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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, July 21, 1958

Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q W }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 20.6
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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,310
Across
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Laboring man. : PEON
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Famous Egyptian, for short. : CLEO
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Decorative container. : VASE
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Arm bone. : ULNA
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Alfred Hitchcock opus, for example. : HAIRRAISER
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Compassion. : PITY
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Stage and screen star. : ANNEBAXTER
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Hardwood tree. : ASH
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Tiny insect. : MITE
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Means of guiding. : REINS
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Sins. : EVILS
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College course: Abbr. : ECON
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Places of confusion. : BABELS
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Lintel. : TRANSOM
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Of a perfect kind. : IDEAL
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Thin slices of food. : CHIPS
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Timely. : PAT
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Coin of Iran. : RIAL
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Brake parts. : SHOES
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Greek letter. : BETA
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOC
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Embarks. : SAILS
39
Kind of acid. : BORIC
40
Hamper. : SHACKLE
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Out-and-out. : ARRANT
43
Third ___. : RAIL
44
Echoic sound of lapping water. : PLASH
45
More diffident. : SHIER
48
Lode. : VEIN
49
Free from. : OFF
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Floe formations. : PANCAKEICE
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___ Glacier, in Alaska. : MUIR
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Eisenhower lieutenant. : EZRABENSON
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___ Royale. : ISLE
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Facial features. : EYES
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Affirmatives. : YEAS
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Out-of-fashion item. : BELT
Down
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Insect stage. : PUPA
2
Ivy Leaguers. : ELIS
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Current novel about the future. : ONTHEBEACH
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Negative. : NAY
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Tips. : CANTS
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Course of action. : LINE
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Sooner than. : ERE
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Eye. : ORB
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Termagants. : VIXENS
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Italian wine center. : ASTI
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Witnessed. : SEEN
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Slips. : ERRS
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Greets. : HAILS
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___ rod. : AARONS
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Machine for grinding. : MILL
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Menu item. : VEAL
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Indians. : ERIES
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Bottle tops. : CAPS
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Shuttlecock. : BIRD
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Word of farewell. : ADIOS
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Oar support. : THOLE
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Place of entertainment. : OPERAHOUSE
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Morning song: Poet. : MATIN
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Cool. : CHILL
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Savoir-faire. : TACT
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Hector Hugh Munro. : SAKI
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Uncle of Sir Lancelot. : BORS
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Ancient charm. : SCARAB
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Cattle feed. : BRAN
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Palm trees. : ARECAS
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Strange. : ALIEN
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Texas river. : PECOS
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Former German admiral. : SPEE
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Somewhat vague. : HAZY
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Concerning. : INRE
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Endorsement of a sort. : VISA
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Pervade. : FILL
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Mandolin part. : FRET
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Device to turn a bolt. : KEY
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Compass point. : ENE
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Marble. : MIB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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