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Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

New York Times, Friday, December 26, 1980

61-Across : Descriptive of Bob Cratchit

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Vincent L. Osborne has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,371
Across
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Figure on Lebanon's flag : CEDAR
6
Phlegmatic person : CLOD
10
Calumniator, for one : LIAR
14
Site of world's largest oil refinery : ARUBA
15
Adriatic resort : LIDO
16
Florence's river : ARNO
17
To the ___ (full) : GILLS
18
Chained Lady of the heavens : ANDROMEDA
20
Selective : ECLECTIC
22
Mielziner designs : SCENES
23
Hauberk : ARMOR
25
Feature of a blue jay : CREST
26
Hostler's milieu : STABLE
30
Mount St. Helens menace : LAVA
32
Sound : HALE
33
City in SW California : SANTAMARIA
39
Where batters are transformed : OVEN
40
Word in many mastheads : TIMES
41
Kind of tree or oil : TUNG
42
Kentucky capitalists : DISTILLERS
44
"___ in Love with Amy" : ONCE
45
Hold : DEEM
46
Give a performance : APPEAR
48
Of bristles : SETAL
52
___ Varden in "Barnaby Rudge" : DOLLY
54
Soviet peninsula : CRIMEA
56
Uneasy : RESTLESS
61
Descriptive of Bob Cratchit : UNDERPAID
63
Cry to hounds : HALLO
64
Bar to a sale : LIEN
65
Scoria : SLAG
66
Bermuda, e.g. : ONION
67
For fear that : LEST
68
French pronoun : ELLE
69
Vespiaries : NESTS
Down
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Teller's locale : CAGE
2
Norse mariner : ERIC
3
Obtund : DULL
4
Fit : ABLE
5
Spanky, for one : RASCAL
6
Adjuster's concern : CLAIM
7
Tails on a penny : LINCOLNMEMORIAL
8
Fey : ODD
9
Actress from Swindon, Eng. : DORS
10
More claudicant : LAMER
11
Personification of peace : IRENE
12
Aconcagua's range : ANDES
13
Pan : ROAST
19
Noted English philosopher: 14th century : OCCAM
21
Wooden horse : TRESTLE
24
Tax-board member : RATER
26
Did a farrier's job : SHOD
27
Rikki-tikki-___, Kipling mongoose : TAVI
28
Draft choices : ALES
29
Penchant : BENT
31
Liegemen : VASSALS
34
Was in the grip of la grippe : AILED
35
In the crow's-nest : ATOP
36
Mystical mark : RUNE
37
Huayna Capac, e.g. : INCA
38
Radio-tube stabilizer : AGER
43
Drone : IDLER
47
Dragon killed by Apollo : PYTHON
48
Oar : SCULL
49
"Sesame Street" Muppet : ERNIE
50
Minas Basin's claim to fame : TIDES
51
Catkin : AMENT
53
Toehold for Hillary : LEDGE
55
Area at the end of the choir : APSE
57
Lois of the Daily Planet : LANE
58
Site of ancient games : ELIS
59
Letter drop : SLOT
60
Fyodor Karamazov's offspring : SONS
62
"___ That Jazz" : ALL

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