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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Saturday, April 22, 1978

31-Down : Swept away confusion

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K V X }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,479
Across
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He likened 23 Across to 44 Across : POPE
5
Helen's launched a large fleet : FACE
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Ovine eating place : LEA
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Play the siren : LURE
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Muster many or much : AMASS
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Like Jekyll's personality : DUAL
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Côte d'___ : AZUR
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Word in Shakespeare's epitaph : CURST
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"___ each life ... " : INTO
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Last letter from London : ZED
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Storage area : SILO
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Show embarrassment : REDDEN
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Crossword puzzle byproduct? : ALITTLELEARNING
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Part of a ream : SHEET
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Sac of a sort : CYST
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Balderdash! : PSHAW
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Quaker-to-Quaker word : THEE
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Leaper over Luna : COW
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Go to one side : TILT
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Muse morosely : BROOD
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Word with stick or dash : SLAP
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Whatever quantity : ANY
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Duck's cousin : COOT
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Vivien Leigh role : OHARA
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Teasdale : SARA
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Peninsula in eastern Arabia : QATAR
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"Saturday night special," e.g. : ADANGEROUSTHING
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Bearded : DEFIED
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"If the shoe ___ ... " : FITS
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Kolinsky : FUR
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___ test : ACID
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Have on sale : OFFER
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Akron product : TIRE
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Vidal : GORE
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"Be Prepared," e.g. : MOTTO
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Siesta : REST
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It nictates : EYE
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Tweed, e.g. : BOSS
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Light bulb, symbolically : IDEA
Down
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Simon's "___ Suite" : PLAZA
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European blackbird : OUZEL
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In bluenosed fashion : PRUDISHLY
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Eternally, poetically : EER
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Easy : FACILE
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Talisman : AMULET
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A charming Channing : CAROL
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Twisting area on a road : ESS
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Monday, in Montbéliard : LUNDI
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Corroded : EATEN
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One way to tag : ALONG
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Took a wrong turn : STRAYED
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"She ___ Say Yes" : DIDNT
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Dither : STEW
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Highlander's old tongue : ERSE
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"How about ___!" : THAT
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First communications satellite : ECHO
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Sch. group : PTA
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Envy or covetousness : SIN
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A touch of rum : TOT
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Swept away confusion : CLARIFIED
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It has a handle and a blade : OAR
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Agency under F.D.R. : WPA
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Ennui : BOREDOM
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Leo's lament : ROAR
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Pahlavi : SHAH
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Teller's milieu : CAGE
40
Mel and a Pirate catcher : OTTS
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Sly and nasty : SNIDE
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Pacifies : QUIETS
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Nine under a dome : ASTROS
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Saw : ADAGE
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Kind of blind : DECOY
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Like S.F. in 1906 : AFIRE
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"We're ___ see the Wizard" : OFFTO
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Do nutricial work : NURSE
49
Garbo : GRETA
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Little pocket : FOB
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Numerical prefix : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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