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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Wednesday, March 19, 1958

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.1
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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,186
Across
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Reserved accommodations, as on a ship. : SPACE
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Long narrative. : SAGA
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Staff member: Abbr. : ASST
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Birthplace of Alexander the Great. : PELLA
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Variety of gypsum. : ALABASTER
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Otherwise named. : ALIAS
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Star of the silent days. : VALENTINO
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Frightens. : STARTLES
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Slow-moving. : TARDY
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City in Iowa. : AMES
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___ yourself. : DOIT
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Maker of seven voyages. : SINBAD
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Camelot celebrity. : LANCELOT
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Negative particle. : ANION
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Money. : CENTS
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Happy ___ lark. : ASA
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Sudden calamity. : BLOW
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El ___, 16th century painter. : GRECO
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Make a call. : DIAL
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Mutineer: Colloq. : REB
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Look at angrily. : GLARE
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Tropical fruit. : MANGO
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What Addison called "thou pleasing dreadful thought." : ETERNITY
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Gift recipients. : DONEES
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Domestic. : HOME
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Japanese primitive. : AINU
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Shot in billiards. : CAROM
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Current Broadway hit. : LILABNER
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Schools. : ACADEMIES
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Cowboy equipment. : RIATA
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1860–61 headline word. : SECESSION
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Type of farm. : DAIRY
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Mathematical ratio. : SINE
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Vicuña's home. : ANDES
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Resorts. : SPAS
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Trapping trophy. : PELT
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Star of silent days. : CLARABOW
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American inventor. : EASTMAN
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Puts by. : SAVES
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Exclamation. : ALAS
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Liquid measure: Abbr. : GAL
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Fictional Mr. Potash. : ABE
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In ___ (agitated or excited). : ASTATE
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Change position slightly. : STIR
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Cause to go. : SEND
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Ancient city of Asia Minor. : TROY
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Grotesque gestures. : ANTICS
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Caused. : LED
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Social event. : DANCE
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Preposition. : ONTO
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One of the jets. : SABRE
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Waterway. : INLET
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Legendary queen of Thebes. : NIOBE
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Suspicious: Colloq. : LEERY
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Popular crooner. : LAINE
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Western Indian. : OSAGE
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Man of brass: Greek myth. : TALOS
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Container. : CRATE
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Light: Slang. : GLIM
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Of a historic river. : DANUBIAN
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Dwarfs. : GNOMES
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Aromatic plant of the mint family. : MONARDA
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Noted British capitalist. : RHODES
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Watered down: Abbr. : DIL
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Soissons' river. : AISNE
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Throw. : CAST
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Maple tree genus. : ACER
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Track meet event. : RACE
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Region of Spain. : LEON
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Marine worm: Zool. : NAID
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Raison d'___. : ETRE
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Starfish arms. : RAYS
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Library exhibits. : MSS
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Three. : III

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

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