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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Wednesday, December 24, 1980

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, 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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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,369
Across
1
Colonnade : STOA
5
Cap for a dervish : TAJ
8
Oriental marketplace : BAZAAR
14
Tarragon, e.g. : HERB
15
Lithium source : ORE
16
Iago's wife : EMILIA
17
Bleach out : ETIOLATE
19
"Flow ___, sweet Afton": Burns : GENTLY
20
Had words : ARGUED
21
Antler part : PRONG
23
Broadway singing star John : RAITT
24
Brisket, e.g. : MEAT
25
One of the Aleutians : ADAK
29
Substance of genetic importance : DNA
30
Farm sight : BARN
31
"Spirit of St. Louis," e.g. : PLANE
32
Landing spots : QUAYS
34
Oakland athlete : RAIDER
35
Harry Warren-Al Dubin 1935 hit : LULUSBACKINTOWN
39
Nervous : UNEASY
40
Metal fastener : RIVET
41
Singer Kay : STARR
42
Soccer great : PELE
43
Youth : LAD
46
Cause for legal action : TORT
47
City on the Oka : OREL
48
"You'll ___ Know," Warren-Gordon 1943 hit : NEVER
50
Prohibit : ESTOP
52
Belvedere : GAZEBO
53
Echo : PARROT
56
Baltic country, formerly : ESTHONIA
58
Bandage : SWATHE
59
Chafe : RUB
60
Phooey! : NUTS
61
Enclosed : INDOOR
62
Gielgud's title : SIR
63
Exploit : GEST
Down
1
Do a fleecing job : SHEAR
2
Group of four : TETRAD
3
Source : ORIGIN
4
Warren-Dubin 1935 hit, "___ Nine" : ABOUTAQUARTERTO
5
Amphibian : TOAD
6
Composing, for one : ART
7
Warren-Mercer 1938 hit : JEEPERSCREEPERS
8
Sired : BEGOT
9
Hymn ending : AMEN
10
Warren-Robin 1952 hit : ZINGALITTLEZONG
11
High, in music : ALT
12
Distress : AIL
13
Bandleader Bloch : RAY
18
Service call : LET
22
Went on the ballot : RAN
24
Yucatán native : MAYA
26
Pedestal part : DADO
27
Over : ANEW
28
Jerome of songdom : KERN
30
Coddle : BABY
31
Star facet : PANE
33
U.N. member : USSR
34
Cleave : RIVE
35
Inordinate desire : LUST
36
"Render therefore ___ ... " : UNTO
37
"Book of Nonsense" author : LEAR
38
Veto : KILL
42
Favoring : PRO
44
Lexington or Madison : AVENUE
45
Charges : DEBITS
47
Fish-eating mammal : OTTER
48
Slangy turndown : NAH
49
TV "tribute," à la Martin : ROAST
51
London area : SOHO
52
Europe's largest island: Abbr. : GTBR
53
Greek letter : PSI
54
Cereal bristle : AWN
55
TV's precursor : RAD
57
___ generis (unique) : SUI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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