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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, April 7, 1980

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.5
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,108
Across
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Valiant Virginian : LEE
4
Very rich man : NABOB
9
Part of Jr.'s homework : MATH
13
Jardinieres : URNS
15
Where Mt. Borah is : IDAHO
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Neutral color : ECRU
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Assembled hastily : KNOCKEDTOGETHER
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Purchases at perfumeries : ESSENCES
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One reason for man's inhumanity to man : GREED
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Penury : NEED
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Challenge : GAGE
25
Hits hard : PASTES
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City on the Rhine : BONN
29
Grunt indicating horror : UGH
32
Rose lover : ABIE
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Pact that was sacked : SEATO
34
Modernist : NEO
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Illuminating : SHEDDINGLIGHTON
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Seth, to Adam : SON
40
Zodiac sign : ARIES
41
Vice principal : AIDE
42
Geological period : ERA
43
Lost in delight : RAPT
44
Bailiwick of a ship's cook : GALLEY
46
Chromosome part : GENE
47
Brewer's supply : MALT
48
Show scorn : SNEER
51
Least lucid : BATTIEST
55
Sets to work at : TURNSONESHANDTO
58
African bigwig : AMIR
59
Stupid : DENSE
60
Reading ___ : GAOL
61
Harmful thing : BANE
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Hinder : DETER
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Wildly gay : MAD
Down
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Biblical book : LUKE
2
Kin of our national bird : ERNS
3
Biblical oldster : ENOS
4
Some of the younger generation : NIECES
5
Wrote a P.S. : ADDED
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Night fliers : BATS
7
Cousin of aha : OHO
8
Fenny tract : BOG
9
English poet's concern : METRE
10
Subject of a patient's plaint : ACHE
11
What Daphne became : TREE
12
Noted painter of ranch hands : HURD
14
Like 20 Across : SCENTED
18
Kind of hole or cap : KNEE
19
Jan. 1 drink : EGGNOG
23
Scores for Gordie Howe : GOALS
24
Opposer : ANTI
25
No longer in vogue : PASSE
26
Hate : ABHOR
27
Tuscan city : SIENA
28
Cause to be : BEGET
29
"Wait ___ Dark": 1967 film : UNTIL
30
Crystalline rock : GEODE
31
Darling : HONEY
33
Game bird : SNIPE
36
Defiant ones : DARERS
37
Khomeini's land : IRAN
38
Uncertain : HALTING
44
Deduce : GATHER
45
Ski resort in the West : ALTA
46
Sort : GENRE
47
Billiard shot : MASSE
48
Effort : STAB
49
Lion in the Tarzan books : NUMA
50
Where Tralee is : ERIN
51
Inclination : BENT
52
Cheese variety : EDAM
53
Greek portico : STOA
54
Narrated : TOLD
56
Extra : ODD
57
Born : NEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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