Private Eye 744

[ripvanwinkle]

Happy New Year to all Puzzlers.
I am stuck on just one on this crossword. The clue is ‘Henry’s thrown out gin-sozzled puss’ (6). I have - I - S - R. Thanks in advance for suggestions and explanations.

[scorpiojo]

Kiss (- ING, Anag gin) er

[scorpiojo]

Puss alt def: a person's face/mouth

[ripvanwinkle]

Thank you, your explanation was spot on - I don’t think I would have got the Henry Kissinger reference without Mark’s explanation

[scorpiojo]

You're welcome, and there's no 'Mark' (as best answer), just me :-)

[Jktweets]

Hell might be appalling? Why is that "dismay"?

[elliemay1]

//In Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, the City of Dis encompasses the sixth through the ninth circles of Hell.//

[goodgoalie]

DIS is another word for Hell