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Herb L. Risteen
Herb L. Risteen

New York Times, Monday, August 22, 1977

Author:
Herb L. Risteen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.3
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,236
Across
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Good earth : LOAM
5
Amount of assessment : RATAL
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Berserk, Malayan style : AMOK
14
West Pointer's garb : CAPE
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Degrade : ABASE
16
Girl in "The Last of the Mohicans" : CORA
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Way up North : THEALCANHIGHWAY
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Holds up : SUSTAINS
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Approach to a pew : AISLE
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"Swedish Nightingale" : LIND
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Complain : CARP
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Give in : ACCEDE
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Leg part : SHIN
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Something for Cerberus : SOP
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Scale notes : SOLS
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Apparition : SHADE
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Norris Dam agcy. : TVA
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Way out West : THESANTAFETRAIL
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Famed fliers : RAF
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Hollandaise, e.g. : SAUCE
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Water bird : ERNE
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Picnic intruder : ANT
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Status symbol : MINK
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Loaded with talent : GIFTED
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Acronym for U.S.-U.S.S.R. talks : SALT
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Ornamental pattern, in art : SEME
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Kind of heat or energy : SOLAR
51
Gladdens : CHEERSUP
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Way down South : THENATCHEZTRACE
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"Hit 'em where they ___": Keeler : AINT
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World's busiest airport : OHARE
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Shaft between wheels : AXLE
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Pictorial presswork : ROTO
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Hamelin's hero : PIPER
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News source of sorts : LEAK
Down
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D-Day craft : LCTS
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Where Waikiki is : OAHU
3
"Tarzan of the ___" : APES
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Like some diets : MEATLESS
5
Wisconsin city or French writer : RACINE
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"___ of angels ... " : ABAND
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Thrashes : TANS
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Wood for skis : ASH
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Luau garland : LEI
10
___ off the old block : ACHIP
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Shaves the lawn : MOWS
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Like Dr. Sabin's vaccine : ORAL
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Danny, Sammy or Stubby : KAYE
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___ an egg (flopped on Broadway) : LAID
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January birthstone : GARNET
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Irritate : CHAFE
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Military man : AIDE
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"Per ardua ad ___" (motto of 39 Across) : ASTRA
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"Over There" composer : COHAN
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Fissure : CLEFT
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Hut : SHACK
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Commence : START
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Lost color : PALED
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Fearless feat : STUNT
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Ethiopian city : ASMARA
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Do carpentry work : NAIL
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Buck passing, of a sort : REFERRAL
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Aged oddball : GEEZER
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"___ a man with seven ... " : IMET
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___ Domingo : SANTO
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Author Hite : SHERE
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Castor or Pollux : STAR
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Buckeye State : OHIO
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Mardi Gras follower : LENT
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Dry up, as lips : CHAP
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Great French general : SAXE
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Rival of U.S.C. : UCLA
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Quick look : PEEK
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Yoyo's relative : TOP
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Site of 59 Across, for short : CHI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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