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Orrie Hancock
Orrie Hancock

New York Times, Monday, March 29, 1954

10-Across : Highest point.

Author:
Orrie Hancock
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Orrie Hancock has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,735
Across
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Social gatherings. : TEAS
5
Institutional equipment. : PLANT
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Highest point. : ACME
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Part of a theatre: Abbr. : ORCH
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Defense warning device. : RADAR
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Secluded valley. : GLEN
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Hurl: Colloq. : FIRE
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Daughter of Themis and Zeus. : IRENE
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Applause. : HAND
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Sympathies. : FEELINGS
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Taxi areas at railroad stations. : STANDS
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Army term for C.O.'s verbal orders. : VOCO
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Zoo dwellers. : APES
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Role for Audrey Hepburn. : ONDINE
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Conceding. : GRANTING
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Great northern divers. : LOONS
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Barometer. : GLASS
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Britain's Bevan. : NYE
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Overabundant commodity. : DRUG
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Bank business. : LOANS
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Large city on the Rhine: Ger. : KOLN
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Breakfast food. : EGG
40
Where heather grows. : MOORS
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Light boat. : CANOE
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Train for performance. : REHEARSE
44
Appreciator of "Dennis, the Menace." : PARENT
45
Staff officer. : AIDE
46
Tenor's forte. : ARIA
47
Brings into close co-operation. : ALIGNS
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Bane of the furnace tender. : CLINKERS
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Not imaginary. : REAL
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Man's name. : HIRAM
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Where Bryce Canyon is. : UTAH
58
Hockey goal. : CAGE
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Enraged. : IRATE
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Ontario or Winnipeg. : LAKE
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Photographic record. : SHOT
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Numbered, as a MS. : PAGED
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Pung. : SLED
Down
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English dandy. : TOFF
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City in NW Pennsylvania. : ERIE
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Seaport in Israel. : ACRE
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Deferring, : SHELVING
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One predominant in any class. : PRINCE
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Broad, dignified musical style. : LARGO
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Citrus drinks. : ADES
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Girl's name. : NAN
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Intrude. : TRESPASS
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Horrified. : AGHAST
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Clique. : CLAN
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Make sound. : MEND
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Results. : ENDS
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Charged atoms. : IONS
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Engravings of Mr. Hamilton. : TENS
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Galway Bay islands. : ARANS
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Companion of "wiser." : OLDER
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Princess Martha's land: Native sp. : NORGE
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Relative of batter. : DOUGH
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Angry look. : GLARE
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Hole ___. : INONE
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Popular fabric. : NYLON
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Small Spanish horse. : GENET
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Canadian bird. : GOOSE
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Rank of a nobleman. : LORDSHIP
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Sheep of Central Asia. : KARAKULS
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The open sea: Poet. : MAIN
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Novelist of the hard-boiled school. : CAIN
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Aerie tenant. : EAGLET
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Made ready. : PRIMED
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Having wings. : ALATE
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Eyebrow curves. : ARCS
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One of Jacob's wives. : LEAH
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Villainous spouse of Emilia. : IAGO
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Rugged rock. : CRAG
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Farmer's implement. : RAKE
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Farm workshop. : SHED
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Man's name. : IRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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