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Herb L. Risteen
New York Times, Monday, September 11, 1967
Author:
H. L. Risteen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Herb L. Risteen has 244 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. L. Risteen is an alias for Herb L. Risteen.
1 C | 2 O | 3 B | 4 H | 5 P | 6 I | 7 S | 8 A | 9 N | 10 H | 11 E | 12 L | 13 P |
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14 O | V | E | R | 15 I | N | T | R | A | 16 M | U | R | A | L |
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17 L | E | A | H | 18 P | U | E | R | T | O | R | I | C | O |
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19 A | N | T | 20 B | E | R | N | E | 21 M | O | N | T | Y |
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22 S | 23 P | A | R | E | 24 S | 25 V | E | N | ||||||
26 S | 27 M | A | L | L | 28 S | 29 A | T | I | N | 30 S | 31 A | 32 D |
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33 C | A | B | O | T | 34 S | 35 G | E | N | T | 36 N | G | O |
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37 A | R | O | W | 38 T | 39 A | R | D | E | 40 T | A | E | N |
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41 U | N | U | 42 S | A | B | E | 43 S | 44 M | Y | R | N | A |
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45 P | E | T | 46 H | I | D | E | 47 R | 48 A | R | E | A | S |
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49 M | A | R | I | 50 O | 51 A | R | E | D | ||||||
52 S | 53 I | 54 S | A | L | 55 C | 56 A | D | I | S | 57 R | 58 A | 59 G |
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60 P | A | I | R | O | 61 F | A | C | E | S | 62 Y | U | L | E |
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63 E | S | T | I | M | A | T | I | O | N | 64 O | M | I | T |
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65 D | I | A | N | 66 M | E | S | N | E | 67 U | S | I | A |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,603
Across
1
Eire locale. : COBH
5
Italian. : PISAN
10
Something wanted. : HELP
14
Across. : OVER
15
Within certain limits. : INTRAMURAL
17
Name meaning "the weary." : LEAH
18
Commonwealth of the U.S.A. : PUERTORICO
19
Formicid. : ANT
20
City on the Aar. : BERNE
21
General's nickname. : MONTY
22
Type of build. : SPARE
24
Norse name. : SVEN
26
Inconsequential. : SMALL
28
Participated. : SATIN
30
Deplorable. : SAD
33
Bostonians. : CABOTS
35
Guy. : GENT
36
Vietnamese name. : NGO
37
In a series. : AROW
38
Afternoon: Sp. : TARDE
40
Captured: Scot. : TAEN
41
Former Burmese notable. : UNU
42
Quién ___? : SABE
43
Turkish port. : SMYRNA
45
Term of endearment. : PET
46
Fugitive. : HIDER
48
Regions. : AREAS
49
Femme's spouse. : MARI
50
Operated a boat. : OARED
52
Hemp plant. : SISAL
55
Moslem judges. : CADIS
57
Type of paper. : RAG
60
Poker holding. : PAIROFACES
62
December word. : YULE
63
Opinion. : ESTIMATION
64
Skip. : OMIT
65
Goddess: Poet. : DIAN
66
Middle, in law. : MESNE
67
Govt. agency. : USIA
Down
1
Nut tree. : COLA
2
Dutch ___. : OVEN
3
Hunts around. : BEATSABOUT
4
Initials for a prince. : HRH
5
Musician. : PIPER
6
Hardens. : INURES
7
English gun. : STEN
8
Checked. : ARRESTED
9
Man's nickname. : NAT
10
Ontario Indian. : HURON
11
Colleen's name. : ERIN
12
Milk: Prefix. : LACT
13
Tactic. : PLOY
16
Importance. : MOMENT
20
Lithuanian. : BALT
23
Do farm work. : PLOW
25
Creepers. : VINES
26
Duck. : SCAUP
27
Historic river. : MARNE
29
Conform. : AGREE
30
Band items. : SNAREDRUMS
31
Star in Centaurus. : AGENA
32
Ladies of Spain. : DONAS
34
Way up. : STAIR
39
Renounce. : ABDICATE
40
Anc. metropolis. : TYRE
42
Jewish greeting. : SHALOM
44
Bellicose god. : MARS
47
Emulated the 600. : RODEON
49
Famous artist. : MARIN
51
Soissons's river. : AISNE
52
Promoted. : SPED
53
Rumanian city. : IASI
54
Rama's spouse. : SITA
56
Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
58
Et ___. : ALII
59
Japanese wooden clog. : GETA
61
Lineage: Abbr. : FAM
62
A person. : YOU
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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