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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Saturday, April 30, 1955

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 21.5
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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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,132
Across
1
Pacific island. : WAKE
5
Fraction. : TENTH
10
Mouth of the Amazon River. : PARA
14
Declare. : AVER
15
Salutation. : ALOHA
16
Any celebrated author. : IDOL
17
He wrote "A Psalm of Life." : LONGFELLOW
19
He collaborated with his sister Mary. : LAMB
20
Explosive. : TNT
21
19 Across. : ELIA
22
Welsh poet. : THOMAS
24
Boxer Willard. : JESS
25
Sorority girl. : THETA
26
Noted French author. : CAMUS
29
Golf club. : IRON
30
Pile. : NAP
33
Protection. : EGIS
34
Marsh shrubs. : ALDERS
36
First word of many book titles. : THE
37
Deposit, as a ballot. : CAST
38
First name of 22 Across. : DYLAN
39
Sign used in printing. : FIST
40
Where South Bend is: Abbr. : IND
41
Withdraw. : SECEDE
42
Distinct part. : UNIT
43
New Guinea port. : LAE
44
Numbers. : ONES
45
Counting-out word. : MEENY
46
College halls: Lat. : AULAE
48
Biblical brother. : ABEL
50
Environment. : MILIEU
52
Actress Gardner and others. : AVAS
53
Poetic verb. : OPE
56
Wotan. : ODIN
57
Much-quoted 18th-century poem. : ESSAYONMAN
60
Pavilion. : TENT
61
Inspire. : RAISE
62
Emilia's husband. : IAGO
63
The Forsyte story. : SAGA
64
Young oysters. : SPATS
65
Official: Abbr. : PRES
Down
1
Whitman. : WALT
2
Historic river. : AVON
3
Scene of Chaucer's "Tales." : KENT
4
Work unit. : ERG
5
Chinese weights. : TAELS
6
English psychologist. : ELLIS
7
Popular piano novelty. : NOLA
8
Poetic conjunction. : THO
9
Major American novelist. : HAWTHORNE
10
Cooper novel about John Paul Jones (with "The"). : PILOT
11
Impenetrable. : ADAMANTINE
12
Where Sallust wrote: Native sp. : ROMA
13
Priestly robes. : ALBS
18
Relatives of royalties. : FEES
23
Billina and others. : HENS
24
Well-founded. : JUST
25
Walk. : TREAD
26
Rhodes. : CECIL
27
Capital of Guam. : AGANA
28
Making an error at bridge. : MISDEALING
29
Does nothing. : IDLES
31
Bret Harte character. : AHSIN
32
Small-minded. : PETTY
34
Prominent Bonn family. : ADENAUERS
35
French secondary school. : LYCEE
39
Wood. : FUEL
41
Food fish. : SOLE
45
In the middle: Comb. form. : MESO
47
Wyoming-Utah mountain range. : UINTA
48
Nautical cry. : AVAST
49
Oldtime singing star. : BAYES
50
Witticisms. : MOTS
51
Author's starting point. : IDEA
52
Where 53 Down lived. : ASIA
53
Edward Fitzgerald popularized him. : OMAR
54
Thomas Nelson ___, writer of the Old South. : PAGE
55
Biblical name. : ENOS
58
Weaken. : SAP
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Small bit. : NIP

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

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