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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, May 12, 1980

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.1
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,143
Across
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Thicken : GEL
4
Stamping device : DATER
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Anent : ASTO
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Idol of sorts : LION
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Pigment for Gainsborough : OCHRE
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Diving bird : LOON
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Florence's river : ARNO
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Mountain nymph : OREAD
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Brief calm : LULL
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Brings into dishonor : DEGRADES
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Boastful : WINDY
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"___ boy!" : ITSA
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Belgian port : OSTEND
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Hit hard : BASHED
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Single : UNAL
30
Educational org. : PTA
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"Bridge at ___": Van Gogh : ARLES
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Massage : KNEAD
35
Necktie fabric : REP
36
Familiar : NEAR
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Lovely lass : MODEL
38
Fictional sleuth : MOTO
39
New England cape : ANN
40
Craze : FUROR
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Greater : MAJOR
42
"A Shropshire ___" : LAD
43
Hebrew letter : ALEF
44
Hidden : LATENT
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Extremely funny thing : SCREAM
47
Actor Clunes : ALEC
48
Bride's purchase : BROOM
50
Swimming hazard : UNDERTOW
54
Boor : LOUT
55
Mountain mint : BASIL
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Small amount : IOTA
58
Relative : AUNT
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Describing most twins : ALIKE
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Unfruitful : ARID
61
George Eliot's Adam : BEDE
62
Gambled with cubes : DICED
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Dir. from Frankfurt to Stuttgart : SSE
Down
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Flower, for short : GLAD
2
Former name for Ireland : EIRE
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Waters adjacent to Connecticut : LONGISLANDSOUND
4
Bauble : DOODAD
5
Israeli port : ACRE
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Julie Andrews movie : THESOUNDOFMUSIC
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Levenson's "In One ___ ... " : ERA
8
Kremlinism adherent : RED
9
Exhausted : ALLIN
10
Movie equipment : SOUNDPROJECTORS
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Recounted : TOLD
12
"___ a Rose" : ONLY
14
Wild wind : NORTHER
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"___ Death": Grieg : ASES
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Unite closely : WELD
25
Show scorn : SNEER
26
Afrikaans : TAAL
27
Commonplace : BANAL
28
Sports locale : ARENA
31
Wyoming's ___ Range : TETON
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On the left, at sea : APORT
34
Asian land : KOREA
37
Farm animal : MULE
38
___ medica (physician's treatise) : MATERIA
40
Orwell's "Animal ___" : FARM
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"The ___ Animal," 1940 play : MALE
44
Dipped out : LADLED
46
Tight-fitting garment : COTTE
48
Talk too much : BLAB
49
Dissolute man : ROUE
51
Louvre attraction : NIKE
52
Patriot of '76 : OTIS
53
Have beach fun : WADE
55
Defective : BAD
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MacGraw : ALI

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

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