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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Monday, September 8, 1975

8-Down : Summary

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 4, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,522
Across
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Itinerary, for short : SKED
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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Chicago nine : CUBS
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Four-minute distance, for some : MILE
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Chemical compound : AMINE
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English artist : OPIE
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City in Kansas : IOLA
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Fits one inside another : NESTS
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Money in Milan : LIRA
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Sci-fi opus, with 38 Across and 12 Down : TWENTYTHOUSAND
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Taxi for Holmes : HANSOM
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Arab sultanate : OMAN
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House of the white rose : YORK
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Win over : ENDEAR
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Quatrain rhyme scheme : ABBA
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Ms. Barrett : RONA
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Uptight : TENSE
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See 19 Across : LEAGUESUNDERTHE
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Singer Yarborough : GLENN
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Diminutive suffix : ETTE
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Hunt for : SEEK
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Amble : STROLL
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Corrodes : EATS
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Noun suffix : SION
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Highly excited : REDHOT
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Pro ballplayers-to-be : LITTLELEAGUERS
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Calif. city : LODI
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Author Barzini : LUIGI
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Baby-talk word : DADA
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French preposition : AVEC
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Senator Sam : ERVIN
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"Be it ___ so humble ... " : EVER
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Pod members : PEAS
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Fills the bill : DOES
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Indian weights : SERS
Down
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He went to Washington : SMITH
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U.S. Indian tribe : KIOWA
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
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Campus V.I.P.'s : DEANS
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"___ a man with ... " : IMET
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Dorothy or Lillian : GISH
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Come ___ strong (overdo) : ONTOO
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Summary : RESUME
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Kitchen items : COLANDERS
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___ arms : UPIN
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Shuttlecock : BIRD
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See 19 Across : SEA
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"Are there ___ at home like you?" : ANYMORE
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Deal lightly with : TOY
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A votre ___ : SANTE
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Mrs. Kennedy : ROSE
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Rockne : KNUTE
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE
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Wimbledon champ : ASHE
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Smell unpleasant : REEK
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Math branches: Abbr. : ALGS
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Zone : BELT
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Boxer Max : BAER
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Religious doubters : AGNOSTICS
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Theater org. : ANTA
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Dim : UNLIT
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Leave the Metroliner : DETRAIN
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Lazed : LOLLED
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Division: Abbr. : SEG
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Prefix for surgery : NEURO
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Ranch visitors : DUDES
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Give the ___-ho (oust) : HEAVE
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Part of B.P.O.E. : ORDER
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Rulers : TSARS
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Zero, to 29 Down : LOVE
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Thought : IDEA
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Not on tape : LIVE
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Protection : EGIS
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Seat for a baby : LAP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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