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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Friday, March 27, 1992

40-Across : French explorer

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, 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. 15,480
Across
1
Dental ___ : FLOSS
6
Filly's future status : MARE
10
Temple's first spouse : AGAR
14
Oscar film: 1976 : ROCKY
15
Indigo source : ANIL
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Mold-ripened cheese : BRIE
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Delon of films : ALAIN
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Oscar film: 1932-33 : CAVALCADE
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Oscar film: 1970 : PATTON
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Movie Moore : DEMI
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Beatty of "Hopscotch" : NED
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Widow's income : DOWER
26
Dolt or tern : NODDY
28
Moccasin : PAC
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Barely visible : DIM
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Flight formation: Abbr. : ECH
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Oscar film: 1984 : AMADEUS
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Oscar film: 1986 : PLATOON
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French explorer : LASALLE
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Inheritor : LEGATEE
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Deliberate killer of time : STALLER
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Eternal : AGELESS
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Chestnut color, in Caen : BAI
45
Genetic monogram : DNA
46
Tennis call : LET
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Bulb flower : TULIP
49
Waist wasters : DIETS
51
High note : ELA
52
Spinnaker : SAIL
54
Oscar film: 1968 : OLIVER
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Oscar film: 1977 : ANNIEHALL
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"Adios ___," Pryor film : AMIGO
63
Compete with Dennis Connor : RACE
64
"The ___ Love Belongs ... " : ONEI
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Oscar film: 1927-28 : WINGS
66
Gregorian cycle : YEAR
67
"The Longest ___," 1974 film : YARD
68
Facing a glacier : STOSS
Down
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Wrap tightly: Naut. : FRAP
2
"___ Montes," 1955 film : LOLA
3
One ___ (sandlot game) : OCAT
4
Revue number : SKIT
5
Church council : SYNOD
6
Bud's alternate : MAC
7
Garland : ANADEM
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Film star ___ Phoenix : RIVER
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Film villain Jack : ELAM
10
First of 26 : ABC
11
Oscar film: 1931-32 : GRANDHOTEL
12
Pitched in : AIDED
13
Tall and thin : REEDY
19
Family tree : LINEAGE
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Mineral lump : NODULE
25
More judicious : WISER
27
Of a group of eight : OCTAL
28
Sidekicks : PALS
29
Latin I word : AMAT
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Oscar film: 1943 : CASABLANCA
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___ Lama : DALAI
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Oval : ELLIPSE
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Smoother : PLANE
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Smoothly, in music : LEGATO
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Bacteriologist's wire : OESE
39
Wren's den : NEST
45
Fang's Phyllis : DILLER
47
Pathetic : TEARY
48
Armbones : ULNAE
49
One of the Barrymores : DIANA
50
Side dishes : SLAWS
53
Sea cry : AHOY
55
Copy: Abbr. : IMIT
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In ___ veritas : VINO
57
Some future fliers : EGGS
58
Katherine of "The Graduate" : ROSS
60
Ending for cloth : IER
61
Eye cover : LID

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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