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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 1978
17-Across : Musician meets senator
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 R | 4 I | 5 N | 6 E | 7 S | 8 C | 9 R | 10 A | 11 V | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 A | L | A | N | A | L | D | 15 A | 16 A | I | R | I | E | R |
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17 R | A | Y | C | H | A | R | L | 18 E | S | P | E | R | C | Y |
19 A | R | E | A | S | 20 D | A | T | E | ||||||
21 T | E | D | S | 22 S | 23 H | O | R | E | 24 S | 25 P | 26 A | 27 T |
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28 P | E | A | R | L | 29 S | T | A | L | E |
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30 A | 31 L | 32 O | 33 P | E | C | I | A | 34 S | P | A | R | T | A |
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35 R | O | B | E | R | T | R | Y | 36 A | N | O | N | E | A | L |
37 K | R | O | C | K | S | 38 B | O | A | R | D | E | R | S |
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39 I | N | L | A | Y | 40 C | O | U | R | T | |||||
41 N | E | I | N | 42 H | A | L | L | E | 43 T | 44 A | 45 L | 46 C |
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47 B | O | R | G | 48 S | O | L | A | R |
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49 P | 50 E | 51 T | 52 E | R | O | S | E | 53 K | 54 E | N | N | E | D | Y |
55 A | N | O | R | A | K | 56 R | I | D | I | C | U | L | E |
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57 L | E | N | I | T | Y | 58 D | E | B | A | T | E | R |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,535
Across
1
Leathernecks : MARINES
8
Four-in-hand : CRAVAT
14
"Hawkeye" on TV : ALANALDA
16
More sprightly : AIRIER
17
Musician meets senator : RAYCHARLESPERCY
19
Regions : AREAS
20
Appointment : DATE
21
Baxter and Williams : TEDS
22
Brace or prop : SHORE
24
Squabble : SPAT
28
Gray or White : PEARL
29
Tediously familiar : STALE
30
Baldness : ALOPECIA
34
Lacedaemon : SPARTA
35
Actor meets actor : ROBERTRYANONEAL
37
Memorable journalist and family : KROCKS
38
They pay for rent and meals : BOARDERS
39
Filling by a D.D.S. : INLAY
40
Connors's milieu : COURT
41
Fräulein's turndown : NEIN
42
City on the Saale : HALLE
43
Chafing balm : TALC
47
Swedish netman : BORG
48
Kind of energy : SOLAR
49
Ballplayer meets doyenne : PETEROSEKENNEDY
55
Parka : ANORAK
56
Derision : RIDICULE
57
Mercy : LENITY
58
Lincoln or Douglas : DEBATER
Down
1
Corday did him in : MARAT
2
Point on the nose : ALARE
3
Shone : RAYED
4
Quechuans : INCAS
5
Slangy answers : NAHS
6
Musical note from Guido : ELA
7
Transmitter: Abbr. : SDR
8
Varna or Vaisya : CASTE
9
Suitable for plucking : RIPE
10
100 square meters : ARE
11
Man, to Pliny : VIR
12
Fed. nuclear body : AEC
13
Essay : TRY
15
Actor meets dancer : ALDORAYBOLGER
18
Part of J.E.C. : EARL
22
Shakers and Dukhobors : SECTS
23
Word with do or cut : HAIR
24
Kiosk : STAND
25
Gay city : PAREE
26
Kind of rail : ALTAR
27
Ducks : TEALS
28
In high spirits : PERKY
29
Show off : SPORT
30
An Alan from N.Y.C. : ARKIN
31
Greene of TV : LORNE
32
Old Greek coins : OBOLI
33
___ pie : PECAN
34
Catch : SNARE
36
Gazelle : AOUL
40
Some are sleepers : CARS
42
Truancy : HOOKY
43
___ bean, used in perfumes : TONCA
44
Citizen of Unalaska : ALEUT
45
Dipper : LADLE
46
One having a bawl: Var. : CRYER
47
Obnoxious child : BRAT
48
Scottie's rebuff : SNIB
49
O'Hara's Joey : PAL
50
Dir. : ENE
51
Great weight : TON
52
Tussah's cousin : ERI
53
Pull someone's leg : KID
54
Town northwest of Arnhem : EDE
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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.