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Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

New York Times, Saturday, February 3, 1979

46-Across : Costa Rican's cloak

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, 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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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,679
Across
1
Shaw's "___ and the Man" : ARMS
5
Anglers' hooks : GAFFS
10
___ dixit : IPSE
14
Street sound : BEEP
15
Mecca in a polis : AGORA
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"How ___ Is Love?" (pop song) : NEAR
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Piedmont town : ASTI
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She blossomed in Rome : LOREN
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State flower of Utah : SEGO
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Old Glory : STARSANDSTRIPES
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Narrow aperture : SLIT
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Cobra feature : HOOD
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Tap-tap-taps : TAMPS
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Co-creator of Sir Roger de Coverley : STEELE
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Jason's band : ARGONAUTS
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Cast aspersions on : SLUR
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Excessively modest : SELFDEPRECATING
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Burden : ONUS
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They reign without rein : AUTOCRATS
43
Swinburne's forte : POETRY
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Costa Rican's cloak : MANTA
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Classical Library founder : LOEB
49
Plato's "ideas" : EIDE
52
Victims of Bobby Thompson's home run : BROOKLYNDODGERS
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Diamond Head site : OAHU
60
Burrels and Seckels : PEARS
61
"I ___ a dream": King Jr. : HAVE
62
Others, to Ovid : ALII
63
Atelier article : EASEL
64
Psychedelic experience : TRIP
65
Cars of the 1920's : REOS
66
One of the Red Sox pitchers : DRAGO
67
Used a transmitter : SENT
Down
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Sans-culottes' words : ABAS
2
Musical symbols : RESTS
3
Mercury, for one : METAL
4
Paris visitor, 1927 : SPIRITOFSTLOUIS
5
Rio's carnival, e.g. : GALA
6
Stravinsky ballet : AGON
7
Famous Omahan : FORD
8
Callow : FRESH
9
World's greatest coffee port : SANTOS
10
Draw-poker temptations : INSIDESTRAIGHTS
11
Chick sound : PEEP
12
Clary is one : SAGE
13
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
21
Position on an issue : STAND
22
Buncombe : ROT
26
Actress Marsh of old films : MAE
27
Chrysalis : PUPA
28
Finger the strings : STRUM
30
Writer of essays : ELIA
31
Fontanne's late spouse : LUNT
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Units of work : ERGS
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___ to Cerberus : ASOP
34
Vegas competitor : RENO
35
Stickum : GLUE
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Bristle : SETA
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One in stir : CON
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Trod the boards : ACTED
44
Korean G.I. : ROK
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Emulated Asta : YELPED
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Play it ___ (improvise) : BYEAR
50
Hammond Innes's "Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
51
Sam from N.C. : ERVIN
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Shoat's sire : BOAR
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Abnormal breathing sound : RALE
54
McKinley's state : OHIO
55
Rocketeer's agcy. : NASA
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Small remnant : DREG
57
Christiania's name after 1925 : OSLO
58
Irish clan : SEPT

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

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