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Vincent L. Osborne
Vincent L. Osborne

New York Times, Thursday, May 18, 1978

34-Down : Greene's "The ___ of the Matter"

Author:
Vincent L. Osborne
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Vincent L. Osborne has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,505
Across
1
Killer whale : ORCA
5
Founder of the Ottoman Empire : OSMAN
10
Temptation for a peteman : SAFE
14
Like students at Gallaudet College : DEAF
15
White: Comb. form : LEUCO
16
Mighty mite : ATOM
17
Greek peak : OSSA
18
Their noontime is 9 A.M. in L.A. : EASTERNERS
20
Degenerated : RETROGRESSED
22
Chimney cleaner : SWEEP
23
C.O.'s truants : AWOLS
27
Author of "Why I Live at the P.O." : WELTY
31
Relative of a rhesus : GRIVET
32
Arthur of the courts : ASHE
35
World's busiest airport : OHARE
37
Soda-fountain treat : CONE
38
Obedience-school command : HEEL
39
Marcus Aurelius's physician : GALEN
40
"The ___ Report" : HITE
41
October birthstone : OPAL
42
Essential oil from petals : ATTAR
43
Baal, e.g. : IDOL
44
Luther or King Jr. : MARTIN
46
Closing words : AMENS
48
Rock star John : ELTON
49
Type of type : ELITE
53
He wrote "The Frogs" : ARISTOPHANES
59
Ben-Hur, at times : CHARIOTEER
62
Carmelites : NUNS
63
Post of control : HELM
64
Royal adornment : TIARA
65
Dreary: Scot. : DREE
66
Fisher and Burton, to Taylor : EXES
67
Marshal : ARRAY
68
Match units for 32 Across : SETS
Down
1
Spice, incense, etc. : ODORS
2
Do over, as a hem : RESEW
3
Brahman or Sudra : CASTE
4
Hemingway novel : AFAREWELLTOARMS
5
Designer Cassini : OLEG
6
Mark with a branding iron : SEAR
7
Calliope, for one : MUSE
8
Luke's second book : ACTS
9
Refusals : NOES
10
Former name of Hawaii : SANDWICHISLANDS
11
Ingested : ATE
12
On behalf of : FOR
13
Bad ___, German spa : EMS
19
Rise on the hind legs : REAR
21
Begin, poetically : OPE
24
Like Humpty Dumpty : OVOID
25
Opposite of presto : LENTO
26
Carnegie's 19th-century barony : STEEL
28
Second highest peak in N.A. : LOGAN
29
Who or which : THAT
30
Site of historic 1945 summit : YALTA
31
Forte of Bruegel the Elder : GENRE
32
"Oh, give me ___ ... " : AHOME
33
Calyx part : SEPAL
34
Greene's "The ___ of the Matter" : HEART
36
Twenty quires : REAM
45
Crucifix letters : INRI
47
Bk. after Ezra : NEH
50
Habituate : INURE
51
Doctrine : TENET
52
Mountain-road winders : ESSES
54
Very small amount : IOTA
55
Show signs of activity : STIR
56
Saline droplet : TEAR
57
"___ the ills o' life victorious": Burns : OERA
58
Recite Kaddish : PRAY
59
Guerrilla Guevara : CHE
60
Bewitch : HEX
61
Robin Hood's drink : ALE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.

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