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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Wednesday, June 26, 1974

32-Down : Lifelike Oz traveler

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
9
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
29
Defame in a way : LIBEL
30
Normal : USUAL
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Kind of clock : TIME
33
Wealth, in India : DHAN
37
Heavyweight boxer Tommy : FARR
38
"___ America Singing" : IHEAR
39
"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
56
What for?: Sp. : AQUE
57
Leaves out : OMITS
58
Lifelike dummy : MANNEQUIN
60
Dull finish : MATTE
61
Kind of light : ARC
62
Nights in Nancy : NUITS
63
Curves : ESSES
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Direction: Abbr. : NNE
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___ macabre : DANSE
Down
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Add up : TOTAL
2
Religious cape : ORALE
3
Lifelike Tussaud exhibit : WAXFIGURE
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"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
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Dry, as hay : TED
6
Food fish : SCROD
7
Host : ARMY
8
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
29
Places : LIEUS
30
Mystery item : UFO
31
Houston : SAM
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Lifelike Oz traveler : THETINMAN
34
Buffoon : HARLEQUIN
35
Time : AGE
36
Negative : NOT
38
Osiris's wife : ISIS
42
Kind of blood : BAD
44
Myerson et al. : BESSES
45
Oast : KILN
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"Ethan ___" : FROME
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P. I. breadfruit : RIMAS
48
Gives out : EMITS
49
Cut, as a boil : LANCE
51
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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