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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, September 26, 1992

42-Down : Asphalt

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 33.3
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,663
Across
1
Gotham university : PACE
5
Reference words : ASTO
9
Salt tree: Var. : ATLEE
14
A son of Judah : ONAN
15
Vilipend : SLUR
16
City signs : NEONS
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Hit song in 1951, with "The" : SYNCOPATEDCLOCK
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Most unpleasant : SOUREST
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Native of Kalamata : GREEK
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Word of welcome : ENTER
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Schliemann find : TROY
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"Orphans of the Storm" actress : GISH
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Ball holders : TEES
29
Enthusiastic : KEEN
30
Water buffalo : ARNEE
31
Timetable abbrs. : ARRS
32
"___ Violet": Isherwood : PRATER
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Cahn-Styne hit: 1946 : FIVEMINUTESMORE
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"Of Human Bondage" Smith : ALEXIS
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Only : MERE
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Ago : SINCE
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Swain : BEAU
42
History : PAST
46
Spot for a couronne : TETE
47
Dark part of twilight : DUSK
48
Crete's capital : CANEA
49
Raised : UPPED
51
Bukhara workers : WEAVERS
53
Kristofferson hit song: 1969 : FORTHEGOODTIMES
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Cornered : TREED
57
Alleged natural electric force : ELOD
58
Ted Williams's number : NINE
59
Boxing programs : CARDS
60
Berber people : TEDA
61
Highlander : GAEL
Down
1
Hot drink with wine or ale : POSSET
2
"Can ___ Explain?": 1950 song : ANYONE
3
King of England, Denmark and Norway : CANUTE
4
French inks : ENCRES
5
Egyptian cobras : ASPS
6
Draggletail : SLATTERN
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Howard Carter's discovery : TUT
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Crater Lake's locale : OREGON
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Suffix for assist : ANCE
10
Dispatch sent with dispatch : TELEGRAM
11
Investigate : LOOKINTO
12
Abbr. on an envelope : ENC
13
Greenlander, briefly : ESK
18
Poetic word : OER
19
Uninteresting : DRY
24
Job-hunting tools : RESUMES
26
Vaticinator : SEER
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Now partner : HERE
29
Malay dagger : KRIS
30
End of a pulley block : ARSE
31
Friend for Émilie : AMIE
32
Machu Picchu's land : PERU
33
With celerity : FAST
34
Bjorn's foe, once : ILIE
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Daring person : VENTURER
36
Left out : EXCEPTED
37
Yacht material : TEAKWOOD
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Stock or supply : BUDGET
42
Asphalt : PAVING
43
Lack of vigor : ANEMIA
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Trouble-free : SERENE
45
Mortarboard adjunct : TASSEL
47
River to the North Sea : DEE
48
Anchor tackle : CAT
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Univ. third degrees : PHDS
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Norse literature : EDDA
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D.C. trade regulators : FTC
54
Mouths : ORA
55
"___ Buttermilk Sky" : OLE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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