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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Friday, October 21, 1983

50-Down : Croc's cousin

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,400
Across
1
Foundation : BASIS
6
Kobe robe items : OBIS
10
Portnoy's creator : ROTH
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Spokesman : AGENT
15
Hayseed : RUBE
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Sounds of surprise : AHHA
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He wrote "Lazybones" : HOAGYCARMICHAEL
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Kind of suit for Goren : LONG
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Site for a kite : AERIE
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Mrs. Chaplin, once : PAULETTEGODDARD
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Parcels out : ALLOTS
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Emulated Tatiana Troyanos : SANG
30
Measure out : METE
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Wild plum : SLOE
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Spot for a petri dish : LAB
35
Big name in country music : BARBARAMANDRELL
40
Voiced approval : YEA
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"Piccolo ___" : PETE
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"Picnic" man : INGE
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Humdinger : ONER
44
Site of pro football's Hall of Fame : CANTON
46
She played in "Gigi" : HERMIONEGINGOLD
51
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
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Arrow's tiny cousin : DART
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Suspense master : ALFREDHITCHCOCK
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Supermarket dept. : DELI
61
Getaway device : AUTO
62
Banks or Pyle : ERNIE
63
Snick's partner : SNEE
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Old-time comic Lou : LEHR
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Dreamer Walter : MITTY
Down
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Phooey! : BAH
2
Before now : AGO
3
Ross or Red : SEA
4
Participial ending : ING
5
Surgical probe : STYLET
6
Praying figure : ORANT
7
He was Rocky's manager : BURGESSMEREDITH
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Big Board monogram : IBM
9
Rorqual : SEI
10
Gave a cheer : RAHED
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She created Flicka : OHARA
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His and her : THEIR
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Summoned to court : HALED
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Beds sans heads : COTS
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Sponged : CADGED
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Namby-___ : PAMBY
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Dice games for Gaius : ALEAE
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Extreme : ULTRA
25
Darrow client : LOEB
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Festive : GALA
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"___, you noblest English": Shak. : ONON
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Slowly, to Solti : LENTO
33
Fixed star in Perseus : ALGOL
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Mixture : BLEND
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Balanced : APOISE
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Palindrome of 43 Across : RENO
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Solar disk : ATEN
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Crime network : RING
44
Geom. figure : CIRC
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Patriot's song : ANTHEM
46
Flip call : HEADS
47
Glasgow or Drew : ELLEN
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M-1, for one : RIFLE
49
A Dorsey theme song : MARIE
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Croc's cousin : GATOR
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Pigeon pea : DAL
55
Shade : HUE
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___ de coeur (passionate protest) : CRI
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Can. province : ONT
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Town inhabitant : CIT
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Car starter : KEY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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