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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Wednesday, June 26, 1974

28-Down : Lifelike string performer

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J P V Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
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. 9,083
Across
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Namely : TOWIT
6
Convened : SAT
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Kind of sergeant : STAFF
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Declaim : ORATE
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Of a flower part : TORAL
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Art of making lifelike fauna : TAXIDERMY
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With an ___ (intending) : EYETO
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Landon et al. : ALFS
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Spanish painter : GOYA
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Feudal workers : ESNES
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Floral piece : LEI
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Kind of fly : GAD
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Certain mutual funds : NOLOADS
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U. S. agents : GMEN
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Defame in a way : LIBEL
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Normal : USUAL
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Kind of clock : TIME
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Wealth, in India : DHAN
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Heavyweight boxer Tommy : FARR
38
"___ America Singing" : IHEAR
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"Othello" character : IAGO
40
Buddhist sacred mountain : OMEI
41
Alone, in France : SEUL
42
Headwear : BERET
43
News pieces : OBITS
45
Marx : KARL
46
Hit song of 1939 : FRENESI
49
Something to flip : LID
50
Superlative ending : EST
53
Ice coatings : RIMES
54
Patricia of films : NEAL
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What for?: Sp. : AQUE
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Leaves out : OMITS
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Lifelike dummy : MANNEQUIN
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Dull finish : MATTE
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Kind of light : ARC
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Nights in Nancy : NUITS
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Curves : ESSES
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Direction: Abbr. : NNE
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___ macabre : DANSE
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Add up : TOTAL
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Religious cape : ORALE
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Lifelike Tussaud exhibit : WAXFIGURE
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Dry, as hay : TED
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Food fish : SCROD
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Host : ARMY
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Teddy bear : TOYANIMAL
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Half an essay team : STEELE
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Child's plaything : TOYSOLDIER
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Sphere of interest : ARENA
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Destined : FATED
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Dental ___ : FLOSS
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Alaskan governor : EGAN
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Harden : GEL
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Higher: Ger. : OBER
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Lifelike string performer : MARIONETTE
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Places : LIEUS
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Mystery item : UFO
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Houston : SAM
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Lifelike Oz traveler : THETINMAN
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Buffoon : HARLEQUIN
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Time : AGE
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Negative : NOT
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Osiris's wife : ISIS
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Kind of blood : BAD
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Myerson et al. : BESSES
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Oast : KILN
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"Ethan ___" : FROME
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P. I. breadfruit : RIMAS
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Gives out : EMITS
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Cut, as a boil : LANCE
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Spades and hearts : SUITS
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On edge : TENSE
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Work for : EARN
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___ pura : AQUA
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Remnant : END

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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