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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Thursday, November 3, 1983

33-Across : The Happy Warrior: 1911-78

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,413
Across
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Christiania, today : OSLO
5
Pretense : BLUFF
10
Haw's partner : HEM
13
154, to Livy : CLIV
14
U.S. inventor Pliny ___ : EARLE
15
Lisa's leader : MONA
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Third Reich swastika : HAKENKREUZ
18
Follow the leader : OBEY
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Certain hormones : STEROIDS
20
Hooded killer : COBRA
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Rialto trophy : TONY
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Rant and rave : CARRYON
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Nearby : ATHAND
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Hot-dog helper : RELISH
28
Look for : SEEK
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Ryan's daughter : TATUM
30
W.W. II agcy. : OPA
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The Happy Warrior: 1911-78 : HUBERTHHUMPHREY
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Août's saison : ETE
38
Buenos ___ : AIRES
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Italian wine center : ASTI
40
Like royalty : TITLED
42
Film shower : SCREEN
44
France of France : ANATOLE
46
Game-table item : CHIP
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Lucifer : SATAN
48
Slope of a road : GRADIENT
52
Plant holder : SOIL
53
Musical caprice : HUMORESQUE
55
Fukien port : AMOY
56
Fictional bell town : ADANO
57
Albacore : TUNA
58
Yang's partner : YIN
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Napery : LINEN
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Kind of list : SICK
Down
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Noted U.S. publisher : OCHS
2
Wood strip : SLAT
3
Enjoy : LIKE
4
Catch up with : OVERTAKE
5
"I must be cruel, only to ___": Hamlet : BEKIND
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Fat : LARDY
7
Agents: Suffixes : URES
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Ague's cousin : FLU
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Adana headwear : FEZ
10
Pet idea : HOBBYHORSE
11
Month in Manuel's year : ENERO
12
Yucatán Indian : MAYAN
15
Moroccan natives : MOORS
17
Midday : NOON
20
Crease or fold : CRIMP
22
Mira's constellation : CETUS
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Astringent : ALUM
24
U.S. Davis Cup captain : ASHE
25
Native of Ger. : TEUT
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Increasingly dull state : HEBETATION
27
Gave a cheer : RAHED
29
Number in a tub : THREE
31
Fountain or Rose : PETE
32
Hebrew letter : AYIN
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Be a fink : RATON
35
Register : TILL
36
Symphony players : HARPISTS
41
Common Market country : ITALY
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Rose of ___ : SHARON
43
Killer: Suffix : CIDE
44
Gold test : ASSAY
45
Elimelech's wife : NAOMI
46
Hag : CRONE
48
Dillinger's nemesis : GMAN
49
Same: Prefix : EQUI
50
Now, to Ovid : NUNC
51
Deck wood : TEAK
53
Holbrook or Linden : HAL
54
Caucasian language : UDI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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