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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Thursday, October 4, 1979

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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C
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L
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B
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K
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,922
Across
1
Kind of car or sandwich : CLUB
5
Former Iranian ruler : SHAH
9
Hiatus or gulf : CHASM
14
Queue : LINE
15
Sugar producer : CUBA
16
Corporeal channel : AORTA
17
Sib : AKIN
18
He wrote "Marjorie Morningstar" : HERMANWOUK
20
Vituperate : REVILE
22
Surrounded by : AMID
23
Compass point : NNE
24
Former : ONETIME
26
Assam silkworm : ERIA
28
Box-office giant : ROBERTREDFORD
33
Western alliance initials : OAS
35
Edible corm of the taro : EDDO
36
Horror movie, e.g. : SCARER
37
Diligent one : PLIER
39
Lander at Ararat : ARK
41
___ Triomphe : ARCDE
42
Starry : ASTRAL
44
Look to be : SEEM
46
Mason's tool : HOD
47
Baltimore institution founded in 1852 : LOYOLACOLLEGE
50
Stimulate : SPUR
51
Gave it careful study : PERUSED
54
Killy playground : ALP
57
Sutherland vehicle : ARIA
59
___ d'armes (fencing teacher) : MAITRE
60
Area at Oxford : QUADRANGLE
63
Kind of kick or shot : DROP
64
Darkened : UNLIT
65
Happy look : GRIN
66
Facility : EASE
67
Opposite of ecstasy : AGONY
68
A way to go : EAST
69
Seattle ___ : SLEW
Down
1
Light, mild cigar : CLARO
2
Draw an analogy : LIKEN
3
Learning center : UNIVERSITY
4
Adolf's ally : BENITO
5
Took part in a cabal : SCHEMED
6
Shade : HUE
7
Narrow pass in the Southwest : ABRA
8
U.S.S.R. symbol : HAMMER
9
Funt's device : CANDIDCAMERA
10
Start of many a title : HOW
11
Steinbeck character : ARON
12
Hit with a haymaker : STUN
13
"___ the World Go Away," 1965 song : MAKE
19
Buenos ___ : AIRES
21
Gladstone's group : LIBERALPARTY
25
"Das Rheingold" role : ERDA
27
Out yonder : AFAR
29
Anatomist's word : TORSO
30
Describing some concerts : ORCHESTRAL
31
Give a face lift to : REDO
32
Stowe novel : DRED
33
Stone for Jimmy Carter : OPAL
34
Moreover : ALSO
38
Desire : EROS
40
Iodine source : KELP
43
Author Hobson : LAURA
45
Neon or silver : ELEMENT
48
Fawn : CRINGE
49
Cicerones : GUIDES
52
Jagged : EROSE
53
Chauncey ___: 1834-1928 : DEPEW
54
With 55 Down, diver's gear : AQUA
55
See 54 Down : LUNG
56
___ Alto : PALO
58
Indian tourist site : AGRA
61
Hubbub : DIN
62
Fleur-de-___ : LIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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