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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Tuesday, April 13, 1976

20-Across : Crescent-shaped object

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F G H Q Y }, Scrabble score: 414 (avg 2.19)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,740
Across
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Highest N.C.O. : SMAJ
5
Ex-outfielder White : JOJO
9
Spanish wine city : JEREZ
14
Lima's locale : PERU
15
N.C. college : ELON
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Banishment : EXILE
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Faisal, for one : ARAB
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Okay! : JAKE
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Abyssinian flies : ZIMBS
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Crescent-shaped object : SEMILUNE
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Group on the move : JETSET
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Reach shore : LAND
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Test or boob : TUBE
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Calif. desert : MOJAVE
28
Unknown women : JANEDOES
32
Nitrogen compound : AZINE
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___ Mansion, N.Y.C. landmark : JUMEL
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Siamese measure : RAI
35
Shake roughly : JOLT
36
Actress Elsie : JANIS
37
Scandinavian noble : JARL
38
Can. province : ONT
39
Uneven pulls : JERKS
40
De la Roche novel : JALNA
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Says again : RESTATES
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London's Court of St. ___ : JAMESS
44
Resting : ABED
45
Grant's ___ : TOMB
46
Fruit lozenge : JUJUBE
49
Tried to influence with talk : JAWBONED
53
Growing out : ENATE
54
Well-known hill climber : JILL
55
Rev an engine : RACE
56
___ and bacon : LIVER
57
Woodwind : OBOE
58
Coat or collar : ETON
59
Bank deals : LOANS
60
Give in a bit : BEND
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Time periods : EONS
Down
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Health resorts : SPAS
2
Bare : MERE
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"My name is ___" : ARAM
4
Exultant : JUBILANT
5
Insipid : JEJUNE
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Charlie Chan portrayer : OLAND
7
One-liner : JOKE
8
United : ONE
9
Shameless woman : JEZEBEL
10
Went out : EXITED
11
Parts of glasses : RIMS
12
River to the North Sea : ELBE
13
Liveliness : ZEST
21
Wash : LAVE
22
Haver and Havoc : JUNES
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Cloth strainer : TAMIS
25
Key or league : MAJOR
26
Clear air : OZONE
27
Throws over : JILTS
28
Yangtze sights : JUNKS
29
Papal cape : ORALE
30
Merits : EARNS
31
Mr. Marner : SILAS
33
Man's name : JARED
36
Pier, in France : JETEE
37
Scout gathering : JAMBOREE
39
Talks inanely : JABBERS
40
Part of a doorframe : JAMB
42
Make tight : TAUTEN
43
Dewlapped : JOWLED
45
Claw : TALON
46
Crystallize : JELL
47
Mussel genus : UNIO
48
Coffee, to some : JAVA
49
Agree : JIBE
50
Western alliance : NATO
51
Keynes's field: Abbr. : ECON
52
Studies : DENS
54
Swindle : JOB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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