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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Saturday, January 10, 1981

6-Down : Blue hue

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,386
Across
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N'Djamena's land : CHAD
5
City transport : BUS
8
Furnish : AFFORD
14
Milos Forman film: 1979 : HAIR
15
Qua ___ (here and there): It. : ELA
16
Grosse ___, Mich. : POINTE
17
Shakespeare title: Abbr. : AYLI
18
Counterpart of the Pac. : ATL
19
"Can-Can" composer : PORTER
20
Miner's quest : ORE
21
Je ne sais quoi : AURA
22
She was born free : ELSA
23
Effete : TIRED
25
Server's edge, for short : ADIN
27
Not counterfeit : TRUE
30
Half a quote from Samuel Butler : IDONOTMINDLYING
33
Copper : CENT
34
Carry on : RANT
35
New-car odometer reading : OOOOO
36
Basin adjunct : EWER
38
Birthright barterer : ESAU
40
Fret or chafe : WORRY
43
Concerning : INRE
45
Electronic device : CHIP
49
End of quote, after "but" : IHATEINACCURACY
52
Dreyfus ally : ZOLA
53
Neighbor of Belg. : NETH
54
Funnyman John : BYNER
55
Codlike fish : LING
57
Rikki-tikki-___ : TAVI
59
Terminal: Abbr. : STA
60
" ... as ___ resting-place ... ": Lincoln : AFINAL
62
Zoological suffix : INI
63
Christie thriller : NORM
64
Zephyr : BREEZE
65
Sml., med., ___ : LGE
66
Russian range : ALAI
67
Famed TV cat : MORRIS
68
Source of an archer's bow : YEW
69
Cassidy was his role : BOYD
Down
1
In a jumble : CHAOTIC
2
Fun on the farm : HAYRIDE
3
Plane-wing part : AILERON
4
Bacheller's Darius : DRI
5
Steady date : BEAU
6
Blue hue : ULTRAMARINE
7
Foe of Richard I : SALADIN
8
Add : APPEND
9
Brooklyn Bridge buyer : FOOL
10
Betty Rollin book: 1976 : FIRSTYOUCRY
11
Easternmost of HOMES : ONTARIO
12
Hwy. : RTE
13
Word with Alte or Bingle : DER
21
Commotion : ADO
24
Joplin opus of 1902, with "The" : ENTERTAINER
26
Switch : INTERCHANGE
28
Número ___ : UNO
29
I trouble : EGO
31
Due follower : TRE
32
Mauna ___ : LOA
37
Ex successor : WYE
39
Fraction of a min. : SEC
40
"The ___," B'way play of 1975 : WIZ
41
Cry of amused surprise : OHO
42
Pregame cheerleader : RALLIER
44
How actress Wood dresses : NATTILY
46
"Star Wars" captain : HANSOLO
47
Where to find some cubes : ICETRAY
48
Monument of Giza : PYRAMID
50
English, to Juan : INGLES
51
Pompey's "In what place?" : UBI
56
Hitlerite : NAZI
58
Top-of-the-Mark treat : VIEW
60
Defense device: Abbr. : ABM
61
Back : FRO
63
Collar : NAB

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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