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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

OMNIUM-GATHERUM

New York Times, Sunday, May 28, 1978

23-Across : Macbeth's crime

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 562 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,515
Across
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Author of "America" : SMITH
6
First Bishop of Rome : STPETER
13
Hashish source : HEMP
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Asian capital : HANOI
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Electronic musical instrument : THEREMIN
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Batten down : SECURE
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A Shaw : ARTIE
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Macbeth's crime : REGICIDE
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For the time being : PROTEM
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Baltic seaport : KIEL
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Kind of rail or plane : MONO
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Bond film, "Live and ___" : LETDIE
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Viper : ASP
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Perpetually, poetically : EER
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"All systems go!" : AOK
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Double agent : SPY
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Malefic; baleful : SINISTER
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Valentines : SWEETHEARTS
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Tooth tissue : DENTINE
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"Saturday night special" : PISTOL
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Marker of a sort : BUOY
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Alphabetic trio : LMN
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Putrefies : ROTS
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Singer John : ELTON
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Shaped like a tepee : CONIC
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Satisfy edacity : EAT
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Littler and Wilder : GENES
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A ___ Able : ASIN
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Hanging on for dear life : CLUTCHING
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Let : LEASE
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Jockey Turcotte : RON
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Arm of a starfish : RAY
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Cartoonist's choice : INDIAINK
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Albion : ENGLAND
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Yoga squat : ASANA
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Dupe : CATSPAW
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Famed Swiss conductor : ANSERMET
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Pique at its peak : IRE
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Yeast nucleic acid: Abbr. : RNA
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Simon's colleague : BINET
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Low-heeled sandals : HUARACHES
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Grove on a prairie : MOTT
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Revenue, in Rennes : RENTE
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Fabius's foot : PES
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Lazy one : IDLER
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Doc : MEDIC
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Sybarite's delight : EASE
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Native of: Suffix : ITE
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Seaver's old home : SHEA
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1972 Summer Olympics site : MUNICH
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Hayes or Taylor : ACTRESS
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"How swift the moments fly!" : TEMPUSFUGIT
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Force into service : SHANGHAI
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Loser to R.M.N.: 1972 : GSM
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Ship-shaped napkin holder : NEF
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G.I.'s letter drop : APO
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"To thine ___ self ... " : OWN
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Enmity : RANCOR
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In, in a way : CHIC
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Hammer part : CLAW
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Under : NETHER
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This may have charms : BRACELET
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Scriven : WRITE
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Recognize rank : SALUTE
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J.F.K.'s Defense Sec. : MCNAMARA
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___ Noster : PATER
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Saloon orders : RYES
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Shows up : ATTENDS
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Bottomless pit : ABYSS
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Writer of at least 154 sonnets : SHAKESPEARE
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"My Friend Irma" star : MARIEWILSON
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"Ver-r-ry ___!" : INTERESTING
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Trouble's mate : TOIL
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Get a move on : HIE
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Drive or putt : STROKE
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Subsequently : THEN
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"___ My Heart" : PEGO
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Silkworm : ERI
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Gumshoe : TEC
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Girl in "Our Town" : EMILY
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Hitchhiker's quest : RIDE
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Follower of "enclosed" : HEREIN
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Habitat: Prefix : ECO
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Sports of sorts : MUTATIONS
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Dais personage : PRESENTEE
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N.J. five : NETS
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Bookbinder's item : SPINE
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Josephine, e.g. : EMPRESS
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Hugo von ___, noted 19th-century botanist : MOHL
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"She ___ Say Yes" : DIDNT
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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Impassive : STOIC
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Alfred Adler et al. : PSYCHIATRISTS
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Veins or strains : STREAKS
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Jacket type : ETON
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Leigh Hunt hero : ABOU
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Poor poker hand : RUNT
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___ hand (aid) : LENDA
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Crèche trio : MAGI
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Walt Frazier : CLYDE
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People, in Padua : GENTE
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"Mend when thou ___": Lear : CANST
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Boniface's place : INN
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Mendacious men : LIARS
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Punjab princess : RANEE
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Quaker gray : ACIER
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Diogenes' burden : LANTERN
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Divert : AMUSE
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Carson subject : SEA
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Spendthrift's problem : PRODIGALITY
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Foretastes : ANTICIPATES
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Lookouts : WATCHTOWERS
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Art of literary comp. : RHET
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Cabana items : BEACHWEAR
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P.D.Q. : INSTANTLY
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Father of 38 Down : ADHEM
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Radio sportscaster McCarthy : CLEM
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Car that's gone too far : HEAP
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Carte : MENU
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Ratiocinates : REASONS
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Galileo was one : PISAN
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Fielding error : MUFF
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One 60-thousandth of a min. : MSEC
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Plume suppliers : EGRETS
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Purchase on Wall St. : SHARE
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Erstwhile Colt star : UNITAS
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Missile, for short : ICBM
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Julia Dent's bridegroom: 1848 : GRANT
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1977 disaster film : ORCA
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Close-knit group : CLAN
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Pack of camels : HERD
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Fiddler on the reef : CRAB
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Tincture : HUE
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Small sailboat : CAT
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Scottish uncle : EME
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New Deal agcy. : WPA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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