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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, August 28, 1976

19-Across : Obscure

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 9,877
Across
1
Exchange : SWAP
5
Wine : PORT
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Printer's mark : CARET
14
Green stuff : CASH
15
Bradley : OMAR
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Diminish : ABATE
17
Russian river : OSHA
18
Tale : SAGA
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Obscure : VAGUE
20
Jefferson quote with 36 and 49 Across, and 56 Down : WHERETHEPRESSIS
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Concept : IDEA
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Prior to : ERE
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Comedian, e.g. : AMUSER
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Family member : GRANDDAD
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Early witch center : SALEM
34
Provoked : IRED
35
Gardner : AVA
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More of quote : FREEANDEVERYMAN
40
Miss Miller : ANN
41
Arena sounds : OLES
42
Weather word : HUMID
43
Tried out again : RETESTED
46
Alone : SOLELY
47
"___ amis" : MES
48
Constructed : MADE
49
More of quote : ABLETOREADALLIS
57
Courage : HEART
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Enthusiastic : AVID
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Chaplin : OONA
60
Suit fabric : SERGE
61
Sports team : NINE
62
___ Spee : GRAF
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Kind of form : ORDER
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Narrow valley : GLEN
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Location : SITE
Down
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Hauling boat : SCOW
2
Laundry : WASH
3
Tennis name : ASHE
4
Self-righteous one : PHARISEE
5
Ad medium : POSTER
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Triple-Crown winner : OMAHA
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All the ___ : RAGE
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Corner : TRAP
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Luray feature : CAVERN
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Vilified : ABASED
11
Poverty symbol : RAGS
12
Small case : ETUI
13
Golfers' needs : TEES
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Swelling ailment : EDEMA
22
English novelist : READE
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___ as the eye can see : ASFAR
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French river : MARNE
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Ending for corp or op : ULENT
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Cupidity : GREED
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Clergymen: Abbr. : REVS
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Old oath : DAMME
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Help : AVAIL
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First-rate : DANDY
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Not in use : IDLE
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Untrue : NOTSO
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TV girl : RHODA
39
December warmers : YULELOGS
44
Show up : EMERGE
45
Irish or pin : SETTER
46
Dismay : SADDEN
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State : MAINE
49
Charlie Chan words : AHSO
50
Bar order : BEER
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Cook's need : LARD
52
Pealed : RANG
53
Malevolent : EVIL
54
Lemur: Var. : LORI
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___ the start : INAT
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End of quote : SAFE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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