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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Tuesday, March 14, 1978

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.6
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,440
Across
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Simba's abode : LAIR
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Item in a "Spirit of '76" painting : FLAG
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He said, "Candy is dandy ... " : NASH
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
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Wild grape vine : LIANA
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Grocery purchase : OLEO
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Autumnal event in 1781 : SIEGEOFYORKTOWN
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Snare for small game : SPRINGE
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One of the Forsytes : IRENE
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Heather land : MOOR
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Dixie fare : PONE
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Fondle : CARESS
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Partner of Jackson and Smith on TV : LADD
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Sunday seat : PEW
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Arabian sultanate : OMAN
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Edible mushroom : MOREL
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Monroe's "___ of Good Feeling" : ERA
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Yuletide event in 1776 : BATTLEOFTRENTON
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Way: Abbr. : RTE
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Friendliness : AMITY
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Washington, to Braddock, in 1755 : AIDE
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It flows through flues : AIR
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Grant from England : CARY
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Cake mix : BATTER
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Telegram : WIRE
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Grandiose story : SAGA
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Flaming : AFIRE
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Diet staple : PROTEIN
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Early loser at Saratoga: Oct. 17, 1777 : GENERALBURGOYNE
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Heating vessel : ETNA
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Suspicious : LEERY
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Church tribunal : ROTA
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Governor Winthrop, e.g. : DESK
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Confined : PENT
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Kind of sign or watch : STOP
Down
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Minus : LESS
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Eagerly expecting : ATIP
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Brain passage : ITER
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Group of redcoats : REGIMENT
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Musician in a "Spirit of '76" painting : FIFER
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Scott's "___ of the Last Minstrel" : LAY
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Enero–diciembre period : ANO
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Veterans' gp. founded in 1866 : GAR
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___ Dame : NOTRE
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Century plant : ALOE
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Fastened, in a way : SEWN
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Sharpen : HONE
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The Word : LOGOS
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Biblical oldster : ENOS
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Stir up : KINDLE
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Boston Tea ___: Dec. 16, 1773 : PARTY
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River in central Europe : ODER
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Venomous snake : COBRA
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Fine fiddle : AMATI
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He makes the grade : RATER
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Towering : LOFTY
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A size of larceny : PETIT
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Wear away : ERODE
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"Big Poison" of baseball fame : WANER
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Watered fabric : MOIRE
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More open in pattern : LACIER
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"Cielo ___!" (Ponchielli aria) : EMAR
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Swimmers : NATATORS
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John ___, naval hero of '76 : BARRY
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Excited : AGOG
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Inflict : WREAK
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Jet : SPURT
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Like John Adams in the early 1820's : AGED
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Entertain : FETE
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Tourist havens : INNS
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Islet : EYOT
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Toward the direction of : INTO
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___ tide : NEAP
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High mountain : ALP
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Light-Horse Harry of '76 : LEE
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Famed nickname of '76 : BEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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