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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Friday, March 23, 1979

15-Across : "What ___ mood I'm in ... "

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 52.9
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,727
Across
1
Minus : LESS
5
Like a rimrock : STEEP
10
Medical applicator : SWAB
14
Nautical term : ALEE
15
"What ___ mood I'm in ... " : ARARE
16
Subdued : TAME
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Russian-born author ("Ada") : VLADIMIRNABOKOV
20
Like some mortgages : ASSUMABLE
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Corundum : EMERY
22
Was interested : CARED
23
Zucchetto : CAP
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"Arabian Nights" enchantress : FATIMA
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Dark : EBON
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Little, in Aberdeen : SMA
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Mediterranean port : ORAN
33
Threefold : TRINE
34
Expose : AIR
35
Italian author ("L'Esclusa") : LUIGIPIRANDELLO
39
___-Saud : IBN
40
Grooms' gear : COMBS
41
British nursemaid : NANA
42
Morsel for Affirmed : OAT
43
"Able was I ___ ... " : EREI
44
Paper-plant worker : PADDER
46
Lb. or oz. : AMT
47
Neptune's discoverer : GALLE
49
Remove a mustache : SHAVE
52
Pleasant : AGREEABLE
56
French painter ("Dante et Virgile") : EUGENEDELACROIX
58
Elbe tributary : EGER
59
Anglers' gear : LURES
60
Sicilian resort : ENNA
61
Piquantly stimulating : PERT
62
Intervening, in law : MESNE
63
Classify after reflection : DEEM
Down
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Pumice source : LAVA
2
Letter-shaped joints : ELLS
3
Ross and Ionian : SEAS
4
Casanovanic activity : SEDUCING
5
Fruit of the maple : SAMARA
6
Creek or Crow : TRIBE
7
U.S. writer ("The Black Camel") : EARLDERRBIGGERS
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Marine eagle : ERNE
9
Legume : PEA
10
Jazz dance : STOMP
11
Island between Guam and Hawaii : WAKE
12
Topic for Ovid : AMOR
13
Collection of belles or quails : BEVY
18
Moslem prayer leader : IMAM
19
Hit on the noggin : BEANED
23
Twice-beaten Joe Louis challenger : CONN
24
Page number : FOLIO
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Oranjestad's island : ARUBA
26
Besmirch : TAINT
28
Prejudice : BIAS
29
Mixed greens : SALAD
30
Mr. Pim's creator : MILNE
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Like Churchill Downs at Derby time : AROAR
33
Use a stopwatch : TIME
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Vestigial vendors : ICEMEN
37
Said, for one : PORT
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Caused to be highly regarded : ENDEARED
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Crosby hit : PLEASE
45
"The Early Years of ___ Waugh" : ALEC
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What good fencers do : AVERT
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Writer Michael ("The Green Hat") : ARLEN
49
Ooze : SEEP
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Gargantuan : HUGE
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Antiquing agent : AGER
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Together, in music : ADUE
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Radius or femur : BONE
54
Queue : LINE
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Quiz or test : EXAM
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Shade producer : ELM

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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