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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Friday, June 14, 1974

46-Down : Valentino locale

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,071
Across
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Loved ones : DEARS
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Son of Zeus : ARES
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Give it ___ (venture) : ATRY
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In darkness : UNLIT
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Pub missile : DART
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Quaker word : THEE
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Song classic : MOODINDIGO
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Loki's daughter : HELA
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Song classic : BLUEMOON
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Investigator : PROBER
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Family member : SON
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Frame of mind : SPIRITS
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Large ape : BABOON
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Ta-ta : SOLONG
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Tuckered out : ALLIN
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Impressionist : MANET
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Energy unit: Abbr. : BTU
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Essence : SOUL
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Soft drinks : COLAS
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Verve : ELAN
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Meet : SEE
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___ bear : POLAR
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Build resistance : INURE
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Inebriated : STONED
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Certain former soldiers : AMVETS
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Certifies : ATTESTS
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Peak : ALP
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Collect : GARNER
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Loyal : TRUEBLUE
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Mountain: Prefix : OREO
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Semiprecious stone : AQUAMARINE
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Hitchcock window : REAR
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Hold back : CURB
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Mannerly : CIVIL
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Interrogates : ASKS
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Certain award : TONY
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Farmers, at times : HOERS
Down
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Kind of waiter : DUMB
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Chemical compound : ENOL
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Baseball's Matty : ALOU
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"___ a cockhorse ... " : RIDE
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War Secretary under F.D.R. : STIMSON
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Extend : ADDON
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Jeanne Eagels vehicle : RAIN
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Work unit : ERG
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Corks : STOPPLES
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___ in one's side : ATHORN
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Crimson's rival : THEBIGBLUE
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Sublease : RELET
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Wine-bottle listings : YEARS
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Day time : NOON
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Kind of squad : RIOT
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Sub detector : SONAR
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Food fish : BASS
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Lily plant : ALOE
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Fast one : BLUESTREAK
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Banana yield : OIL
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___ days : SALAD
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Beauty spots : MOLES
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Dessert : TART
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French pronouns : UNES
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Kind of bridge : CONTRACT
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Mail piece: Abbr. : ENV
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Sit : POSE
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Accuse : IMPEACH
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Singers : TENORS
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Graduate, for short : ALUM
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Marketplace : AGORA
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Weight deductions : TARES
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Valentino locale : ARABY
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Change : TURN
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Con ___ (with spirit) : BRIO
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Stock or wire : LIVE
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Combine: Fr. : UNIR
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Morays : EELS
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Status word : QUO

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

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