Henry Hook

Infobox Person
name = Henry Hook

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birth_date = 1955
birth_place = East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
known_for = Crossword puzzles

Henry Hook (born 1955 in East Rutherford, New Jersey) is an American creator of crossword puzzles, widely credited with popularizing the cryptic crossword in North America. With Henry Rathvon and Emily Cox, he writes the crossword for the Boston Globe.

Hook began constructing crosswords at age 14, when he sent a rebuttal crossword to Eugene T. Maleska. Maleska's crossword contained the hidden message:

You Have Just Finished The World's Most Remarkable Crossword

Hook's crossword contained the hidden message:

What Makes You Think Your Puzzle Is More Remarkable Than Mine [Bilger, Burkhard. [http://www.crosswordtournament.com/articles/newyorker0202.htm "The Riddler: Meet the Marquis de Sade of the puzzle world"] . "The New Yorker". 4 March 2002. Accessed online 27 February 2007.]

In 1980, Hook joined the staff of "Games".

Stanley Newman's official website has described one of Hook's puzzles as "one of the toughest crosswords (Newman) has ever published"; Matt Gaffney, the crossword constructor for Slate.com, described meeting Hook as being like "meeting Elvis" [Gaffney, Matt. [http://www.slate.com/id/2060931/entry/2061162/ Diary: A Weeklong Electronic Journal] . "Slate.com". 25 January 2002. Accessed online 27 February 2007]

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