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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Wednesday, December 24, 1980

52-Down : Europe's largest island: Abbr.

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 46.6
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,369
Across
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Colonnade : STOA
5
Cap for a dervish : TAJ
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Oriental marketplace : BAZAAR
14
Tarragon, e.g. : HERB
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Lithium source : ORE
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Iago's wife : EMILIA
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Bleach out : ETIOLATE
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"Flow ___, sweet Afton": Burns : GENTLY
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Had words : ARGUED
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Antler part : PRONG
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Broadway singing star John : RAITT
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Brisket, e.g. : MEAT
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One of the Aleutians : ADAK
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Substance of genetic importance : DNA
30
Farm sight : BARN
31
"Spirit of St. Louis," e.g. : PLANE
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Landing spots : QUAYS
34
Oakland athlete : RAIDER
35
Harry Warren–Al Dubin 1935 hit : LULUSBACKINTOWN
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Nervous : UNEASY
40
Metal fastener : RIVET
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Singer Kay : STARR
42
Soccer great : PELE
43
Youth : LAD
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Cause for legal action : TORT
47
City on the Oka : OREL
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"You'll ___ Know," Warren-Gordon 1943 hit : NEVER
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Prohibit : ESTOP
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Belvedere : GAZEBO
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Echo : PARROT
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Baltic country, formerly : ESTHONIA
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Bandage : SWATHE
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Chafe : RUB
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Phooey! : NUTS
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Enclosed : INDOOR
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Gielgud's title : SIR
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Exploit : GEST
Down
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Do a fleecing job : SHEAR
2
Group of four : TETRAD
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Source : ORIGIN
4
Warren-Dubin 1935 hit, "___ Nine" : ABOUTAQUARTERTO
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Amphibian : TOAD
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Composing, for one : ART
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Warren-Mercer 1938 hit : JEEPERSCREEPERS
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Sired : BEGOT
9
Hymn ending : AMEN
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Warren-Robin 1952 hit : ZINGALITTLEZONG
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High, in music : ALT
12
Distress : AIL
13
Bandleader Bloch : RAY
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Service call : LET
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Went on the ballot : RAN
24
Yucatán native : MAYA
26
Pedestal part : DADO
27
Over : ANEW
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Jerome of songdom : KERN
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Coddle : BABY
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Star facet : PANE
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U.N. member : USSR
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Cleave : RIVE
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Inordinate desire : LUST
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"Render therefore ___ ... " : UNTO
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"Book of Nonsense" author : LEAR
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Veto : KILL
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Favoring : PRO
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Lexington or Madison : AVENUE
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Charges : DEBITS
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Fish-eating mammal : OTTER
48
Slangy turndown : NAH
49
TV "tribute," à la Martin : ROAST
51
London area : SOHO
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Europe's largest island: Abbr. : GTBR
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Greek letter : PSI
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Cereal bristle : AWN
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TV's precursor : RAD
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___ generis (unique) : SUI

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

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