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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Monday, February 14, 1977

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,047
Across
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Fish-landing hook : GAFF
5
West Pointer : PLEBE
10
Shankar : RAVI
14
Bring together: Fr. : UNIR
15
Ella or Josh : LOGAN
16
Blore of films : ERIC
17
Start of a Valentine message : ROSEHASAREDFACE
20
Furnaceless : UNHEATED
21
Houston athlete : OILER
22
Brightened : LIT
23
Food or music : SOUL
25
More of message : VIOLETSISBLUE
31
Talking bird: Var. : MINA
32
Oriental rug : HERAT
33
Collar : NAB
35
Stepped on : TROD
36
Hatchet man : FIRER
37
Point out : CITE
38
Kind of worshiper : SUN
39
Gussie of tennis : MORAN
40
U.S. Indian : OTOE
41
More of message : SUSANSISASHEN
45
Lesson-cheater's aid : TROT
46
Wheat, in Paris : BLE
47
Syria's leader : ASSAD
50
" ... ___ a day in June" : SORAREAS
55
End of message : HOWNICEIHAVEYOU
58
Aleutian island : ADAK
59
Honor : AWARD
60
Hawaiian goose : NENE
61
Snooks or blue : BABY
62
Civil War signature : RELEE
63
Weight allowance : TRET
Down
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Wise man : GURU
2
Shortly : ANON
3
Kind of wife or fry : FISH
4
Horn in on a party : FREELOAD
5
Nebraska river : PLATTE
6
Forfeit : LOSE
7
Oath of yore : EGAD
8
Jumper's obstacle : BAR
9
Direction: Abbr. : ENE
10
Pharmacy order : REFILL
11
Russian sea : ARAL
12
Iniquity : VICE
13
Bakery worker : ICER
18
Greet : HAIL
19
Question : DOUBT
23
Warning devices : SIRENS
24
Sandy ridges : OSAR
25
Disease germ : VIRUS
26
Turkish president : INONU
27
___ for knowledge : THIRST
28
Caravansary : SERAI
29
Wed : UNITE
30
Industrialist Cyrus : EATON
31
Rockies or Alps: Abbr. : MTS
34
Insect : BEE
36
Samoan council : FONO
37
Logical : COHERENT
39
___ gras : MARDI
42
Ex-infielder Eddie : STANKY
43
Irritate : ABRADE
44
European : SLAV
47
Captain of fiction : AHAB
48
Scotch's friend : SODA
49
Deck cleaner : SWAB
50
Earth's crust : SIAL
51
Czech river : OHRE
52
Spotter : EYER
53
Superb : AONE
54
Fat : SUET
56
Vehicle : CAR
57
Farm animal : EWE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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