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Tap Osborn
New York Times, Saturday, June 5, 1993
39-Across : Renée's friends
Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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.
1 B | 2 A | 3 K | 4 E | 5 P | 6 R | 7 I | 8 E | 9 R | 10 R | 11 A | 12 I | 13 L |
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14 A | B | A | S | 15 A | I | S | L | E | 16 E | R | L | E |
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17 R | U | M | P | 18 E | L | S | T | I | L | 19 T | S | K | I | N |
20 S | T | A | R | T | L | E | S | 21 I | R | I | S | E | S |
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22 E | T | O | N | 23 H | A | U | S | |||||||
24 F | 25 A | 26 L | S | E | R | 27 B | E | B | E | T | 28 T | 29 E | 30 R |
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31 E | R | A | S | 32 K | I | L | L | S | 33 A | L | E |
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34 D | A | M | O | 35 N | 36 A | N | D | P | Y | T | 37 H | I | A | S |
38 U | R | E | 39 A | M | I | E | S | 40 O | N | T | O |
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41 P | A | R | 42 A | P | E | T | S | 43 H | 44 A | T | T | E | D |
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45 B | O | R | S | 46 S | A | S | H | |||||||
47 E | 48 M | 49 B | O | L | I | 50 C | O | N | C | E | 51 P | 52 T | 53 S |
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54 T | O | M | D | I | C | 55 K | A | N | D | H | A | R | R | Y |
56 A | L | O | E | 57 A | E | R | I | E | 58 D | O | I | N |
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59 T | E | C | S | 60 N | A | S | A | L | 61 S | A | G | E |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,915
Across
1
A social gathering : BAKE
5
Busybody : PRIER
10
Travel method : RAIL
14
Down with, in Brest : ABAS
15
Bridal path : AISLE
16
Agatha contemporary : ERLE
17
One who spun gold from straw : RUMPELSTILTSKIN
20
Makes one jump : STARTLES
21
Bearded beauties : IRISES
22
Thames college : ETON
23
Lead-in for frau : HAUS
24
More untrustworthy : FALSER
27
" ... star, and ___ off than ... " : BEBETTER
31
Unified periods : ERAS
32
Vetoes : KILLS
33
Stout stuff : ALE
34
Two who were steadfast : DAMONANDPYTHIAS
38
River in Yorkshire : URE
39
Renée's friends : AMIES
40
Aware of trickery : ONTO
41
Protective walls : PARAPETS
43
High-___ (snubbed) : HATTED
45
Holy Grail name : BORS
46
It takes panes : SASH
47
Vein or artery problems : EMBOLI
50
Notions : CONCEPTS
54
Three who are run-of-the-mill : TOMDICKANDHARRY
56
___ vera : ALOE
57
Condor's condo : AERIE
58
Rub out : DOIN
59
Shamuses : TECS
60
Twangy : NASAL
61
Profound one : SAGE
Down
1
Freedom fighters at Sing Sing? : BARS
2
Be up against it : ABUT
3
Hindu's Eros : KAMA
4
Coffee, Italian style : ESPRESSO
5
Lividity : PALLOR
6
Out of bed : RISEN
7
Devotees : ISTS
8
G. Bush in '48 : ELI
9
In trustworthy fashion : RELIABLY
10
Oppose : RESIST
11
Broadhorns : ARKS
12
Bjorn's former foe : ILIE
13
Loupe : LENS
18
Kitchen add-on : ETTE
19
Most loyal : TRUEST
23
Lends a hand : HELPS
24
Disgusted : FEDUP
25
Macaw : ARARA
26
Debussy opus : LAMER
27
Tarries : BIDES
28
Corrupt : TAINT
29
Happify : ELATE
30
Build a better lawn : RESOD
32
Mends : KNITS
35
Port near Sorrento : NAPOLI
36
Indians' league : AMERICAN
37
Fliers off handles : HOTHEADS
42
Hogans, e.g. : ABODES
43
"Messiah" composer : HANDEL
44
Author of "The Nazarene" : ASCH
46
Film actress Braga : SONIA
47
Pierre's state : ETAT
48
Nevus : MOLE
49
College V.I.P. : BMOC
50
Some gondolas : CARS
51
Malay craft : PROA
52
Math study : TRIG
53
Since, to Angus : SYNE
55
Large parrot : KEA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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.