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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, November 28, 1992

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.3
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,726
Across
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Apollo riders : CREW
5
Czech river : OHRE
9
Baldwin, e.g. : APPLE
14
Water carrier : HOSE
15
Kettle handle : BAIL
16
Charles's domain : WALES
17
French folk song : AUCLAIRDELALUNE
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The P.G.A.'s Craig ___ : STADLER
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Deputy of a sort : VICAR
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Athabascan's abode : TEPEE
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Byron's Donna ___ : INEZ
25
Memorial music : TAPS
28
Fulda feeder : EDER
29
Early expulsion site : EDEN
30
Grenoble girl : FILLE
31
" ... ought to be ___!" : ALAW
32
Like the daytime : SUNLIT
33
A 1940's hit tune : STARSINYOUREYES
38
A Caucasian : OSSETE
39
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
40
Cow catcher : LASSO
41
Night crawlers : BAIT
42
Gaucho's snarer : BOLA
46
Nerd of the 40's : DRIP
47
Aliquot, e.g. : PART
48
Fishing specialist : EELER
49
He's not on the take! : GIVER
51
Deluge : TORRENT
53
Frankie Carle hit: 1939 : SUNRISESERENADE
56
Dizzy : AREEL
57
Fly in a stream : LURE
58
Road to Roma : ITER
59
Waterfowl : GEESE
60
Gypsum : YESO
61
Causing horripilation : EERY
Down
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Free from taint : CHASTE
2
Won in Dream Team fashion : ROUTED
3
Houdini's forte : ESCAPE
4
Cousin of a whitesmith : WELDER
5
N.Y.C. theater award : OBIE
6
Scold : HARRIDAN
7
Disencumber : RID
8
Soccer team : ELEVEN
9
"A Wave, ___ and A Marine," 1944 film : AWAC
10
Magnificent : PALATINE
11
In a multiple sense : PLURALLY
12
Dykstra of baseball : LEN
13
Suffix with journal : ESE
18
"Cakes" literary partner : ALE
19
Columnist Smith : LIZ
24
Rosh ha-Shanah, to Jews : NEWYEAR
26
Ballet move : PLIE
27
Packaging units : SETS
29
Composer Siegmeister : ELIE
30
Do a sailor's job : FURL
31
Reference words : ASTO
32
Thirteen of a certain kind : SUIT
33
Sale-tag word : SOLD
34
Bolsheviks' target : TSAR
35
Recipient of a right, in law : ASSIGNEE
36
Breathes : RESPIRES
37
Forgetful ones : OMITTERS
41
Almost not : BARELY
42
Bandleader Ben ___ : BERNIE
43
___ of quinine : OLEATE
44
A usurer is one : LENDER
45
Main street : ARTERY
47
Foot: Lat. : PES
48
Palindromic preposition : ERE
50
Base : VILE
52
Mountainous cookie? : OREO
53
Go slack : SAG
54
Suffix with project : URE
55
"Runaround" girl : SUE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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