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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 1992

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,402
Across
1
Table insert : LEAF
5
Fraud : SCAM
9
"___ not two-pence": Beaumont-Fletcher : ICARE
14
Jewish month : ELUL
15
Ariz. native : HOPI
16
Joyous song : CAROL
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What Don Juan wasn't : MISOGYNIC
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Follow : ENSUE
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Flavor : SAPOR
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Show gumption : DARE
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Hold 9 Down : TONG
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The Gem State : IDAHO
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Very fine muslin : ORGANDY
28
Bursa : SAC
30
Elevator cage : CAR
31
Klutz : BOOB
32
"___ With My Aunt" : TRAVELS
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Of summer : ESTIVAL
38
Playbill words : ACTI
39
"Getting" girl of song : LOLA
40
"___ Must Be Crazy" : THEGODS
44
He's at the helm : STEERER
47
Heroic : EPIC
48
An N.Y.C. subway : IRT
49
Turner or Shawn : TED
50
Trendy one : HIPSTER
53
Babist's successor : BAHAI
55
"The ___ Love Belongs to ... " : ONEI
56
Docile : TAME
58
Like a parabola : ARCED
61
Majorcan port : PALMA
63
Rotating firework : GIRANDOLE
65
Zhou ___ : ENLAI
66
Toothy look : GRIN
67
Bones : OSSA
68
Delivered : DEALT
69
Birth a goat : YEAN
70
Sail tuck : REEF
Down
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Spacecraft units : LEMS
2
Lamb of the pen : ELIA
3
Inaugurate, in a way : AUSPICATE
4
Spring peril : FLOOD
5
Short : SHY
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Birds of prey : CONDORS
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Samoan port : APIA
8
Germ : MICROBE
9
Rocks : ICE
10
In a singing manner : CANTABILE
11
Fire for hire : ARSON
12
Orotund : ROUND
13
Plaintive poem : ELEGY
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Mercy : GRACE
22
Youngest Greek god : EROS
25
Lyricist David : HAL
27
Purchased : GOT
28
Photocopy : STAT
29
Crafty : ARCH
33
Based on the number 20 : VIGESIMAL
35
Aswirl : VORTICOSE
36
Sailor's word : ALEE
37
Firkin contents : LARD
41
Prefer : OPT
42
A word to the hefty : DIET
43
Rough : SCRAGGY
44
Omsk's locale : SIBERIA
45
Start of a refrain : TRA
46
Revolutionary Allen : ETHAN
50
Had expectations : HOPED
51
Pointless : INANE
52
Ancient Macedonian capital : PELLA
54
Warmth : ARDOR
57
Entangle : MIRE
59
Otherwise : ELSE
60
Heedless : DEAF
62
River isle : AIT
64
Raggedy one : ANN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.

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