Correction: Wrong crossword clues

By Hook Staff |
Published online 2:00pm Friday Jul 22nd, 2011
and in print issue #1030 dated Thursday Jul 28th, 2011

As many have noticed, we ran the across clues twice in the July 21 crossword. Here are the correct down clues:

Down
1 Agree
2 First name in mystery authors
3 "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" singer Michael
4 Mimic
5 Auction section
6 "Hey, over here!"
7 Take ___ in the dark
8 Actress Kaley ___ of "The Big Bang Theory"
9 "...sure plays ___ pinball"
10 Sports announcer Scully
11 Question asked many times in "Marathon Man"
12 "Reversal of Fortune" family name
13 Wreath-like garlands
18 Back muscles
22 Non-solid state: abbr.
25 Taco ___
26 Stomach trouble
27 Quite
31 Possess, to a Scotsman
32 ___ Khan
33 Birth control option
34 ___ World Peace (Ron Artest's newly-proposed name)
36 Talk smack about
37 Image worship
38 Greek wrap
39 Anorak, e.g.
40 Didn't attract attention
43 Traditional Japanese drama
45 Tall tale
46 They're playing to the camera
47 Lying on one's back
49 Pelvic floor exercise
50 "Fame" actress Cara
51 Egg holders
52 Astronaut's outerwear
56 Lay's competitor to Pringles
58 "___ in 'zebra'"
60 Shooting org.
61 "Hill Street Blues" rank: abbr.
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9 comments

Patrick July 22nd, 2011 | 3:10pm

These are still wrong. The numbers don't match up with the grid.

courteney July 22nd, 2011 | 3:44pm

@Patrick: Nothing worse than an incorrect correction. That's embarrassing. Thanks for pointing it out, and they're right now.--Courteney Stuart

Mike July 22nd, 2011 | 5:33pm

I thought it was fun figuring it out with just the across clues.

HarryD July 22nd, 2011 | 6:51pm

Seemed like a political playbook for a while there..........

DC W July 22nd, 2011 | 10:35pm

1 across: Donkey
2 across: A Pit

brian July 23rd, 2011 | 3:56pm

Just print a new one:
http://groups.google.com/group/jonesin-crosswords?pli=1

Charlie July 23rd, 2011 | 6:00pm

I've never seen a paper, a weekely at that, make so many crossword mistakes.

meanwhile.... July 23rd, 2011 | 7:32pm

The Hook has a crossword?

thomask July 26th, 2011 | 1:11pm

look for the Annual Blooper Edition, coming soon