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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, December 23, 1978

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,637
Across
1
Long-necked pear : BOSC
5
Album item : DISC
9
He answered to Harry : ALBEN
14
Ending with buck : AROO
15
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
16
He played Queeg : NOLAN
17
Memorable comedian, or his biographer : LAHR
18
Paltry : MEAN
19
Contain : HOUSE
20
Song hit of 1941, with 48 Across : IDONTWANTTOSET
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Kettle handle : BAIL
24
___ Kollo, Met tenor : RENE
25
Museum lecturer : DOCENT
28
Formed a single line while marching : FILEDOFF
32
4,047 square meters : ACRE
33
Makes a firm, level surface : PAVES
34
French pronoun : LUI
35
Baldwin title : THEFIRENEXTTIME
39
Proposal before the states : ERA
40
Belfry sounds : DONGS
41
Higher in rank : OVER
42
Agnes and Cecil : DEMILLES
44
Queen of whodunits : ELLERY
46
Welshman or Irishman : CELT
47
Integument : ARIL
48
See 20 Across : THEWORLDONFIRE
54
Hindu teacher : SWAMI
55
Craving eagerly : AVID
56
Debauchee : ROUE
57
Giant, to a Dodger : RIVAL
58
Heavy book : TOME
59
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
60
Upright : ONEND
61
Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 : EVES
62
Moderate : EASE
Down
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Lesser Sunda island : BALI
2
Toward the mouth : ORAD
3
Where Samuel Johnson's club met : SOHO
4
Cabbage's partner : CORNBEEF
5
Knucklehead : DIMWIT
6
Edenic : IDEAL
7
Connery : SEAN
8
Schemes : CONTRIVES
9
"___ man's the noblest work of God": Pope : ANHONEST
10
Set free : LOOSED
11
Suffering from mulligrubs : BLUE
12
Word with Orange or Lyme : EAST
13
Frequent rte. of coastal storms : NNE
21
Soft shade : TAN
22
Communication service : TELEX
25
Like leisure suits : DATED
26
Limonite's cousin : OCHRE
27
Richest part : CREAM
28
Bite 'em items : FANGS
29
Salad garnish : OLIVE
30
Angry one : FUMER
31
Hot-tempered : FIERY
33
Enter : PENETRATE
36
Kennedy, in 1948 : IDLEWILD
37
Dr. May : ROLLO
38
Like some bridges : TOLLFREE
43
Home deliverer, once : ICEMAN
44
Disintegrates slowly : ERODES
45
Author Yutang : LIN
47
"Brother, Can You Spare ___?" : ADIME
48
Kind of bill or bed : TWIN
49
Own : HAVE
50
Ukrainian city : LVOV
51
Greek letter : IOTA
52
Traffic slowers : RUTS
53
Shoe width : EEEE
54
Sign of a long run : SRO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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