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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Friday, September 9, 1977

51-Across : Thought, but not spoken

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 10,254
Across
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Sirs' counterparts : MADAMS
7
Parseghian : ARA
10
"Life ___ jest": Gay : ISA
13
Exhausts : USESUP
14
Commander of a regiment : COLONEL
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This was cinematically blue : DIETRICHSANGEL
18
Western jamboree : RODEO
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Nevada or Madre : SIERRA
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G.I. mail drop : APO
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Architectural features : ELLS
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Parliament, in Japan : DIET
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Sex : GENDER
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Boxer or husky : DOG
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Use a calculator : ADD
32
Moving : ASTIR
33
Golfer Jones : BOBBY
35
It was blue in 1933 : ROOSEVELTSEAGLE
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Truman played it : PIANO
42
Segment of a flight : STAIR
43
Lingerie purchase : BRA
45
Sgt. : NCO
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Emulates Scrooge : HOARDS
47
Contrite one : RUER
48
Sidle : EDGE
50
John or Jane : DOE
51
Thought, but not spoken : UNSAID
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Makes one's salt : EARNS
57
They're musically blue : SCOTLANDSBELLS
61
Duds : THREADS
62
Outcast : PARIAH
63
Still : YET
64
Veer, as a ship in a storm : YAW
65
Like Oscar in "The Odd Couple" : SLOPPY
Down
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Kind of pie : MUD
2
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
3
Pronghorn : DEER
4
Concerning : ASTO
5
"___ most foul ... ": "Hamlet" : MURDER
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Line of a sort : SPIEL
7
German exclamation : ACH
8
First woman director of U.S. Mint : ROSS
9
Jai ___ : ALAI
10
Bergman : INGRID
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Fly off the handle : SEERED
12
___ sea (bewildered) : ALLAT
15
TV's "___ Time" : ONEDAYATA
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Unfeeling : COLDBLOODED
20
Actor John : AGAR
21
Dollar, in Durango : PESO
22
Aware of : ONTO
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Santa's laundry problem : SOOT
27
Unequal : DISPARATE
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" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
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"Pygmalion" monogram : GBS
34
Kiss from a señorita : BESO
36
Home on the road, maybe : VAN
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Noun ending : ENCE
38
French department : GARD
39
Island near Venice : LIDO
40
Gaelic : ERSE
43
Nobelist for peace: 1950 : BUNCHE
44
Getaway spot : RESORT
46
Book in which plants are named : HERBAL
47
Out of practice : RUSTY
49
Catches one's breath : GASPS
52
"Now ___ me down ... " : ILAY
53
Word in baby's vocabulary : DADA
55
Fiery fiddler : NERO
56
Lapse : SLIP
58
Where Sydney is: Abbr. : NSW
59
Seat for a baby : LAP
60
Skittish : SHY

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