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Tap Osborn
Tap Osborn

New York Times, Saturday, February 7, 1981

Author:
Tap Osborn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 97.3
Tap Osborn has 111 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,414
Across
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Chicken farmers, e.g. : BREEDERS
9
Kilimanjaro topper : ICECAP
15
Short lyrical poem : RONDELET
16
Baritone role in Verdi's "I Lombardi" : PAGANO
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Gotham highway : EASTSIDE
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Beautifies : ADORNS
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"Without further ___" : ADO
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Circumference : COMPASS
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Use a shuttle : TAT
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Dress-shirt item : STUD
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Cassettes : TAPES
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"I ___ to bury Caesar ... " : COME
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Decorated metals : TOLES
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Opp. of pos. : NEG
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Smith : SHOER
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Handle clumsily : PAW
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Exempt : DISPENSE
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Cozzens best seller: 1957 : BYLOVEPOSSESSED
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Checked one's mount : REINEDIN
40
Ho Chi Minh City festival : TET
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Fossil resin : AMBER
42
Diminutive endings : ETS
44
Storehouse : DEPOT
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Interviews : SEES
49
Had flu symptoms : ACHED
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Calhoun of movies or boxing : RORY
52
Univ. figure : SNR
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Look upon with disdain : SNEERAT
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Kind of dancer : TAP
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Opening or gap : HIATUS
58
Produce : GENERATE
60
Garb : ATTIRE
61
Echidna or pangolin : ANTEATER
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Oscillate unsteadily : TEETER
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Legumes : SEEDPODS
Down
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"Seat of consciousness" : BREAST
2
"___ Singapore," 1940 film : ROADTO
3
Imbue with high-mindedness : ENSOUL
4
N.Y. summer time : EDT
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Offspring: Abbr. : DESC
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"Adam Bede" author : ELIOT
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Writer whose pen name was Jeremy Lord : REDMAN
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Drove faster : STEPPEDONTHEGAS
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Bridge player's unhappy declaration : IPASS
10
Scurrilous fellows : CADS
11
Relative of the id : EGO
12
Tad products : CARTOONS
13
Dominant group in Vietnam : ANNAMESE
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Put bills on walls : POSTERED
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Sponsorship : AEGIS
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Testifies in court : DEPONES
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First name of 21st U.S. President : CHESTER
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Thrifty one : SAVER
30
Unser's "thing" : SPEED
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United : WED
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Kennedy transient : SST
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V.I.P. : BRASSHAT
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Aden native : YEMENITE
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Set free : LIBERATE
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Chess man : PIECE
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Unruffled : SERENE
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Maine product : POTATO
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Emulated Pitt : ORATED
47
Office workers : TYPERS
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Goose genus : ANSER
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"La Vita Nuova" author : DANTE
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Certain : SURE
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___ off (angry) : TEED
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Coalmouse : TIT
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Strike smartly : RAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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