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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Saturday, April 22, 1978

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K V X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 8.9
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. 10,479
Across
1
He likened 23 Across to 44 Across : POPE
5
Helen's launched a large fleet : FACE
9
Ovine eating place : LEA
12
Play the siren : LURE
13
Muster many or much : AMASS
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Like Jekyll's personality : DUAL
16
Côte d'___ : AZUR
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Word in Shakespeare's epitaph : CURST
18
"___ each life ... " : INTO
19
Last letter from London : ZED
20
Storage area : SILO
21
Show embarrassment : REDDEN
23
Crossword puzzle byproduct? : ALITTLELEARNING
26
Part of a ream : SHEET
27
Sac of a sort : CYST
28
Balderdash! : PSHAW
30
Quaker-to-Quaker word : THEE
31
Leaper over Luna : COW
34
Go to one side : TILT
35
Muse morosely : BROOD
37
Word with stick or dash : SLAP
38
Whatever quantity : ANY
39
Duck's cousin : COOT
40
Vivien Leigh role : OHARA
41
Teasdale : SARA
42
Peninsula in eastern Arabia : QATAR
44
"Saturday night special," e.g. : ADANGEROUSTHING
50
Bearded : DEFIED
51
"If the shoe ___ ... " : FITS
52
Kolinsky : FUR
53
___ test : ACID
54
Have on sale : OFFER
56
Akron product : TIRE
57
Vidal : GORE
58
"Be Prepared," e.g. : MOTTO
59
Siesta : REST
60
It nictates : EYE
61
Tweed, e.g. : BOSS
62
Light bulb, symbolically : IDEA
Down
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Simon's "___ Suite" : PLAZA
2
European blackbird : OUZEL
3
In bluenosed fashion : PRUDISHLY
4
Eternally, poetically : EER
5
Easy : FACILE
6
Talisman : AMULET
7
A charming Channing : CAROL
8
Twisting area on a road : ESS
9
Monday, in Montbéliard : LUNDI
10
Corroded : EATEN
11
One way to tag : ALONG
14
Took a wrong turn : STRAYED
15
"She ___ Say Yes" : DIDNT
20
Dither : STEW
22
Highlander's old tongue : ERSE
24
"How about ___!" : THAT
25
First communications satellite : ECHO
28
Sch. group : PTA
29
Envy or covetousness : SIN
30
A touch of rum : TOT
31
Swept away confusion : CLARIFIED
32
It has a handle and a blade : OAR
33
Agency under F.D.R. : WPA
35
Ennui : BOREDOM
36
Leo's lament : ROAR
37
Pahlavi : SHAH
39
Teller's milieu : CAGE
40
Mel and a Pirate catcher : OTTS
41
Sly and nasty : SNIDE
42
Pacifies : QUIETS
43
Nine under a dome : ASTROS
44
Saw : ADAGE
45
Kind of blind : DECOY
46
Like S.F. in 1906 : AFIRE
47
"We're ___ see the Wizard" : OFFTO
48
Do nutricial work : NURSE
49
Garbo : GRETA
55
Little pocket : FOB
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Numerical prefix : TRI

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

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