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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Wednesday, September 5, 1979

36-Across : Explosion

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 10,893
Across
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L.A. euphemism for smog : HAZE
5
Kind of pupil : STAR
9
___ cum laude : MAGNA
14
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
15
Comfort : EASE
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Do ___ burn (seethe) : ASLOW
17
Parents' September lament: Part I : FORBACKTOSCHOOL
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One who surmises : INFERRER
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Shrimp dish : PRAWNS
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Obtain : GET
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Winged : ALAR
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Part II of "lament" : WHYDOTHEYIMPOSE
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They go to blazes : HOSES
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State bird of Hawaii : NENE
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Layer : HEN
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U.S.S.R. neighbor : IRAN
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Explosion : BLAST
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Arena agenda : CARD
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State : SAY
40
Thrash or thresh : BEAT
41
___ Lanza, memorable tenor : MARIO
42
Part III of "lament" : THEGOLDENRULEOF
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Stratagem : RUSE
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Arab alliance: 1958-61 : UAR
48
Chico's treat : TAMALE
51
Most wrathful : ANGRIEST
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Last line of "lament" : BRANDNEWCLOTHES
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Chemical compound : AMIDE
59
Silkworm : ERIA
60
Author Bombeck : ERMA
61
British golf cup : RYDER
62
French city : LYON
63
Rabin's predecessor : MEIR
Down
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Relative of stereo : HIFI
2
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
3
Artistic cuplike stand : ZARF
4
River into the North Sea : ELBE
5
Arcane : SECRET
6
" ... and the Lord ___ away" : TAKETH
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Star: Comb. form : ASTR
8
Car named for Mr. Olds : REO
9
Kind of lace : MACRAME
10
Musical key : ASHARP
11
Radiate : GLOW
12
Whistle-blowing time : NOON
13
Piercing tools : AWLS
18
Historic city in Greece : ARGOS
19
First-aid contrivance : SPLINT
23
Capitol Hill votes : AYES
24
Forerunner of bridge : WHIST
25
Israeli dance : HORAH
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Famed Belgian violinist : YSAYE
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Leonine lair : DEN
28
Growing out : ENATE
29
Busy airport : OHARE
30
Word with comic : SERIO
31
"Till the ___ Time," 1945 song : ENDOF
36
Nazi war-crimes setting : BELSEN
37
Do a shipper's job : LADE
38
One of Ike's predecessors : CAL
40
Plymouth Rock, e.g. : BOULDER
41
___ Trail, on Lanai, Hawaii : MURRO
43
Rio ___ : GRANDE
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Papal legate : NUNCIO
45
Loose overcoat : RAGLAN
48
Skier's transport : TBAR
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It "marches on its stomach" : ARMY
50
Hotel worker : MAID
51
Off course : AWRY
52
News brief : ITEM
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Honor, in Hannover : EHRE
54
Half: Prefix : SEMI
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Autocrat : TSAR
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Slithery creature : EEL

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

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