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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 1977

1-Down : Science degree: Abbr.

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 10,155
Across
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Star worn by a sheriff : BADGE
6
Skunk's defense : ODOR
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Italian seaport : BARI
14
Fleming characters : SPIES
15
Knowledge : LORE
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These enlarged Pinocchio's nose : LIES
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Abe's coins : CENTS
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Hamill's prize: 1976 : GOLDMEDAL
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Court figure : ROSEMARYCASALS
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Its age is 200 plus : USA
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Madison Ave. output : ADS
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Radar warning : BLIP
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Make a new chart : REMAP
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Altar affirmative : IDO
34
Sindbad's flier : ROC
35
Catchall combo : ANDOR
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Make zzz's : SNORE
38
Court figure : EVONNEGOOLAGONG
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Exorcist's target : DEMON
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Analyze ore : ASSAY
43
Yule potation : NOG
44
Gun a motor : REV
45
Religion : CREED
46
Bridge coups : SETS
47
Van Gogh's loss : EAR
49
Kreskin's forte : ESP
51
Court figure : BILLIEJEANKING
59
"Monopoly" purchases : RAILROADS
60
Broadway musical : IRENE
62
City in India : AGRA
63
Flooring, for short : LINO
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Shore : DINAH
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"Pop ___ the weasel" : GOES
66
Fervor : ELAN
67
Boils slowly : STEWS
Down
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Science degree: Abbr. : BSC
2
Little or Frye : APER
3
Jerry's ex-partner : DINO
4
Starts the day : GETSUP
5
Mountain roads : ESSES
6
Ms. Korbut : OLGA
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It's in a jamb : DOOR
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Paris airport : ORLY
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Porter : REDCAP
10
"A ___ in disguise" : BLESSING
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Verdi opus : AIDA
12
Adjective for a McCoy : REAL
13
Virgin and Solomon: Abbr. : ISLS
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Like a March hare : MAD
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W.W. I battle site : MARNE
24
Word with pure or cross : BRED
25
Peggy Lee tune : LOVER
26
"___ to bury Caesar ... " : ICOME
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Poe or Masters : EDGAR
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Animal weighing up to 1800 lbs. : MOOSE
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Start of Gertrude's quote : AROSE
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Lorna of fiction : DOONE
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Whether ___ : ORNOT
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Miller from Houston : ANN
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Pipe up : SAY
37
Breakfast dish for many : EGGS
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Longer kin of short stories : NOVELLAS
40
Freighted : LADEN
45
Mardi Gras celebrant : CREOLE
46
Apparition : SPIRIT
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"Londonderry ___" : AIR
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Icy-road occurrences : SKIDS
51
Rodomontade : BRAG
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Shakespearean "baddie" : IAGO
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Via Veneto money : LIRE
54
Calaboose : JAIL
55
Millay : EDNA
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" ... and she bare ___" (Gen. 4:25) : ASON
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50th state bird : NENE
58
Emulate a beaver : GNAW
61
Brief inquiries : EHS

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

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