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Henry Hook
Henry Hook

New York Times, Friday, May 23, 1975

7-Down : Nonsense!

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Henry Hook has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 25 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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B
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,414
Across
1
"Ski-nose" : HOPE
5
Jewish festival : PURIM
10
Urban pall : SMOG
14
Declare : AVER
15
Order of footless animals : APODA
16
Fonteyn's garb : TUTU
17
Arrival-board word : LATE
18
Complete : UTTER
19
Sea call : AHOY
20
Viral disease : FLU
21
Ziegfeld : FLO
22
Words with king or carte : ALA
24
He lost to D.D.E. : AES
25
Neckwear : LEIS
27
City in Utah : OREM
29
Resilient : ELASTIC
32
Speak uncertainly : STAMMER
35
Delicacy : TACT
36
Chew on : MUNCH
38
Kind of face : PALE
39
Port of Hawaii : HILO
40
Run ___ long (get tedious) : ONTOO
41
Soho pelts : IDES
42
___ even keel : ONAN
43
O.T. book : NAHUM
44
Branches : RAMI
45
Soap operas, e.g. : SERIALS
47
Fortification : RAVELIN
49
Salad ingredient : KALE
50
Mexican's agreement : SISI
51
Interrogate : ASK
53
Foo-yong base : EGG
55
Soul, in France : AME
56
"Encore!" : BIS
59
___ the rug (fume) : CHEW
61
Cowboy item : RIATA
63
Football player : BACK
64
Incantation : RUNE
65
Miss Burstyn : ELLEN
66
Woodwind : OBOE
67
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
68
Devoured : EATEN
69
Severinsen's group : BAND
Down
1
Word with nelson or sole : HALF
2
Ford's office : OVAL
3
"Downtown" singer and Superman : PETULACLARKKENT
4
Sooner than : ERE
5
Pop singer and Eliza's pursuer : PAULSIMONLEGREE
6
___ no good : UPTO
7
Nonsense! : ROT
8
Germ of a patent : IDEA
9
"Thieves" star and Nobel writer : MARLOTHOMASMANN
10
Terminal: Abbr. : STA
11
Heavyweight and Morgiana's master : MUHAMMADALIBABA
12
U. S. Indian : OTOE
13
Gents : GUYS
21
Suit : FIT
23
Parseghian : ARA
26
Tallinn's land : ESTONIA
28
Holy Roman, etc. : EMPIRES
29
Group character : ETHOS
30
Singer Frankie : LAINE
31
Panama Indians : CUNAS
32
Search widely : SCOUR
33
Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
34
Pine product : RESIN
37
To the ___ degree : NTH
46
Drink : ALE
48
Be in competition : VIE
51
God's ___ (churchyard) : ACRE
52
Close : SHUT
54
Large lizard : GILA
55
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
57
Representation : ICON
58
Timetable, for short : SKED
60
Bide-a-___ : WEE
62
High, in music : ALT
63
Dunk for apples : BOB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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