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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Monday, January 12, 1976
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 5.63, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 76.4
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 W | 4 S | 5 O | 6 M | 7 A | 8 H | 9 A | 10 A | 11 C | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 E | R | I | E | 15 P | E | N | A | L | 16 S | H | R | I |
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17 C | A | N | A | 18 D | I | A | N | R | O | 19 C | K | I | E | S |
20 A | D | D | S | O | N | T | O | 21 P | L | A | N | E | S |
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22 W | I | L | E | Y | 23 B | E | A | N | E | R | Y |
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24 B | 25 L | A | D | E | D | 26 R | E | C | U | T | S | |||
27 A | I | R | E | D | 28 L | U | R | I | D | 29 E | 30 N | 31 E |
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32 S | A | D | R | 33 S | U | T | R | A | 34 S | M | U | T |
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35 E | R | I | 36 T | A | T | T | Y | 37 C | H | A | N | T |
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38 S | 39 T | O | N | E | Y | 40 C | H | O | I | C | E |
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41 U | 42 P | L | A | N | D | S | 43 G | R | E | E | N | |||
44 P | R | A | N | K | S | 45 W | H | I | S | T | L | 46 E | 47 S |
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48 S | I | N | G | A | P | 49 O | R | E | S | T | R | A | I | T |
50 E | D | D | O | 51 I | R | E | N | E | 52 E | N | N | E |
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53 T | E | S | S | 54 T | E | N | T | S | 55 E | D | E | N |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,648
Across
1
Skiers' lifts : TOWS
5
Midwest city : OMAHA
10
Bible book : ACTS
14
One of the five : ERIE
15
___ colony : PENAL
16
Hindu goddess of beauty : SHRI
17
Lofty words in an atlas : CANADIANROCKIES
20
Enlarges : ADDSONTO
21
MIG's and SST's : PLANES
22
Aviator Post : WILEY
23
Hashhouse : BEANERY
24
Like a knife : BLADED
26
Divides again : RECUTS
27
Ventilated : AIRED
28
Sensational : LURID
29
Compass point : ENE
32
Star in Cygnus : SADR
33
Buddhist writing : SUTRA
34
Prurient matter : SMUT
35
Silkworm : ERI
36
Shoddy : TATTY
37
Monotonous sound : CHANT
38
Obdurate: Var. : STONEY
40
Alternative : CHOICE
41
Plateaus : UPLANDS
43
Inexperienced : GREEN
44
Tricks : PRANKS
45
Referees' needs : WHISTLES
48
Narrow words in an atlas : SINGAPORESTRAIT
50
Taro root : EDDO
51
Miss Bordoni : IRENE
52
Nine: Prefix : ENNE
53
Hardy girl : TESS
54
Bivouac ingredients : TENTS
55
Paradise : EDEN
Down
1
Mexican Indian : TECA
2
Toward the mouth : ORAD
3
Little words in an atlas : WINDWARDISLANDS
4
Coast dweller : SEASIDER
5
Thought : OPINED
6
Substantial : MEATY
7
___ Domini : ANNO
8
Cambridge university: Abbr. : HAR
9
Baldness : ALOPECIA
10
Obliquely : ASKANT
11
Big words in an atlas : CHINESEMAINLAND
12
Shoe-factory worker : TREER
13
Timid one : SISSY
18
Parceled out : DOLED
19
Man's name : CLAUD
23
Black, blue or straw : BERRY
24
Low : BASE
25
Prevaricator : LIAR
26
Like old roads : RUTTY
28
Musical instruments : LUTES
30
___ Dimittis : NUNC
31
Feminine ending : ETTE
33
Small point of land : SANDSPIT
34
Closet item : SHOETREE
36
Tropical bean : TONKA
37
Community ___ : CHEST
39
Dances : TANGOS
40
Turning points : CRISES
41
In a dither : UPSET
42
Fall's precursor : PRIDE
43
Belgian city : GHENT
45
Songbird : WREN
46
German article : EINE
47
British gun : STEN
49
Smeltery material : ORE
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.