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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Wednesday, June 26, 1974
19-Across : With an ___ (intending)
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J P V Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 23.0
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 W | 4 I | 5 T | 6 S | 7 A | 8 T | 9 S | 10 T | 11 A | 12 F | 13 F |
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14 O | R | A | T | E | 15 C | R | O | 16 T | O | R | A | L |
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17 T | A | X | I | D | 18 E | R | M | Y | 19 E | Y | E | T | O |
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20 A | L | F | S | 21 G | O | Y | A | 22 E | S | N | E | S |
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23 L | E | I | 24 G | A | D | 25 N | 26 O | L | O | A | D | S |
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27 G | 28 M | E | N | 29 L | I | B | E | L | ||||||
30 U | 31 S | U | A | L | 32 T | I | M | E | 33 D | 34 H | 35 A | 36 N |
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37 F | A | R | R | 38 I | H | E | A | R | 39 I | A | G | O |
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40 O | M | E | I | 41 S | E | U | L | 42 B | E | R | E | T |
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43 O | 44 B | I | T | S | 45 K | A | R | L | ||||||
46 F | 47 R | 48 E | N | E | S | I | 49 L | I | D | 50 E | 51 S | 52 T |
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53 R | I | M | E | S | 54 N | 55 E | A | L | 56 A | Q | U | E |
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57 O | M | I | T | S | 58 M | A | N | N | 59 E | Q | U | I | N |
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60 M | A | T | T | E | 61 A | R | C | 62 N | U | I | T | S |
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63 E | S | S | E | S | 64 N | N | E | 65 D | A | N | S | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,083
Across
1
Namely : TOWIT
6
Convened : SAT
9
Kind of sergeant : STAFF
14
Declaim : ORATE
15
___-Magnon : CRO
16
Of a flower part : TORAL
17
Art of making lifelike fauna : TAXIDERMY
19
With an ___ (intending) : EYETO
20
Landon et al. : ALFS
21
Spanish painter : GOYA
22
Feudal workers : ESNES
23
Floral piece : LEI
24
Kind of fly : GAD
25
Certain mutual funds : NOLOADS
27
U. S. agents : GMEN
29
Defame in a way : LIBEL
30
Normal : USUAL
32
Kind of clock : TIME
33
Wealth, in India : DHAN
37
Heavyweight boxer Tommy : FARR
38
"___ America Singing" : IHEAR
39
"Othello" character : IAGO
40
Buddhist sacred mountain : OMEI
41
Alone, in France : SEUL
42
Headwear : BERET
43
News pieces : OBITS
45
Marx : KARL
46
Hit song of 1939 : FRENESI
49
Something to flip : LID
50
Superlative ending : EST
53
Ice coatings : RIMES
54
Patricia of films : NEAL
56
What for?: Sp. : AQUE
57
Leaves out : OMITS
58
Lifelike dummy : MANNEQUIN
60
Dull finish : MATTE
61
Kind of light : ARC
62
Nights in Nancy : NUITS
63
Curves : ESSES
64
Direction: Abbr. : NNE
65
___ macabre : DANSE
Down
1
Add up : TOTAL
2
Religious cape : ORALE
3
Lifelike Tussaud exhibit : WAXFIGURE
4
"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
5
Dry, as hay : TED
6
Food fish : SCROD
7
Host : ARMY
8
Teddy bear : TOYANIMAL
9
Half an essay team : STEELE
10
Child's plaything : TOYSOLDIER
11
Sphere of interest : ARENA
12
Destined : FATED
13
Dental ___ : FLOSS
18
Alaskan governor : EGAN
24
Harden : GEL
26
Higher: Ger. : OBER
28
Lifelike string performer : MARIONETTE
29
Places : LIEUS
30
Mystery item : UFO
31
Houston : SAM
32
Lifelike Oz traveler : THETINMAN
34
Buffoon : HARLEQUIN
35
Time : AGE
36
Negative : NOT
38
Osiris's wife : ISIS
42
Kind of blood : BAD
44
Myerson et al. : BESSES
45
Oast : KILN
46
"Ethan ___" : FROME
47
P. I. breadfruit : RIMAS
48
Gives out : EMITS
49
Cut, as a boil : LANCE
51
Spades and hearts : SUITS
52
On edge : TENSE
55
Work for : EARN
56
___ pura : AQUA
59
Remnant : END
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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