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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Thursday, January 22, 1976

23-Across : Furor

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,658
Across
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Hemingway : PAPA
5
Bout : SETTO
10
Declines : EBBS
14
Final or midterm event : EXAM
15
Group character : ETHOS
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Mrs. Nick Charles : NORA
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Like Dali's watches : LIMP
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Rec and living : ROOMS
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Hamilton-Burr meet : DUEL
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Recipe abbr. : TSP
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"Je ___ beaucoup" : TAIME
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Guy's friend : GAL
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Furor : HOOPLA
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Four score : EIGHTY
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"We ___" (with 43 Across) : HOLDTHESETRUTHS
31
Garbo, e.g. : SWEDE
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He had not yet begun to fight : JONES
33
Asian holiday : TET
34
Madison Square Garden, e.g. : ARENA
36
___ Jeanne : STE
39
Musical symbol : GCLEF
41
Turns up a card : FACES
43
See 28 Across : TOBESELFEVIDENT
48
Bryant and Loos : ANITAS
49
Ace, as part of a blackjack : ELEVEN
50
Knowledge : KEN
51
Derrick : CRANE
52
Also : AND
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Catchall abbr. : ETAL
57
Affirm : POSIT
58
Canal : ERIE
59
Shredded : TORE
60
Unique : ALONE
61
___ days' wonder : NINE
62
Former movie czar Will : HAYS
63
Approached an end : WANED
64
Soft ___ (flattery) : SOAP
Down
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Hide : PELT
2
W. W. II losers : AXIS
3
"Common Sense," e.g. : PAMPHLET
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Elec. unit : AMP
5
Angel : SERAPH
6
Paris's Place d' ___ : ETOILE
7
Author of 28 Across : THOMASJEFFERSON
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Scholarly volume : TOME
9
W. W. II agency : OSS
10
Wind up : END
11
Bribed, as a public official : BOUGHT
12
Slightest hint : BREATH
13
Kellerman and Rand : SALLYS
21
Carry : TOTE
24
___ man out : ODD
25
Volcano : ETNA
26
Choler : IRE
27
Astronaut Grissom : GUS
28
White House monogram : HST
29
Be in the red : OWE
30
Time period : EON
34
Beverages : ALES
35
Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : REL
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Film-director's bible : SCENARIO
37
Sawbuck : TEN
38
Part of i.e. : EST
39
Fetch : GET
40
Lee's group: Abbr. : CSA
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Fin : FIVE
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Summer cooler : ADE
43
"And the Lord ___ away" : TAKETH
44
___ customer : ONETOA
45
Consisting of two : BINARY
46
Miss Stritch : ELAINE
47
Loosed, as one's fury : VENTED
51
Soft drink : COLA
53
Pinta's partner : NINA
54
Intense : DEEP
56
French article : LES
57
Handle roughly : PAW
58
Type measures : ENS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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