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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Monday, April 18, 1977

39-Down : Whalebone

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.42, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 89, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,110
Across
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Mink and fox : FURS
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Like good buddies : PALLY
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Big do : BASH
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Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
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Declaim : ORATE
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Kazan : ELIA
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U.S. Presidency, in Jefferson's words : ASPLENDIDMISERY
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Fake illness : MALINGER
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Access : ENTREE
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A.L. home-run leader: 1944 : ETTEN
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Rabble-rouser : INCITER
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Job security : TENURE
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Monk : FRIAR
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Zinc ___ : OXIDE
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Codgers or birds : COOTS
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Black Hawk was one : SAC
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Partner of shine : RISE
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Newton or King : WAYNE
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Corncob : PIPE
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Numerical suffix : ETH
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Feathered mimic : POLLY
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Juniper : CEDAR
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Run off : ELOPE
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Ravel work : BOLERO
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Close friend : COMRADE
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A Cavalier Poet : CAREW
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Conqueror of Rome: 410 : ALARIC
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Put up with : TOLERATE
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Clay's words re the Presidency : IDRATHERBERIGHT
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Bonn refusal : NEIN
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French river : ISERE
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Close-by : NEAR
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Q.E.D. word : ERAT
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Marten's cousin : PEKAN
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U.S. lake : ERIE
Down
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It's at lager heads : FOAM
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Sky Bear : URSA
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Fill up again : REPLENISH
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Duke Ellington subject : SOLITUDE
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Silk fabric : PONGEE
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Eve or Toni : ARDEN
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Den : LAIR
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"Utopia ___," by G.& S. : LTD
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Dweller near the Red Sea : YEMENITE
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Rouse to action : BESTIR
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On the qui vive : ALERT
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"Yes ___!" : SIREE
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Farm machine : HAYER
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Pizarro's victims : INCAS
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Subtle sarcasm : IRONY
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Shredded : TORE
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Stage direction : EXIT
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"Kitty ___" : FOYLE
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Rock of Gibraltar, to ancients : CALPE
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Poker-game extra : SIDEWAGER
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On ___ with (equal) : APAR
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Sport fish : CERO
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Axman's byproduct : WOODCHIP
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Woman's narrow cape : PELERINE
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Pigtail : PLAIT
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Kitchen utensil : CORER
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Wandering : ERRANT
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Whalebone : BALEEN
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Michael of films : CAINE
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More mature : OLDER
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Natalie Wood role : MARIA
43
Charmer's snake : COBRA
45
Migratory journey : TREK
46
Siamese : THAI
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Basic French verb : ETRE
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Direction: Abbr. : ESE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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