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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Monday, September 2, 1974

53-Down : City near Wash.

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, 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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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,151
Across
1
Voice : BASS
5
Balmy : DAFT
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Sucker : PATSY
14
Move slowly : INCH
15
River of Spain : EBRO
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Kind of indigestion : ACUTE
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Matador's foe : TORO
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Kind of rubber : FOAM
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Fountain item : STRAW
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Biblical tower : EDAR
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Bullets, etc. : AMMO
22
Iceman's need : TONGS
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Weill classic : SEPTEMBERSONG
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Petitions : SUES
27
Capek work : RUR
28
Greek letter : RHO
31
Winged : ALATE
34
Jazz form : BOP
35
Fasten : SEAL
36
Turning point of sorts : LABORDAYWEEKEND
40
Paint thinner, for short : TURP
41
Chemical suffix : OSE
42
Weather word : WINDY
43
Harem room : ODA
44
Taste : SIP
45
Egyptian alloy : ASEM
47
Art "classic" : SEPTEMBERMORN
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Color : BEIGE
55
Take it easy : REST
56
Dies ___ : IRAE
57
Worship : ADORE
58
Dele's opposite : STET
59
Cribbage cards : NOBS
60
Did a sewing job : LINED
61
Fish-eating bird : ERNE
62
Insect : GNAT
63
Irritable : TESTY
64
Show fondness : DOTE
65
Winos, etc. : SOTS
Down
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Falls for : BITES
2
Battery part : ANODE
3
Discard : SCRAP
4
Fielder : SHORTSTOP
5
Malign : DEFAME
6
Weapons : ABOMBS
7
Bowling unit : FRAME
8
Tuesday, on Monday : TOMORROW
9
Spiritual one : PASTOR
10
Take steps : ACTON
11
What a cheap wedding ring will do : TURNGREEN
12
___ line : STAG
13
Evergreens : YEWS
24
Your: Ger. : EUER
25
Movie extra, for short : SUPE
29
Applause : HAND
30
Wheezy song : OLDY
31
Relative of 1 Across : ALTO
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Praise : LAUD
33
Playground injuries : ABRASIONS
34
Free round, in sports : BYE
35
Pool-surface cleanups : SKIMMINGS
37
"___ my way" : DOIT
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Damaged a reputation : ASPERSED
39
Pitcher : EWER
44
Like pinch-runners : SPEEDY
45
Roll-call entry : ABSENT
46
Sofa : SETTEE
48
Wading bird : EGRET
49
Paris feature : METRO
50
Maine town : ORONO
51
Moroccan city : RABAT
52
Aeries : NESTS
53
City near Wash. : BALT
54
Adams : EDIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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