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Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

New York Times, Saturday, January 19, 1980

68-Across : Preliminaries at a track meet

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Vincent L. Osborne has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,029
Across
1
Han Solo's element : SPACE
6
___ Liberty : MISS
10
Pass over : OMIT
14
Highway maneuver : UTURN
15
Hawkeye's state : IOWA
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___ mecum (handbook) : VADE
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Brought to light : BARED
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Spoke like Porky Pig : STAMMERED
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Father of Hannibal : HAMILCARBARCA
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St. Agnes's or St. John's : EVE
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Bell and Kettle : MAS
24
Container for a roll of film : CASSETTE
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Formality : STARCH
34
Emulate Socrates : ASK
35
Samovars : URNS
37
Grenoble's river : ISERE
38
Father of Alexander the Great : PHILIPOFMACEDON
42
Grant absolution : REMIT
43
Ngo Dinh ___ : DIEM
44
Mister, in Madrid : DON
45
Haberdashery measurement : INSEAM
47
State embracing part of the Bad Lands : NEBRASKA
50
Hayfield : LEA
52
Scull : OAR
53
Father of Charlemagne : PEPINTHESHORT
60
Zealous : DEDICATED
61
Remorseful ones : RUERS
63
Bookie's concern : ODDS
64
Moll's milieu : GANG
65
N.Y.C. hotel of yesteryear : ASTOR
66
Painter of "The Duchess of Alba" : GOYA
67
Highlands vernacular : ERSE
68
Preliminaries at a track meet : HEATS
Down
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Stand-in : SUB
2
Egyptian deity : PTAH
3
Nimbus : AURA
4
Thickish liqueurs : CREMES
5
Salad plant : ENDIVE
6
Catchall wd. : MISC
7
Tittle : IOTA
8
Horde from the hive : SWARM
9
Brazilian dances : SAMBAS
10
Between mind and matter : OVER
11
Wine-press residue : MARC
12
Product of reflection : IDEA
13
Do a haymaker's job : TED
19
Adhesive material : MASTIC
21
Surcease : LETUP
24
Site of the Blue Grotto : CAPRI
25
Blanched : ASHEN
26
Hydroplanes : SKIMS
27
Crushed; oppressed : TROD
28
In conclusion: Fr. : ENFIN
30
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
31
Spawning grounds for trout or salmon : REDDS
32
Bo-peep's staff : CROOK
33
Lucy Ricardo's rinse : HENNA
36
Hook's sidekick : SMEE
39
Twisted tale : LIE
40
Slanting type : ITALIC
41
Early lecterns : AMBOS
46
Household : MENAGE
48
Ardently collegiate : RAHRAH
49
Play the firebrand : AROUSE
51
Rose oil, e.g. : ATTAR
53
Word form with meter or motor : PEDO
54
Swirl : EDDY
55
City NNE of Corsica : PISA
56
Certain brooders : HENS
57
Rim : EDGE
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Actress Shaw of B'way fame : RETA
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Student's pony : TROT
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Kind of leg or ear : DOG
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Group in h.s. : SRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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