCII
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Family of painters. : HALS
47
Wing: Fr. : AILE
48
Malayan tribesman. : DYAK
50
Book of New Testament. : ACTS
51
Contemporary novelist. : WOUK
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Twelve dozen: Abbr. : GRO
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Unite. : WED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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