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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, August 29, 1992

29-Across : Forestry degrees

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,635
Across
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Thank-you-ma'am : BUMP
5
Nugatory : VAIN
9
Tortellini, e.g. : PASTA
14
Indigo source : ANIL
15
Vedic god : AGNI
16
Of an eye part : UVEAL
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Columbus's pet name for the Santa Clara : NINA
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Resounded : RANG
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A 1930's dance : LINDY
20
Bangkok bargaining brouhahas of yore? : TICALISHSPATS
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Heaven on earth : EDEN
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Scanty : THIN
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Surgeon's tool : LANCET
28
Expel : EMIT
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Forestry degrees : BFS
32
" ... ___ live girl" : AREAL
33
Navigator's aid : STAR
34
Hoof noise : CLOP
35
Refrain from an Italian travel ad? : TOURALLUREALIRA
38
Unyielding : HARD
39
Superior's inferior : AIDE
40
Schisms : RENTS
41
Leandro's girl : ERO
42
Water conduit : PIPE
43
Wreath, to Tennyson : ANADEM
44
Flesh: Comb. form : SARC
45
Kind of corner : AMEN
46
Mexican cash from a U.S. tourist? : JOHNDOESPESOS
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Violent : RABID
52
An objet d'art : VASE
53
___ history : ORAL
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Sheeplike : OVINE
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Eternally : EVER
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Ruin : UNDO
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Office machine : DATER
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Plexus : RETE
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Yoke : TEAM
Down
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Proscribe : BAN
2
Part of the whole : UNIT
3
Kind of bus : MINI
4
Formal-dinner item : PLACECARD
5
Knave : VARLET
6
In addition : AGAIN
7
Bed-and-board stops : INNS
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Traumatic experience on Elm Street : NIGHTMARE
9
Sermon site : PULPIT
10
Birdlike : AVIAN
11
Posted : SENT
12
Youngsters : TADS
13
A Khan : ALY
21
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
22
Actress in "Rocky" : SHIRE
25
Forming tool : LATHE
26
With crashing noises : AROAR
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Nerve: Comb. form : NEURO
28
Musical piece : ETUDE
29
Decoy : BLIND
30
One's strength : FORTE
31
Sudden violent effort : SPASM
33
False alibi? : SLIPCOVER
34
Strips of everything : CLEANSOUT
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Landed proprietor in Glasgow : LAIRD
37
Wild water buffalo of India : ARNEE
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Cater (to) : PANDER
43
Famed physicist: 1775-1836 : AMPERE
44
Effulgence : SHINE
45
Advantage : ASSET
46
Diner drink : JAVA
47
Final notice, for short : OBIT
48
Wasp-nest locale : EAVE
49
River into the Bay of the Seine : ORNE
50
Actress Thompson : SADA
51
Hardware item : ROD
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Actor Herbert : LOM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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