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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 1978

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 36.8
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. 10,612
Across
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First four rows : ABCD
5
Actress Thompson : SADA
9
Still-life item : APPLE
14
Poi-and-pineapple picnic : LUAU
15
Post–Civil War org. : KLAN
16
Sound : VALID
17
Lady with a cow : MRSOLEARY
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Actress Worth : IRENE
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Refuse : ASH
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"Heads ___" : IWIN
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"Best Film" of 1970 : PATTON
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Coquet : TEASE
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Catchall abbr. : ETC
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Leigh role : SCARLETTOHARA
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Hunter and Novak : KIMS
34
"No ___ Love" (Hammerstein-Rodgers) : OTHER
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Fifty, yet one: Abbr. : USA
36
Autry or Hackman : GENE
37
D'Artagnan's pal : ATHOS
38
Cinematic canine : ASTA
39
Lennon's mate : ONO
40
Moving : ASTIR
41
Volcano island : ATTU
42
Song-and-dance man : DONALDOCONNOR
45
Disfigure : MAR
46
"Be that as ___ ... " : ITMAY
48
Gob : SWABBY
51
Hepburn role : COCO
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Inventor's milieu : LAB
55
Actress Prentiss : PAULA
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House Speaker : TIPONEILL
58
To the point : ADREM
59
Cézanne or Gauguin : PAUL
60
Give the ___ (dismiss) : GATE
61
Coiffure accessory : TIARA
62
Santa ___, city north of San Francisco : ROSA
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What beavers do : GNAW
Down
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Soul: Sp. : ALMA
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Explode : BURST
3
Profits by : CASHESINON
4
The Captain and Tennille : DUO
5
Kebab device : SKEWER
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Kin of "Nertz!" : DARN
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Whatever quantity : ANY
9
Post or Lindbergh : AVIATOR
10
Cartoonist a.k.a. "Vip" : PARTCH
11
Kind of whip : PLET
12
Printer's machine, for short : LINO
13
First place : EDEN
18
Namesakes of a da Vinci subject : LISAS
22
"___ Dragon," recent film : PETES
24
High spot : ACME
27
Parlor game : LOTTO
28
Set of values : ETHIC
29
Complete, for short : THORO
30
Helen Reddy is one : AUSTRALIAN
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Q–V link : RSTU
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Motorists' org. : AAA
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Vegas game : KENO
36
The Creator : GOD
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___ as a bone : ASDRY
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A.E.C. concern : ATOM
40
Bear Bryant's boys : ALABAMA
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Composer Bruckner : ANTON
43
Mystery author Eric : AMBLER
44
Actress Pagett : NICOLA
47
Feb. 1945 conference scene : YALTA
48
Shoe-top protector : SPAT
49
Oasis : WADI
50
Glow of a sort : AURA
51
Italian equivalent of "Aloha!" : CIAO
52
Poem or painting : OPUS
54
Huffed and puffed : BLEW
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State policeman: Abbr. : TPR
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Embryonic dinosaur : EGG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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