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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Monday, May 26, 1975
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 31.9
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 C | 2 R | 3 A | 4 M | 5 P | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 I | 10 S | 11 S | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 R | I | D | E | R | 15 D | A | R | N | 16 O | C | R | A |
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17 A | L | A | M | O | 18 O | T | I | C | 19 B | R | A | N |
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20 M | E | M | O | R | 21 A | B | I | L | I | 22 A | 23 A | I | D |
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24 R | A | V | E | N | 25 D | I | 26 M | P | L | E |
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27 S | 28 P | 29 R | I | T | E | 30 D | E | N | E | B | ||||
31 A | R | E | A | E | 32 C | 33 L | A | N | 34 M | O | 35 S | 36 T |
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37 S | A | M | L | 38 R | O | A | S | T | 39 O | O | O | O |
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40 H | U | E | D | 41 A | R | C | H | 42 A | R | K | I | N |
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43 M | A | 44 R | N | E | 45 G | R | I | S | L | Y |
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46 G | 47 O | B | Y | E | S | 48 A | 49 G | A | M | A | ||||
50 A | X | E | 51 F | A | 52 M | I | L | Y | A | L | 53 B | 54 U | 55 M |
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56 M | I | R | 57 E | 58 C | A | S | A | 59 D | I | A | N | E |
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60 I | D | E | S | 61 K | I | L | N | 62 A | Z | I | D | E |
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63 N | E | D | S | 64 S | L | E | D | 65 S | E | N | O | R |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,417
Across
1
Athletes' leg woe : CRAMP
6
Russian range : ALAI
10
Big planes : SSTS
14
Token payer : RIDER
15
Relative of shucks : DARN
16
Gumbo base: Var : OCRA
17
Something to remember : ALAMO
18
Of the ear : OTIC
19
Muffin base : BRAN
20
Nostalgic items : MEMORABILIA
23
Support : AID
24
Poetic bird : RAVEN
25
Golf-ball feature : DIMPLE
27
Elf : SPRITE
30
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
31
Spaces: Lat. : AREAE
32
Family : CLAN
34
Superlative suffix : MOST
37
Clemens's first name, for short : SAML
38
Friars Club event : ROAST
39
Goose eggs : OOOO
40
Having color : HUED
41
Shoe device : ARCH
42
Actor Alan : ARKIN
43
River of France : MARNE
45
Like a horror story : GRISLY
46
Greyhound-racing moves : GOBYES
48
Lizard : AGAMA
50
Woodman's tool : AXE
51
Nostalgic parlor item : FAMILYALBUM
56
Swampy ground : MIRE
58
Madrid home : CASA
59
Girl's name : DIANE
60
Counterparts of nones : IDES
61
Drying oven : KILN
62
Chemical compound : AZIDE
63
Rorem et al. : NEDS
64
Pung : SLED
65
Madrid title : SENOR
Down
1
Study hard : CRAM
2
Anger : RILE
3
Powell or Bede : ADAM
4
May milestone : MEMORIALDAY
5
Assess in a balanced way : PRORATE
6
Building material out West : ADOBE
7
Paris Quarter : LATIN
8
Seed cover : ARIL
9
Happening : INCIDENT
10
___ sister : SOB
11
Places for 20 Across : SCRAPBOOKS
12
Scent : TRAIL
13
Famed jockey : SANDE
21
Greeting : AVE
22
Biblical well : AIN
26
Pay tribute to : MEMORIALIZE
27
Window part : SASH
28
Indonesian boat : PRAU
29
Like freshly-flowered graves : REMEMBERED
30
Elan : DASH
32
Heart : CORE
33
Varnish resin : LAC
35
Earth : SOIL
36
Posh : TONY
38
Hunts high and low : RANSACKS
42
Fleets : ARMADAS
44
Arbiter, for short : REF
45
Nineties, e.g. : GAY
46
Street urchin : GAMIN
47
Zinc ___ : OXIDE
48
Choice seat location : AISLE
49
Adrenal ___ : GLAND
52
Armor : MAIL
53
Bath: Fr. : BAIN
54
Ruin : UNDO
55
Sea, in Berlin : MEER
57
Letter : ESS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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