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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Saturday, November 19, 1977

41-Across : Greeted with a ceremonial bow

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, 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. 10,325
Across
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He was "obscure" : JUDE
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Bound, in a way : ROPED
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___ River, N.J. : TOMS
14
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
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Cross as ___ : ABEAR
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"La donna è mobile," e.g. : ARIA
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Silent sayonara : WAVE
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TV dealer's corridor? : MONTYSHALL
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Shook : SHIVERED
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"___ Harold," Byron classic : CHILDE
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Swiss resort : DAVOS
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Touched ground : ALIT
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Crash-dieted : FASTED
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Plan or cheese : AMERICAN
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Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
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Jack Frost's product : HOAR
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Have ___ at (try) : AGO
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It's in a jamb : DOOR
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Coil of yarn : SKEIN
37
Dagger : CRIS
38
Crossword bird : EMU
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Nut used for flavoring : KOLA
40
Games expert : HOYLE
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Greeted with a ceremonial bow : SALAAMED
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Past and future : TENSES
44
Amerind : CREE
45
South Korean premier: 1960 : CHANG
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He's paid to carry, on a safari : BEARER
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Agadir and Algeciras : SEAPORTS
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Humorist's vegetable? : ORSONSBEAN
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Word with spin or light : TAIL
55
Mental faculties : WITS
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What expert typists seldom do : ERASE
57
Grafted: Her. : ENTE
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Mainlanders' souvenirs : LEIS
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Some are tall : TALES
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Put away : STOW
Down
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Israelites : JEWS
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Its motto is "Industry" : UTAH
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Satan's purchase from Hutch? : DAVIDSSOUL
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Otis product : ELEVATOR
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Cannon adjunct : RAMROD
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Woodwinds : OBOES
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Pat. ___ : PEND
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___ crow (take it all back) : EAT
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Launder, in a way : DRYCLEAN
10
Gauguin's hideaway : TAHITI
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Roberts : ORAL
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Far from acrid : MILD
13
Post-Yule event : SALE
19
Bake, as eggs : SHIRR
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In debt no more : EVEN
24
French possessive : AMOI
25
Covers, as a bet : FADES
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A bakery has one : AROMA
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Winning : AHEAD
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Actor's endowment? : CARYSGRANT
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Like good shortstops : AGILE
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They get counted : NOSES
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Maugham : SOMERSET
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Swiss artist : KLEE
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Implies : CONNOTES
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Actress Black : KAREN
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Accumulate : HEAP
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Heading on this puzzle : ACROSS
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Macbeth and Banquo : THANES
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"Hold it!" : CEASE
46
Emulate Don Carter : BOWL
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Sight from Toledo : ERIE
48
Italian wine area : ASTI
49
Circus favorite : SEAL
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Belgrade V.I.P. : TITO
51
Did in : SLEW
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"Unmentionable" in the Victorian era : BRA

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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