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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Tuesday, April 26, 1977

1-Across : Manhattan athlete

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 10,118
Across
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Manhattan athlete : JASPER
7
A pair, in Ayr : TWA
10
Ebenezer's expletive : BAH
13
Sir Galahad's mother : ELAINE
14
Yemenite : ARAB
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Satisfied edacity : ATE
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Times for repentance : DAYSOFGRACE
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Caesar's heart : COR
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Petrol : GAS
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Piece of type, for short : LOGO
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Sheet of glass : PANE
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Nertz! : DARN
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"___ Blue?" : AMI
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Eliot's weaver : SILAS
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"___ Clear Day" : ONA
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"High Noon" actress : GRACEKELLY
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Severinsen : DOC
30
U.S.A. leader : PRES
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12½¢ : BIT
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Heavy : ONEROUS
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Perfumed unguents : POMADES
38
Shoemaker's aide? : ELF
39
TV trio : SONS
40
Altar "aye, aye" : IDO
41
In a swanlike way : GRACEFULLY
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Cain or Abel, for short : SIB
46
Picture puzzle : REBUS
47
Pod item : PEA
48
Some NCO's : SGTS
49
Gelling agent : AGAR
50
Sandhurst weapon : STEN
51
Word with line or port : AIR
52
Cole : NAT
53
Checkmate, e.g. : COUPDEGRACE
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Item to be cast : DIE
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___ d'oeuvres : HORS
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___ of eight : PIECES
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Omega : END
61
Lodge : INN
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Aboveboard : HONEST
Down
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A Beverly Hillbilly : JED
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King or carte predecessors : ALA
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Offer a prandial prayer : SAYGRACE
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Galileo was one : PISAN
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Adam's grandson : ENOS
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Gridiron V.I.P. : REF
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Like "King Lear," e.g. : TRAGIC
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Baylor Bears' home : WACO
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Beame : ABE
10
Bogart's widow : BACALL
11
Disregarding keys : ATONAL
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Unorthodoxy : HERESY
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Floral attractions : AROMAS
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Gives a piercing look : GLARES
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Michelangelo work : PIETA
22
Nitwit : DODO
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In due time : ANON
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Thumbs (through) : SKIMS
27
Throaty : GRUFF
28
Material for 36 keys : EBONY
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___ apart : POLES
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Come again : RECUR
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Where to spend a zloty : POLAND
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Ignominy : DISGRACE
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Do Greeley's job : EDIT
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Reacts to a "soap" : SOBS
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Drowses : SLEEPS
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Rio ___ : GRANDE
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Get back : REGAIN
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Decreased : ABATED
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Good news on Wall St. : UPTURN
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Lorelei : SIREN
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And ___ (etc.) : SOON
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Exchange rate : AGIO
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Midwest city, for short : CHI
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Williams athlete : EPH
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These, in Tours : CES
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Superlative ending : EST

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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