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Henry Hook
New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 1977
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 flow: 27.9
Grid has duplicate clues.
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 D | 4 G | 5 E | 6 O | 7 D | 8 O | 9 R | 10 B | 11 A | 12 R | 13 I |
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14 S | P | I | E | S | 15 L | O | R | E | 16 L | I | E | S |
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17 C | E | N | T | S | 18 G | O | L | D | 19 M | E | D | A | L |
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20 R | O | S | E | 21 M | A | R | Y | C | A | S | A | L | S |
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22 U | S | A | 23 A | D | S | |||||||||
24 B | 25 L | 26 I | P | 27 R | 28 E | 29 M | 30 A | P | 31 I | 32 D | 33 O | |||
34 R | O | C | 35 A | N | D | O | R | 36 S | N | O | R | 37 E |
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38 E | V | O | 39 N | N | E | G | O | O | 40 L | A | G | O | N | G |
41 D | E | M | O | N | 42 A | S | S | A | Y | 43 N | O | G |
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44 R | E | V | 45 C | R | E | E | D | 46 S | E | T | S |
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47 E | 48 A | R | 49 E | 50 S | P | |||||||||
51 B | 52 I | 53 L | L | I | E | 54 J | 55 E | 56 A | N | K | I | 57 N | 58 G | |
59 R | A | I | L | R | O | A | D | S | 60 I | R | E | N | 61 E |
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62 A | G | R | A | 63 L | I | N | O | 64 D | I | N | A | H |
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65 G | O | E | S | 66 E | L | A | N | 67 S | T | E | W | S |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,155
Across
1
Star worn by a sheriff : BADGE
6
Skunk's defense : ODOR
10
Italian seaport : BARI
14
Fleming characters : SPIES
15
Knowledge : LORE
16
These enlarged Pinocchio's nose : LIES
17
Abe's coins : CENTS
18
Hamill's prize: 1976 : GOLDMEDAL
20
Court figure : ROSEMARYCASALS
22
Its age is 200 plus : USA
23
Madison Ave. output : ADS
24
Radar warning : BLIP
27
Make a new chart : REMAP
31
Altar affirmative : IDO
34
Sindbad's flier : ROC
35
Catchall combo : ANDOR
36
Make zzz's : SNORE
38
Court figure : EVONNEGOOLAGONG
41
Exorcist's target : DEMON
42
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
64
Shore : DINAH
65
"Pop ___ the weasel" : GOES
66
Fervor : ELAN
67
Boils slowly : STEWS
Down
1
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
7
It's in a jamb : DOOR
8
Paris airport : ORLY
9
Porter : REDCAP
10
"A ___ in disguise" : BLESSING
11
Verdi opus : AIDA
12
Adjective for a McCoy : REAL
13
Virgin and Solomon: Abbr. : ISLS
19
Like a March hare : MAD
21
W.W. I battle site : MARNE
24
Word with pure or cross : BRED
25
Peggy Lee tune : LOVER
26
"___ to bury Caesar ... " : ICOME
28
Poe or Masters : EDGAR
29
Animal weighing up to 1800 lbs. : MOOSE
30
Start of Gertrude's quote : AROSE
32
Lorna of fiction : DOONE
33
Whether ___ : ORNOT
35
Miller from Houston : ANN
36
Pipe up : SAY
37
Breakfast dish for many : EGGS
39
Longer kin of short stories : NOVELLAS
40
Freighted : LADEN
45
Mardi Gras celebrant : CREOLE
46
Apparition : SPIRIT
48
"Londonderry ___" : AIR
50
Icy-road occurrences : SKIDS
51
Rodomontade : BRAG
52
Shakespearean "baddie" : IAGO
53
Via Veneto money : LIRE
54
Calaboose : JAIL
55
Millay : EDNA
56
" ... and she bare ___" (Gen. 4:25) : ASON
57
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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