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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

MEMO TO DAD

New York Times, Sunday, May 13, 1979

107-Across : Abzug

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 556 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 135, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,778
Across
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Fast-food shop : DELI
5
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
9
Towel fabric : CRASH
14
Scenic view : SCAPE
19
Buck heroine : OLAN
20
Norman or Edward : LEAR
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Word of surprise : HELLO
22
Lucubrated : PORED
23
Start of a verse : NOWTHATMAMASLIBERATED
27
Romberg's forte : OPERETTA
28
Insect: Comb. form : ENTOM
29
Repetitive recital : LITANY
30
R & R spots : RESORTS
31
Aspect : FACET
32
Schnapps : GIN
33
Finger sign : VEE
34
Was homesick : PINED
35
Cellaret : TANTALUS
40
Like an impala : FLEET
43
Yarborough, e.g. : BUST
44
Chan's expression : AHSO
45
Knucklehead : DOPE
46
Second line of verse : REDROSESHOLDNOPROMISE
51
Overlook : OMIT
52
Say grace : PRAY
53
Avant-garde : OUTRE
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Stuck : MIRED
55
Hood's weapon : GAT
56
Tall story : YARN
57
Actress Jeanne : CRAIN
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Guarantee : SURETY
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Impugn : DENY
60
Space pioneer : GLENN
61
Chigger : MITE
62
Construction workers : MASONS
65
Winged : ALATE
66
Cold wind in Peru : PUNA
67
Intelligence : WIT
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Bright-eyed : ALERT
71
Kit Carson was one : SCOUT
72
Soil layers : SOLA
73
Princess, in Punjab : RANI
74
Third line of verse : FORMAMAHASANTICIPATED
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Year in the reign of Sweyn I : IOII
79
Encourage : ABET
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Pittypat in "G.W.T.W." : AUNT
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Posh : RITZY
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Given to a false show : AFFECTED
84
Needle : TAUNT
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Marsh : FEN
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"Ben ___" : HUR
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Eruption : BURST
89
Poem by Shelley: 1816 : ALASTOR
93
Openness : CANDOR
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Banks of baseball : ERNIE
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Sedentary : INACTIVE
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Last line of verse : AWEEKENDINSAINTTHOMAS
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Elbe tributary : SAALE
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Shoelace tip : AGLET
104
Hammett heroine : NORA
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Pictorial presswork : ROTO
106
Tippecanoe's running mate : TYLER
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Abzug : BELLA
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"Too bad!" : ALAS
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TV talking horse : MRED
Down
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Carnegie was one : DONOR
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Marry on the run : ELOPE
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Sing Sing's famed warden : LAWES
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Typical Woody Allen role : INTROVERT
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North ___, Neb. : PLATTE
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Lithuanians' kin : LETTS
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"___ Dancer," Nureyev film : IAMA
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Age : ERA
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Lottery ticket : CHANCE
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Took life easy : RESTED
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Apportion : ALLOT
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Svelte : SLIM
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Fireplace ledge : HOB
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Dash : SPRINT
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Criterion for a show dog : COAT
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Ionian gulf : ARTA
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Nail remover : PEEN
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Author of "No and Yes" : EDDY
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"From ___ Eternity" : HERETO
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"___ Me," 1929 song : MEANTO
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Writer Wylie : ELINOR
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Suspect : FISHY
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Scenic peninsula : GASPE
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Korean port : PUSAN
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Irritant : THORN
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Esteem : ADMIRE
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River into Bay of Biscay : LOIRE
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Overthrow : UPSET
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Unkempt : SEEDY
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Batrachian : FROG
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British Open winner: 1964 : LEMA
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Rewrite, in a way : EDIT
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Item to be picked : BERRY
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"The Promised Land" author : ANTIN
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Teams of horses : SPANS
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Actress Young : LORETTA
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Boxer Bobick : DUANE
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Kyushu port : OMUTA
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Gossip, Yiddish style : YENTA
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Kringle : CLAUS
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Moses' mountain : SINAI
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Far ahead in a golf match : DORMIE
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Revel in a victory : GLOAT
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Swindle or fine : MULCT
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Puzo subject : MAFIA
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Like a loner : ALOOF
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Stroke on a letter : SERIF
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Suffered : ACHED
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Meaning : POINT
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Power unit : WATT
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Columnist Robb : INEZ
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Antimacassar : TIDY
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Cavalry weapon : SABER
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Dwarf : STUNT
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Shower : RAINSTORM
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Develop : MATURE
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Mal de mer : NAUSEA
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Emulate Sunday : PREACH
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String of pearls : CHOKER
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Holland, for one : TUNNEL
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Loser at Palo Alto: 1846 : ARISTA
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___ a pancake : FLATAS
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Turbot : BRILL
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Sinuses : ANTRA
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One of the Lesser Sundas : TIMOR
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Egg-shaped : OVATE
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Doctor a lawn : RESOD
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Found : CAST
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Putting position : AWAY
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Patricia of films : NEAL
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Excise : DELE
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Advantage : EDGE
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Chemical suffix : INOL
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Collar : NAB
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Frost's "___ Vale" : INA

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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