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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Monday, February 14, 1977
25-Across : More of message
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has duplicate clues.
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 F | 4 F | 5 P | 6 L | 7 E | 8 B | 9 E | 10 R | 11 A | 12 V | 13 I |
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14 U | N | I | R | 15 L | O | G | A | N | 16 E | R | I | C |
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17 R | O | S | E | 18 H | A | S | A | R | E | 19 D | F | A | C | E |
20 U | N | H | E | A | T | E | D | 21 O | I | L | E | R |
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22 L | I | T | 23 S | 24 O | U | L | ||||||||
25 V | 26 I | O | L | E | 27 T | 28 S | I | S | B | L | 29 U | 30 E | ||
31 M | I | N | A | 32 H | E | R | A | T | 33 N | A | 34 B |
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35 T | R | O | D | 36 F | I | R | E | R | 37 C | I | T | E |
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38 S | U | N | 39 M | O | R | A | N | 40 O | T | O | E |
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41 S | U | 42 S | A | N | S | I | S | 43 A | 44 S | H | E | N | ||
45 T | R | O | T | 46 B | L | E | ||||||||
47 A | 48 S | 49 S | A | D | 50 S | 51 O | R | A | R | 52 E | 53 A | 54 S |
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55 H | O | W | N | I | 56 C | 57 E | I | H | A | V | E | Y | O | U |
58 A | D | A | K | 59 A | W | A | R | D | 60 N | E | N | E |
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61 B | A | B | Y | 62 R | E | L | E | E | 63 T | R | E | T |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,047
Across
1
Fish-landing hook : GAFF
5
West Pointer : PLEBE
10
Shankar : RAVI
14
Bring together: Fr. : UNIR
15
Ella or Josh : LOGAN
16
Blore of films : ERIC
17
Start of a Valentine message : ROSEHASAREDFACE
20
Furnaceless : UNHEATED
21
Houston athlete : OILER
22
Brightened : LIT
23
Food or music : SOUL
25
More of message : VIOLETSISBLUE
31
Talking bird: Var. : MINA
32
Oriental rug : HERAT
33
Collar : NAB
35
Stepped on : TROD
36
Hatchet man : FIRER
37
Point out : CITE
38
Kind of worshiper : SUN
39
Gussie of tennis : MORAN
40
U.S. Indian : OTOE
41
More of message : SUSANSISASHEN
45
Lesson-cheater's aid : TROT
46
Wheat, in Paris : BLE
47
Syria's leader : ASSAD
50
" ... ___ a day in June" : SORAREAS
55
End of message : HOWNICEIHAVEYOU
58
Aleutian island : ADAK
59
Honor : AWARD
60
Hawaiian goose : NENE
61
Snooks or blue : BABY
62
Civil War signature : RELEE
63
Weight allowance : TRET
Down
1
Wise man : GURU
2
Shortly : ANON
3
Kind of wife or fry : FISH
4
Horn in on a party : FREELOAD
5
Nebraska river : PLATTE
6
Forfeit : LOSE
7
Oath of yore : EGAD
8
Jumper's obstacle : BAR
9
Direction: Abbr. : ENE
10
Pharmacy order : REFILL
11
Russian sea : ARAL
12
Iniquity : VICE
13
Bakery worker : ICER
18
Greet : HAIL
19
Question : DOUBT
23
Warning devices : SIRENS
24
Sandy ridges : OSAR
25
Disease germ : VIRUS
26
Turkish president : INONU
27
___ for knowledge : THIRST
28
Caravansary : SERAI
29
Wed : UNITE
30
Industrialist Cyrus : EATON
31
Rockies or Alps: Abbr. : MTS
34
Insect : BEE
36
Samoan council : FONO
37
Logical : COHERENT
39
___ gras : MARDI
42
Ex-infielder Eddie : STANKY
43
Irritate : ABRADE
44
European : SLAV
47
Captain of fiction : AHAB
48
Scotch's friend : SODA
49
Deck cleaner : SWAB
50
Earth's crust : SIAL
51
Czech river : OHRE
52
Spotter : EYER
53
Superb : AONE
54
Fat : SUET
56
Vehicle : CAR
57
Farm animal : EWE
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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.