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Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

New York Times, Saturday, February 3, 1979

60-Across : Burrels and Seckels

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 67.3
Vincent L. Osborne has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,679
Across
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Shaw's "___ and the Man" : ARMS
5
Anglers' hooks : GAFFS
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___ dixit : IPSE
14
Street sound : BEEP
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Mecca in a polis : AGORA
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"How ___ Is Love?" (pop song) : NEAR
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Piedmont town : ASTI
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She blossomed in Rome : LOREN
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State flower of Utah : SEGO
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Old Glory : STARSANDSTRIPES
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Narrow aperture : SLIT
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Cobra feature : HOOD
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Tap-tap-taps : TAMPS
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Co-creator of Sir Roger de Coverley : STEELE
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Jason's band : ARGONAUTS
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Cast aspersions on : SLUR
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Excessively modest : SELFDEPRECATING
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Burden : ONUS
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They reign without rein : AUTOCRATS
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Swinburne's forte : POETRY
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Costa Rican's cloak : MANTA
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Classical Library founder : LOEB
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Plato's "ideas" : EIDE
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Victims of Bobby Thompson's home run : BROOKLYNDODGERS
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Diamond Head site : OAHU
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Burrels and Seckels : PEARS
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"I ___ a dream": King Jr. : HAVE
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Others, to Ovid : ALII
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Atelier article : EASEL
64
Psychedelic experience : TRIP
65
Cars of the 1920's : REOS
66
One of the Red Sox pitchers : DRAGO
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Used a transmitter : SENT
Down
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Sans-culottes' words : ABAS
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Musical symbols : RESTS
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Mercury, for one : METAL
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Paris visitor, 1927 : SPIRITOFSTLOUIS
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Rio's carnival, e.g. : GALA
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Stravinsky ballet : AGON
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Famous Omahan : FORD
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Callow : FRESH
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World's greatest coffee port : SANTOS
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Draw-poker temptations : INSIDESTRAIGHTS
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Chick sound : PEEP
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Clary is one : SAGE
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Son of Aphrodite : EROS
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Position on an issue : STAND
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Buncombe : ROT
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Actress Marsh of old films : MAE
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Chrysalis : PUPA
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Finger the strings : STRUM
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Writer of essays : ELIA
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Fontanne's late spouse : LUNT
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Units of work : ERGS
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___ to Cerberus : ASOP
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Vegas competitor : RENO
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Stickum : GLUE
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Bristle : SETA
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One in stir : CON
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Trod the boards : ACTED
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Korean G.I. : ROK
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Emulated Asta : YELPED
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Play it ___ (improvise) : BYEAR
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Hammond Innes's "Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
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Sam from N.C. : ERVIN
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Shoat's sire : BOAR
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Abnormal breathing sound : RALE
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McKinley's state : OHIO
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Rocketeer's agcy. : NASA
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Small remnant : DREG
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Christiania's name after 1925 : OSLO
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Irish clan : SEPT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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