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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, March 8, 1975

71-Across : Czech leader

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,338
Across
1
Penniless : BROKE
6
Court decree : ARRET
11
Greek letter : PHI
14
More uncivil : RUDER
15
Separator : SIEVE
16
Newman film : HUD
17
Thrift proverb, with 63 Across : APENNYSAVED
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Self-confidence : EGO
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Kind of blanket : WET
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Norse pantheon : AESIR
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Critic Pauline : KAEL
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Antilles group : LESSER
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Jackets : ETONS
28
Thrift proverb, with 48 Across : PENNYWISEAND
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Admiral of the ___ (Columbus) : OCEANSEA
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Hold: Lat. : TENEO
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Sped : RAN
38
Article : THE
40
Numerical prefix : TRI
41
Opened : UNDID
44
Dating far back : OLDASSIN
48
See 28 Across : POUNDFOOLISH
51
Helicopter part : ROTOR
52
Saw : VIEWED
56
Kind of muffin : BRAN
58
Plant opening : STOMA
61
Sky Altar : ARA
62
Atomic particle : ION
63
See 17 Across : ISAPENNYGOT
66
Severinsen : DOC
67
Kinds : LIKES
68
Win by ___ : ANOSE
69
Gain laboriously : EKE
70
Girl's name : ELENA
71
Czech leader : BENES
Down
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Fight : BRAWL
2
India's dollar : RUPEE
3
U. S. dramatist : ODETS
4
Knowledge : KEN
5
Sea bird : ERN
6
African fox : ASSE
7
Inlets : RIAS
8
Critic's offering : REVIEW
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Overturned: Lat. : EVERTI
10
Scatter, as hay : TED
11
Game birds : PHEASANTS
12
Monolithic : HUGE
13
Sculpture piece : IDOL
18
Tales : YARNS
22
Wounded ___ : KNEE
24
Resort : SPA
25
Poetic contraction : EEN
27
East: Ger. : OST
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Kind of proceeds : NET
30
Uncouth person : YAHOO
31
Italian saint : NERI
32
Murder : DOIN
33
"Going down ___?" : ORUP
34
Sing: Lat. : CANO
35
Stamina : ENDURANCE
39
Building extension : ELL
42
Privy to : INON
43
Insecticide : DDT
45
Furniture piece : DIVAN
46
"___ was saying" : ASI
47
Pronoun : SHE
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Fogy : FOSSIL
50
Give ___ a little : ORTAKE
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Water or station : WAGON
54
Jagged : EROSE
55
Palm products : DATES
56
Wait : BIDE
57
Cheat : ROOK
59
Start : OPEN
60
Arizona city : MESA
63
___ de France : ILE
64
Seize : NAB
65
Chemical suffix : YNE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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