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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 1978

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 30.6
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,535
Across
1
Leathernecks : MARINES
8
Four-in-hand : CRAVAT
14
"Hawkeye" on TV : ALANALDA
16
More sprightly : AIRIER
17
Musician meets senator : RAYCHARLESPERCY
19
Regions : AREAS
20
Appointment : DATE
21
Baxter and Williams : TEDS
22
Brace or prop : SHORE
24
Squabble : SPAT
28
Gray or White : PEARL
29
Tediously familiar : STALE
30
Baldness : ALOPECIA
34
Lacedaemon : SPARTA
35
Actor meets actor : ROBERTRYANONEAL
37
Memorable journalist and family : KROCKS
38
They pay for rent and meals : BOARDERS
39
Filling by a D.D.S. : INLAY
40
Connors's milieu : COURT
41
Fräulein's turndown : NEIN
42
City on the Saale : HALLE
43
Chafing balm : TALC
47
Swedish netman : BORG
48
Kind of energy : SOLAR
49
Ballplayer meets doyenne : PETEROSEKENNEDY
55
Parka : ANORAK
56
Derision : RIDICULE
57
Mercy : LENITY
58
Lincoln or Douglas : DEBATER
Down
1
Corday did him in : MARAT
2
Point on the nose : ALARE
3
Shone : RAYED
4
Quechuans : INCAS
5
Slangy answers : NAHS
6
Musical note from Guido : ELA
7
Transmitter: Abbr. : SDR
8
Varna or Vaisya : CASTE
9
Suitable for plucking : RIPE
10
100 square meters : ARE
11
Man, to Pliny : VIR
12
Fed. nuclear body : AEC
13
Essay : TRY
15
Actor meets dancer : ALDORAYBOLGER
18
Part of J.E.C. : EARL
22
Shakers and Dukhobors : SECTS
23
Word with do or cut : HAIR
24
Kiosk : STAND
25
Gay city : PAREE
26
Kind of rail : ALTAR
27
Ducks : TEALS
28
In high spirits : PERKY
29
Show off : SPORT
30
An Alan from N.Y.C. : ARKIN
31
Greene of TV : LORNE
32
Old Greek coins : OBOLI
33
___ pie : PECAN
34
Catch : SNARE
36
Gazelle : AOUL
40
Some are sleepers : CARS
42
Truancy : HOOKY
43
___ bean, used in perfumes : TONCA
44
Citizen of Unalaska : ALEUT
45
Dipper : LADLE
46
One having a bawl: Var. : CRYER
47
Obnoxious child : BRAT
48
Scottie's rebuff : SNIB
49
O'Hara's Joey : PAL
50
Dir. : ENE
51
Great weight : TON
52
Tussah's cousin : ERI
53
Pull someone's leg : KID
54
Town northwest of Arnhem : EDE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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