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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Saturday, November 19, 1977

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.1
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. 10,325
Across
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He was "obscure" : JUDE
5
Bound, in a way : ROPED
10
___ River, N.J. : TOMS
14
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
15
Cross as ___ : ABEAR
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"La donna è mobile," e.g. : ARIA
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Silent sayonara : WAVE
18
TV dealer's corridor? : MONTYSHALL
20
Shook : SHIVERED
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"___ Harold," Byron classic : CHILDE
23
Swiss resort : DAVOS
24
Touched ground : ALIT
25
Crash-dieted : FASTED
27
Plan or cheese : AMERICAN
31
Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
32
Jack Frost's product : HOAR
33
Have ___ at (try) : AGO
34
It's in a jamb : DOOR
35
Coil of yarn : SKEIN
37
Dagger : CRIS
38
Crossword bird : EMU
39
Nut used for flavoring : KOLA
40
Games expert : HOYLE
41
Greeted with a ceremonial bow : SALAAMED
43
Past and future : TENSES
44
Amerind : CREE
45
South Korean premier: 1960 : CHANG
46
He's paid to carry, on a safari : BEARER
49
Agadir and Algeciras : SEAPORTS
52
Humorist's vegetable? : ORSONSBEAN
54
Word with spin or light : TAIL
55
Mental faculties : WITS
56
What expert typists seldom do : ERASE
57
Grafted: Her. : ENTE
58
Mainlanders' souvenirs : LEIS
59
Some are tall : TALES
60
Put away : STOW
Down
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Israelites : JEWS
2
Its motto is "Industry" : UTAH
3
Satan's purchase from Hutch? : DAVIDSSOUL
4
Otis product : ELEVATOR
5
Cannon adjunct : RAMROD
6
Woodwinds : OBOES
7
Pat. ___ : PEND
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___ crow (take it all back) : EAT
9
Launder, in a way : DRYCLEAN
10
Gauguin's hideaway : TAHITI
11
Roberts : ORAL
12
Far from acrid : MILD
13
Post-Yule event : SALE
19
Bake, as eggs : SHIRR
21
In debt no more : EVEN
24
French possessive : AMOI
25
Covers, as a bet : FADES
26
A bakery has one : AROMA
27
Winning : AHEAD
28
Actor's endowment? : CARYSGRANT
29
Like good shortstops : AGILE
30
They get counted : NOSES
35
Maugham : SOMERSET
36
Swiss artist : KLEE
37
Implies : CONNOTES
39
Actress Black : KAREN
40
Accumulate : HEAP
42
Heading on this puzzle : ACROSS
43
Macbeth and Banquo : THANES
45
"Hold it!" : CEASE
46
Emulate Don Carter : BOWL
47
Sight from Toledo : ERIE
48
Italian wine area : ASTI
49
Circus favorite : SEAL
50
Belgrade V.I.P. : TITO
51
Did in : SLEW
53
"Unmentionable" in the Victorian era : BRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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