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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Tuesday, February 4, 1992

15-Across : Plane preceder

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { H J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,428
Across
1
Pear, in Peru : PERA
5
Full of cheer : GLAD
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Frankie of singing fame : LAINE
14
Vitality : ELAN
15
Plane preceder : AERO
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Of a forearm bone : ULNAR
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Odets's 1935 stage hit : WAITINGFORLEFTY
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Baseball unit : INNING
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Court tie : DEUCE
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Small anvil : TEEST
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Great quantity : SCAD
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Slugger's stat. : RBI
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Riverboat, briefly : STR
29
Augmented : UPPED
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Descendant : SCION
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La Scala's locale : MILAN
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Threadlike : FILOSE
35
Frederick Knott stage thriller : WAITUNTILDARK
38
Allah's his god : MOSLEM
39
River port east of Le Havre : ROUEN
40
Distinguished : NOTED
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Asian badger : RATEL
42
Botanist Gray : ASA
45
Verse form : ODE
46
Part song : FALA
47
Of a platinum element : OSMIC
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Mountain ash : ROWAN
52
Eventually : INTIME
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Beckett's stage classic : WAITINGFORGODOT
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One of the Fords : EDSEL
58
"Lohengrin" heroine : ELSA
59
Wife of Burt R. : LONI
60
Dessert wine : TOKAY
61
Great long-distance runner : RYUN
62
Power source: Abbr. : ELEC
Down
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Lapwings : PEWITS
2
Small hawk : ELANET
3
Luise of filmdom : RAINER
4
The opposition : ANTIS
5
Unholy group : GANG
6
___ it (walk) : LEG
7
Word of welcome to Annie : ARF
8
Gismo : DOODAD
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She's back in town : LULU
10
Waugh or Templeton : ALEC
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Subpar : INFERIOR
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___ King Cole : NAT
13
Ending for quack or fool : ERY
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Sensed : INTUITED
19
Type of tape : RED
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Bridge : SPAN
24
In the middle : CENTRAL
26
Thicket : BOSK
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Suffix with serpent : INE
30
Prized thing : PLUM
31
Indirect : SIDELONG
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Close-knit group : CLAN
33
Marathon unit : MILE
34
Air shaft : FLUE
35
Pipe material : WOOD
36
Star on a page : ASTERISK
37
Smidgen : IOTA
38
L-P connection : MNO
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Tex. policeman : RANGER
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Photo-development chemical : AMIDOL
43
Nina ___, jazz singer : SIMONE
44
Vinegary : ACETIC
46
Summer cooler : FAN
48
Roman robe : STOLE
50
New Zealand's Great Barrier Island : OTEA
51
Guileful : WILY
52
Esfahan's land : IRAN
53
Drenched : WET
54
Commotion : ADO
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Tent part : FLY
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Big Ten mem. : OSU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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