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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Wednesday, May 2, 1962
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 34.0
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 M | 2 A | 3 L | 4 T | 5 A | 6 T | 7 R | 8 I | 9 G | 10 S | 11 L | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 O | R | I | E | L | 15 W | A | C | O | 16 P | O | L | O |
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17 P | A | L | M | A | 18 I | S | I | S | 19 I | O | T | A |
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20 S | L | A | P | D | 21 A | S | H | 22 P | 23 U | L | S | E | D |
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24 E | D | I | T | 25 W | E | L | L | E | R | S |
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26 M | 27 A | 28 D | R | I | D | 29 J | A | L | N | A | ||||
30 A | X | E | 31 N | E | 32 G | E | V | 33 A | N | 34 G | 35 R | 36 Y |
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37 S | L | A | 38 G | 39 S | A | N | E | 40 R | 41 E | R | I | E |
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42 K | E | N | Y | 43 A | 44 U | N | D | E | 45 R | 46 I | D | A |
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47 M | I | 48 D | D | Y | 49 B | A | 50 N | N | E | R |
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51 C | 52 H | 53 A | N | T | E | Y | 54 N | E | M | O | ||||
55 R | E | C | A | S | T | 56 V | O | L | A | T | 57 I | 58 L | 59 E |
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60 A | N | T | S | 61 R | 62 O | A | R | 63 D | I | N | A | R |
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64 T | R | O | T | 65 O | N | U | S | 66 A | C | T | O | R |
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67 E | I | N | S | 68 P | E | D | E | 69 N | E | O | N | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,674
Across
1
Where Valetta is. : MALTA
6
Spruce. : TRIG
10
Piece of wood. : SLAT
14
Bay window. : ORIEL
15
Texas city. : WACO
16
Water game. : POLO
17
Majorca city. : PALMA
18
Daughter of Geb and Nut. : ISIS
19
Tiny bit. : IOTA
20
Carelessly hasty. : SLAPDASH
22
Throbbed. : PULSED
24
Do newspaper work. : EDIT
25
Sam and Tony. : WELLERS
26
European capital. : MADRID
29
De la Roche novel. : JALNA
30
Tool. : AXE
31
Desert region of Israel. : NEGEV
33
In a fury. : ANGRY
37
Furnace refuse. : SLAG
39
Having better sense. : SANER
41
Pennsylvania city. : ERIE
42
African country. : KENYA
44
Bound by. : UNDER
46
Peak near Troy. : IDA
47
Blouse. : MIDDY
49
Ensign. : BANNER
51
Sailor's song. : CHANTEY
54
Jules Verne hero. : NEMO
55
Make over. : RECAST
56
Lighthearted. : VOLATILE
60
Leaf cutters. : ANTS
61
Loud sound. : ROAR
63
Money in Iraq. : DINAR
64
Run. : TROT
65
Responsibility. : ONUS
66
Man of parts. : ACTOR
67
One: Ger. : EINS
68
Foot: Suffix. : PEDE
69
Certain lights. : NEONS
Down
1
Household tools. : MOPS
2
Asian sea. : ARAL
3
Girl's name. : LILA
4
Frame of mind. : TEMPER
5
"Arabian Nights" hero. : ALADDIN
6
Current craze. : TWIST
7
Imprudent. : RASH
8
Here: Fr. : ICI
9
Glad tidings. : GOSPEL
10
Mickey of fiction. : SPILLANE
11
Wobbly. : LOOSE
12
Change. : ALTER
13
Tailless amphibians. : TOADS
21
Helpers. : AIDES
23
Arm bone. : ULNA
25
Signaled in a certain way. : WAVED
26
Conceal. : MASK
27
Spindle. : AXLE
28
College notable. : DEAN
29
Miss Wren. : JENNY
32
Having show without substance. : GAUDY
34
Facial expression. : GRIN
35
Roller coaster. : RIDE
36
Time span. : YEAR
38
Circus stars. : GYMNASTS
40
Disobedient one. : REBEL
43
Islets. : AITS
45
Mohammedan month. : RAMADAN
48
Superfluous: Fr. : DETROP
50
Announcement. : NOTICE
51
Box. : CRATE
52
Matisse. : HENRI
53
Obey. : ACTON
54
Rune writers. : NORSE
56
Swiss canton. : VAUD
57
Look ___ (examine). : INTO
58
French city. : LAON
59
Miscalculates. : ERRS
62
Pronoun. : ONE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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