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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, January 6, 1990

33-Across : Tied securely

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,669
Across
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Guthrie's restaurateur : ALICE
6
Worn away : EROSE
11
Pep-rally word : RAH
14
"___ Attraction," 1987 movie : FATAL
15
Belief : TENET
16
Abilene-to-Fort Worth dir. : ENE
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Colorful Boston matriarch : ROSEKENNEDY
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Genetic initials : DNA
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Namesakes of explorer Johnson : OSAS
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Squealer : RAT
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Funnybone tickler : AMUSER
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Yvette's boyfriend : AMI
26
Filled the larder : STOCKED
27
Hug : EMBRACE
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Noted German pathologist: 1809-85 : HENLE
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Female ruff : REE
33
Tied securely : LASHED
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College in Mich. : ALMA
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Tin or copper : METAL
40
Yellow or Checker follower : CAB
41
Stage direction : ENTER
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Envelope abbr. : ATTN
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Milk: Comb. form : GALACT
45
Bit for Fido : ORT
46
Writer of "White Shadows" : YODER
48
Boot : TRAINEE
50
Inn name, too often : DEWDROP
52
Nav. vessel designation : USS
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Assume control again : REHEAD
54
Doctrine : ISM
56
Entertainer Lane : ABBE
60
The Greatest : ALI
61
Colorful singer : PEARLBAILEY
64
N.Y. opera house : MET
65
Locke opus : ESSAY
66
Fermata : PAUSE
67
"Violets ___ blue" : ARE
68
"___ Daughter," 1970 film : RYANS
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Bobby Fischer's game : CHESS
Down
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A hairdo : AFRO
2
Thai neighbor : LAOS
3
"___ Long Way to Tipperary" : ITSA
4
Lyricist for Gershwin's "Swanee" : CAESAR
5
He has a Grand Exalted Ruler : ELK
6
Sicilian firebox : ETNA
7
Lease : RENT
8
A follower : ONE
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Anesthetized : SEDATED
10
Base word : ETYMON
11
Colorful comedian : REDSKELTON
12
"Bonne ___!" : ANNEE
13
Got the word : HEARD
18
Heath : ERICA
23
Bruin of the Pac Ten : UCLAN
25
Shopping center : MALL
26
Jewish month : SHEBAT
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Writer Calderon : ERMA
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Miler's milieu : MEET
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Colorful Golden Girl : BETTYWHITE
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Steep slope : ESCARP
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Bandleader Kemp : HAL
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Pure and simple : MERE
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Prado offering : ARTE
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Battery terminal : ANODE
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An anagram for seat : ETAS
43
Science of earth measurement : GEODESY
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Toaster ort : CRUMB
47
Fabric merchant : DRAPER
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O.T. book : ISAIAH
50
Pinter product : DRAMA
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He might say: "That's a moray!" : EELER
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An OPEC land : IRAN
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Stallone and Stone : SLYS
57
Colorful comedian Ben : BLUE
58
Catfish Row gal : BESS
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Poet's "windows of the soul" : EYES
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"End ___ Man": Willingham : ASA
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Common headache med. : APC

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

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