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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Friday, July 24, 1981

39-Down : What "the dog" takes

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.72)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,581
Across
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Drawing room : SALON
6
Fella : MAC
9
Campanella : ROY
12
Unbefitting : BENEATH
14
Prefix for gram or pest : ANA
15
Van Eyck's "Man ___ Turban" : INA
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Card for Casanova? : ACEOFHEARTS
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"Sketches by ___": 1836 : BOZ
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Bottom lines : SUMS
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Hymns of a sort : ANTHEMS
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Area near SE Mass. : ERI
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Duke who married an Astin : PATTY
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Take down a peg ___ : ORTWO
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About 3.38 fluid ounces : DECILITER
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Dog bane : FLEAS
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Daytime TV fare : GAMES
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Mary, Queen of Scots, for one : STUART
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Cavalry member : LANCER
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Clouts : WHACKS
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Called up, as troops : LEVIED
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Aquatic predator : SHARK
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___ a customer : ONETO
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Heller's catch : TWENTYTWO
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He might steal from a yenta : GANEF
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Lincoln's mother's maiden name : HANKS
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Anc. language : HEB
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With a straight face : GRAVELY
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Champion's rider : GENE
49
Steeler Greene : JOE
51
Soapbox derby? : RACEOFCARTS
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Bruin legend : ORR
55
La's leader : TRA
56
Howl : ULULATE
57
Little shots for little shots : BBS
58
Emulated H. Dumpty : SAT
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Scene of Davy's downfall : ALAMO
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Under lock and key : SECURE
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Weak : ANEMIC
3
Thirteen Bishops of Rome : LEOS
4
Clouseau, e.g. : OAF
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Extreme degree : NTH
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St. Sebastian was one : MARTYR
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Coll. of selected poems : ANTH
8
Bakery display? : CASEOFTARTS
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Butcher-shop purchase : RIBSTEAK
10
Lennon's widow : ONO
11
Fenway Pk. slugger : YAZ
12
Contingent (on) : BASED
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"Good news" Gabriel : HEATTER
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Chips in one's chip : ANTES
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Cary Grant role: 1943 : MRLUCKY
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Museum? : PLACEOFARTS
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Intended : AIMED
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___ of the Roses : WARS
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East of Essen : OST
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Arsonist, e.g. : IGNITER
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Early part of the evening : SHANK
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She leaps in comics : LENA
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Like-for-like people : AVENGERS
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"___ Wore a Tulip," 1914 song : WHENYOU
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Birler's need : LOG
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Hollow in a marsh : SWALE
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What "the dog" takes : THECAT
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Aries : THERAM
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___ pieces (became discombobulated) : WENTTO
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Far from gaunt : OBESE
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About a yard in the Southwest : VARA
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Festive : GALA
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Snow follower : JOB
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Sphere : ORB
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Sen. Chiles' state : FLA
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___-de-sac : CUL

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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