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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Monday, January 24, 1977

27-Across : Heap onions on a steak

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J V W }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,026
Across
1
"Gate City of the West" : OMAHA
6
Encino's locale: Abbr. : CAL
9
Nero's drink : AQUA
13
Helen's love : PARIS
14
Western Indian : UTE
15
Diamond successes : RUNS
16
Dire : TRAGIC
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Diner order, for short : BLT
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First N.T. book : MATT
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Cain's brother : SETH
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___ Street (well off) : ONEASY
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"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" : SIE
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Norse letter : RUNE
27
Heap onions on a steak : SMOTHER
29
Char : SCORCH
31
Scarlett's acres : TARA
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Defunct magazine : COLLIERS
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Tea need : KETTLE
38
U.S.S.R. sea : ARAL
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Nightingale, for one : NURSE
41
Noun ending : TION
42
Evangelist's cry : REPENT
44
Some actresses : STARLETS
46
Steak order : RARE
48
Cow parts : UDDERS
49
Futuristic kind of ball : CRYSTAL
52
Student's hurdle : TEST
53
Triumphant cry : AHA
54
Several lines : STANZA
56
Actor John : AGAR
60
Tailor's concern : SIZE
62
Antony's trio : III
63
Nabokov girl : LOLITA
65
James ___ Polk : KNOX
66
Toronto's prov. : ONT
67
Groucho sports one : BERET
68
Santa's laundry problem : SOOT
69
Teachers' org. : NEA
70
British ___ : ISLES
Down
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Chooses : OPTS
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Filly's future status : MARE
3
"I smell ___!" : ARAT
4
Some dice players : HIGHROLLERS
5
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
6
Sugar serving : CUBE
7
Ultimately : ATLAST
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Swapper's suggestion : LETSMAKEADEAL
9
Soldiers do it : ARM
10
Suppress : QUASH
11
Loosen : UNTIE
12
Garden bloomer : ASTER
17
Puzzle-solving asset : CONCENTRATION
22
Hindu V.I.P. : NEHRU
23
Past : YORE
26
Geller of psychic claims : URI
28
Betrayers of a sort : TATTLETALES
29
Achy : SORE
30
Audiences do it : CLAP
32
Highway sight : CAR
33
Grads-to-be: Abbr. : SRS
35
Wedding-cake part : TIER
36
Realtors' wares : LOTS
37
Type measures : ENS
40
Bear Cat's maker : STUTZ
43
Turner and Cole : NATS
45
Hwys. : RDS
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Miss May : ELAINE
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Vats : CASKS
50
Jungle creature : RHINO
51
Mississippi tributary : YAZOO
55
Actress Naldi : NITA
57
Daughter : GIRL
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
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"Peanuts" expletive : RATS
61
No longer existing: Abbr. : EXT
64
Sash : OBI

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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