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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, April 30, 1979

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,765
Across
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Iranian in exile : SHAH
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Wife of 1 Across : FARAH
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Sing one's praises : LAUD
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Leeds's river : AIRE
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Senseless : INANE
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Aware of : ONTO
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Overly abundant article : DRUGONTHEMARKET
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Roughens with an abrasive : EMERIES
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Legal paper : LEASE
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Doilies : MATS
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Overwhelm : STUN
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Coax : CAJOLE
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Abound : TEEM
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Benedictine monk's title : DOM
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Arabian gulf : ADEN
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___ chair : SEDAN
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Arab robe : ABA
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Speculated : PLAYEDTHEMARKET
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Spread : RAN
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City on the Mosel : TRIER
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Direction from Eden to Nod : EAST
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Arboreal animals : AIS
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Summon : HALE
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Fictional villain : LEGREE
46
Title Agatha Christie held : DAME
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Immunizing agents : SERA
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Dishonor : STAIN
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Vacation mecca : SEASIDE
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They till to sell : MARKETGARDENERS
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Driving force : URGE
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Habituate : INURE
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Battle of Lake ___: 1813 : ERIE
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Whitman, the ___ Gray Poet : GOOD
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Land south of Egypt : SUDAN
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Scar on a car : DENT
Down
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Dispirited : SAD
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Charter : HIRE
3
Hooded plant : ARUM
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Domination of one state over another : HEGEMONY
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Having limits : FINITE
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Chips in at stud : ANTES
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Encouraging words for elevens : RAHS
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Beast of burden, in Brest : ANE
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___ in (surround) : HEM
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Movie beauty : LOREN
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He wrote lyrics to "My Way" : ANKA
12
All-purpose trucks, for short : UTES
13
Be overly fond of : DOTE
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Spoken : ORAL
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One of the Radcliffe graduates : ALUMNA
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Jewish feast : SEDER
24
Work group : TEAM
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Director of "You Can't Take It With You" : CAPRA
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Two-time loser to Dwight : ADLAI
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He wrote "Astronomy and Cosmogony": 1928 : JEANS
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Show amusement : TEHEE
29
Senegalese seaport : DAKAR
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Far from frail : OBESE
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Dull finish : MATTE
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Set of steps between farms : STILE
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Petroleum byproduct : ETHANE
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Weight unit : DRAM
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Got back : REGAINED
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Heavy-footed : LEADEN
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Provided protective ditches : DIKED
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Sawfish's snout : SERRA
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Like a stuffed shirt : SMUG
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Starchy plant : TARO
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Ship that sailed for Colchis : ARGO
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Ibn-___ : SAUD
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"___ Mr. President": Coons : DERE
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Where the Boyne flows : ERIN
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Verbal contraction : TIS
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Wildebeest : GNU
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Clique : SET

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

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