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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1976

7-Across : At low cost

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

46-Across: A morne is a ring attached to the lance, not the lance itself

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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 10,001
Across
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Make wheat into a bundle : SHEAVE
7
At low cost : CHEAPLY
14
Of a fiber plant : HEMPEN
15
Lockridge's "___ County" : RAINTREE
16
Readied for publication : EDITED
17
Ornamental grasses : EULALIAS
18
Fried or Easter : EGG
19
Detroit notices : RECALLS
21
G.I. wear : ODS
22
Japanese monastery : TERA
24
Longlegs or Warbucks : DADDY
25
Canadian Indian : CREE
26
Wipe out : ERASE
28
By means of : PER
29
Expositions : FAIRS
30
Miss Lamour, to friends : DOTTIE
32
Oil or inn : MOTOR
34
Garden club motto, perhaps : WEEDEMANDREAP
38
Elemi, e.g. : RESIN
39
Agonize : SUFFER
41
Grief : DOLOR
44
Puget, etc.: Abbr. : SDS
46
Blunted tilting lance : MORNE
47
Desserts : ICES
48
Felled : HEWED
50
Repetition : ROTE
51
One ___ time : ATA
52
Jury member : FOREMAN
54
Buddy : PAL
55
Do a pastry job : BAKEAPIE
57
Immaturity : NONAGE
59
Cause to be late : OVERKEEP
60
Actress Claire : TREVOR
61
Songwriter Alan Jay and family : LERNERS
62
Cyrus's clan : EATONS
Down
1
Dressed for Halloween : SHEETED
2
Field separator : HEDGEROW
3
Move from one's country : EMIGRATE
4
Suitable : APT
5
Turn sharply : VEER
6
Cut off : ENDED
7
Large kettle : CAULDRON
8
Steep : HILLY
9
Spanish queen and namesakes : ENAS
10
Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
11
A ___ (deductive) : PRIORI
12
"Take me to your ___" : LEADER
13
Some answers : YESSES
15
Triumphal words, at dice : READEMANDWEEP
20
Beret : CAP
23
Prefixes for stars : ASTEROS
25
Be fond of : CAREFOR
27
Downy bird : EIDER
29
Town-hall event : FORUM
31
Letters : EES
33
Six-pointers: Abbr. : TDS
35
Woes : MISERIES
36
Congo peacock : AFROPAVO
37
Military powerhouse : PENTAGON
40
Two-___ (movies) : REELERS
41
Devil: Prefix : DIABOL
42
Eight-line stanza : OCTAVE
43
One who spills secrets : LEAKER
45
Religious school: Abbr. : SEM
48
Wishful one : HOPER
49
Italian poet : DANTE
52
Ersatz : FAKE
53
Ms. Ephron : NORA
56
Bird : ERN
58
Catch : NET

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 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.

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