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Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

New York Times, Friday, April 28, 1978

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { H K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.9
Vincent L. Osborne has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Regarding the 23-Across clue, the 1960 Nobelist in Literature was Saint-John Perse, which was actually a nom de plume for Alexis Leger, who also used the name Saint-Leger as a kind of pseudonym; left as in the original.

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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,485
Across
1
Off Broadway award : OBIE
5
Verdi opera : AIDA
9
Disorderly crowds : MOBS
13
Feminine anagram for Alan : LANA
14
Alla ___ : BREVE
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Abel's father : ADAM
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Tycho Brahe, for one : ASTRONOMER
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Part of TV : TELE
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Pyramidal conifer : FIR
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City served by Othello : VENICE
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Virginia willow : ITEA
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Saint-___, Nobelist in Literature: 1960 : LEGER
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Lord Peter Wimsey's man : BUNTER
27
Horned asp or puff adder : VIPER
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Supreme national god of Assyria : ASSUR
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"Unsafe at ___ Speed" : ANY
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Cupcake topper : ICING
33
Tongue, to an M.D. : GLOSSA
35
Crusader-author (See 31 Across) : NADER
36
Ending for 38 Down : EER
37
Proficient : ADEPT
41
Petrarchan piece for Laura : SONNET
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Black: Comb. form : MELAN
44
P.D. dispatch : APB
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He wrote "How doth the little busy bee" : WATTS
48
Wide-awake : ALERT
49
Author of "The Story of Philosophy" : DURANT
51
Do a bouncer's job : EJECT
52
Augur's concern : OMEN
53
Verb often used by Caesar : IMPERO
57
Sign of stress, sometimes : TIC
59
Stravinsky's "The ___ of Spring" : RITE
60
Principal seaport of Chile : VALPARAISO
62
Keynes's field: Abbr. : ECON
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Small decorative cases : ETUIS
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Roundup stick : GOAD
65
Fender depression : DENT
66
Inchoative verb suffix : ESCE
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I of "The King and I" : ANNA
Down
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Patron saint of Norway : OLAF
2
St. Peter's, for one : BASILICA
3
Winner of America's Cup: 1967, 1970 : INTREPID
4
Grain spike : EAR
5
Baseball's Doubleday : ABNER
6
Remove wrinkles : IRON
7
Half or lesser: Prefix : DEMI
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___ plaisir (with pleasure) : AVEC
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Morning song : MATIN
10
U.S. folk singer : ODETTA
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Whalebone : BALEEN
12
Covered with smudges : SMEARY
15
Region en route to Hades : EREBUS
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Like an unweeded garden : OVERGROWN
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Mendel's factors : GENES
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Most conspicuous northern constellation : URSAMAJOR
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___ rouge : VIN
28
Insurance salesman : AGENT
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Wintertime precipitation : SLEET
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Out of ___ (irritable) : SORTS
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"The Story of ___ H." : ADELE
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One in 1800 resulted in a tie : ELECTION
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Zealous advocate : PARTISAN
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Explosive : TNT
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Indigenous : NATIVE
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Loved intensely : ADORED
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Volcanic glass : PUMICE
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Rennes native : BRETON
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Concerning : ANENT
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Remove from the tape : ERASE
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Fischer's forte : MATE
55
Something extra : PLUS
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"Beowulf," for one : EPIC
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Concluding section : CODA
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Turkish title of honor : AGA

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

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