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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Monday, September 2, 1974
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 45.1
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 D | 6 A | 7 F | 8 T | 9 P | 10 A | 11 T | 12 S | 13 Y |
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14 I | N | C | H | 15 E | B | R | O | 16 A | C | U | T | E |
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17 T | O | R | O | 18 F | O | A | M | 19 S | T | R | A | W |
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20 E | D | A | R | 21 A | M | M | O | 22 T | O | N | G | S |
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23 S | E | P | T | 24 E | M | B | E | R | 25 S | O | N | G | ||
26 S | U | E | S | 27 R | U | R | 28 R | 29 H | 30 O |
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31 A | 32 L | 33 A | T | E | 34 B | O | P | 35 S | E | A | L |
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36 L | A | B | O | R | 37 D | 38 A | Y | W | E | 39 E | K | E | N | D |
40 T | U | R | P | 41 O | S | E | 42 W | I | N | D | Y |
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43 O | D | A | 44 S | I | P | 45 A | 46 S | E | M | |||||
47 S | 48 E | P | T | E | 49 M | B | E | R | M | 50 O | 51 R | 52 N |
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53 B | 54 E | I | G | E | 55 R | E | S | T | 56 I | R | A | E |
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57 A | D | O | R | E | 58 S | T | E | T | 59 N | O | B | S |
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60 L | I | N | E | D | 61 E | R | N | E | 62 G | N | A | T |
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63 T | E | S | T | Y | 64 D | O | T | E | 65 S | O | T | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,151
Across
1
Voice : BASS
5
Balmy : DAFT
9
Sucker : PATSY
14
Move slowly : INCH
15
River of Spain : EBRO
16
Kind of indigestion : ACUTE
17
Matador's foe : TORO
18
Kind of rubber : FOAM
19
Fountain item : STRAW
20
Biblical tower : EDAR
21
Bullets, etc. : AMMO
22
Iceman's need : TONGS
23
Weill classic : SEPTEMBERSONG
26
Petitions : SUES
27
Capek work : RUR
28
Greek letter : RHO
31
Winged : ALATE
34
Jazz form : BOP
35
Fasten : SEAL
36
Turning point of sorts : LABORDAYWEEKEND
40
Paint thinner, for short : TURP
41
Chemical suffix : OSE
42
Weather word : WINDY
43
Harem room : ODA
44
Taste : SIP
45
Egyptian alloy : ASEM
47
Art "classic" : SEPTEMBERMORN
53
Color : BEIGE
55
Take it easy : REST
56
Dies ___ : IRAE
57
Worship : ADORE
58
Dele's opposite : STET
59
Cribbage cards : NOBS
60
Did a sewing job : LINED
61
Fish-eating bird : ERNE
62
Insect : GNAT
63
Irritable : TESTY
64
Show fondness : DOTE
65
Winos, etc. : SOTS
Down
1
Falls for : BITES
2
Battery part : ANODE
3
Discard : SCRAP
4
Fielder : SHORTSTOP
5
Malign : DEFAME
6
Weapons : ABOMBS
7
Bowling unit : FRAME
8
Tuesday, on Monday : TOMORROW
9
Spiritual one : PASTOR
10
Take steps : ACTON
11
What a cheap wedding ring will do : TURNGREEN
12
___ line : STAG
13
Evergreens : YEWS
24
Your: Ger. : EUER
25
Movie extra, for short : SUPE
29
Applause : HAND
30
Wheezy song : OLDY
31
Relative of 1 Across : ALTO
32
Praise : LAUD
33
Playground injuries : ABRASIONS
34
Free round, in sports : BYE
35
Pool-surface cleanups : SKIMMINGS
37
"___ my way" : DOIT
38
Damaged a reputation : ASPERSED
39
Pitcher : EWER
44
Like pinch-runners : SPEEDY
45
Roll-call entry : ABSENT
46
Sofa : SETTEE
48
Wading bird : EGRET
49
Paris feature : METRO
50
Maine town : ORONO
51
Moroccan city : RABAT
52
Aeries : NESTS
53
City near Wash. : BALT
54
Adams : EDIE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.