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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Tuesday, September 20, 1977

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.0
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. 10,265
Across
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Baum's "The Wizard ___" : OFOZ
5
Deutschland dame : FRAU
9
Dollop : BLOB
13
Miss d'Orsay from Montreal : FIFI
14
Brazilian money until 1942 : REIS
15
Conrad ___, U.S. poet : AIKEN
17
Poet inspired by Old Glory at Fort McHenry : FRANCISSCOTTKEY
20
Basket for bass : CREEL
21
Says : UTTERS
22
Suffix with hero and voodoo : ISM
25
Cold War antidote : ENTENTE
27
Cover crop : RYE
28
Supplied with funds : STAKED
30
Sculls : OARS
32
Impresario Sol : HUROK
33
Serenaded : SANG
35
"___ Yankee Doodle dandy" : IMA
38
Important project of 1790 : FIRSTUSCENSUS
41
Gratuity : FEE
42
Ready for picking : RIPE
43
Brewery kilns : OASTS
45
Moslem call to prayer : AZAN
47
More than somnolent : ASLEEP
48
Former Mrs. Mickey Rooney : AVA
51
MacDonald book, with "The" : EGGANDI
54
Like some martinis : DRY
55
Part of A.D. : DOMINI
57
___ better (improve upon) : GOONE
59
Legislation of Aug. 1, 1946 : ATOMICENERGYACT
64
Kind of badge : MERIT
65
Hawaiian chant : MELE
66
Perry's victory site : ERIE
67
___ Thomas clock : SETH
68
Sputnik's birthplace : USSR
69
Beauty's depth, in a saying : SKIN
Down
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Vacationing : OFF
2
Balsam or Douglas : FIR
3
"Son ___ gun!" : OFA
4
This plus copper equals brass : ZINC
5
Damon, to Pythias : FRIEND
6
Adjust : RESET
7
Bridal path : AISLE
8
Trojans' inst. : USC
9
Rod Carew is a good one : BATTER
10
___B. (university degree) : LITT
11
Court star Tom : OKKER
12
Wallace or Noah : BEERY
16
Amex's cousin : NYSE
18
Streams : CREEKS
19
Power failure : OUTAGE
22
Ending for boy or girl : ISH
23
Nonsense's partner : STUFF
24
Berlin song: 1928 : MARIE
26
Present occasion : NONCE
29
"M*A*S*H" locale : KOREA
31
Plant named for a former Yucatán port : SISAL
33
Plaintiff's action : SUING
34
Viper : ASP
36
Ruminated : MUSED
37
Fall flower : ASTER
39
Calamitous : TRAGIC
40
Prying into : NOSING
44
Agent provocateur : SPY
46
Opposite of nadir : ZENITH
47
Stage-door Johnny : ADORER
48
Furniture style : ADAM
49
Committeeman's concern : VOTES
50
Love, to Dino : AMORE
52
One of the de Milles : AGNES
53
Seasonal songs : NOELS
56
Counterfeit: Abbr. : IMIT
58
In Texas, they're "upon you" : EYES
60
Crossword bird : EMU
61
Ham's father built it : ARK
62
Thrice XXXIV : CII
63
Round number : TEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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