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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, March 8, 1986

52-Across : Hilo music maker

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H W Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,269
Across
1
Some sunken goods : LAGAN
6
Certain chisels : BURRS
11
Ring move : JAB
14
Ferrous : IRONY
15
Malodorous : AREEK
16
Summer cooler : ADE
17
"Be fruitful, ___": Gen. 1:28 : ANDMULTIPLY
19
Commandment word : NOT
20
Propitious : ROSY
21
Common contraction : ITS
22
Receive : ACCEPT
24
Globe : ORB
26
Prevent coagulation : OXALATE
27
Trap : ENSNARE
31
Hypothermal : TEPID
32
Pkg.-store item : LIQ
33
Close-fitting clothes : CAPRIS
35
Halls for the Pops : ODEA
38
Sharp : ACUTE
40
CX : IIO
41
Sacred song : PSALM
42
Miserly : NEAR
43
Ecole group : CLASSE
45
Gabon's first president : MBA
46
Copland work : RODEO
48
Passes : ELAPSES
50
House or book follower : KEEPING
52
Hilo music maker : UKE
53
Fervid : ARDENT
54
Cry of distaste : FIE
56
Dingo's den : LAIR
60
Coconut dish, e.g. : PIE
61
U.S. watershed : GREATDIVIDE
64
Wood sorrel : OCA
65
Galahad's weapon : LANCE
66
Pat Sajak's milieu : VIDEO
67
Seoul's airline : KAL
68
Doyen : ELDER
69
Highway perils : ESSES
Down
1
Mythomaniac : LIAR
2
Florence's river : ARNO
3
Ea and Ra : GODS
4
S. Korean island : ANMYON
5
Gotham inst. : NYU
6
Mil. group : BATT
7
"Exodus" author : URIS
8
Ribbed fabric : REP
9
Takes five : RELAXES
10
Kennedy porter : SKYCAP
11
Hull-House founder : JANEADDAMS
12
Take as one's own : ADOPT
13
Davis or Midler : BETTE
18
Sky Scales : LIBRA
23
Awards for TV commercials : CLIOS
25
Watercourse : RACE
26
Vain : OTIOSE
27
Joie de vivre : ELAN
28
Kind : NICE
29
Fair shake : SQUAREDEAL
30
Coda : EPILOG
34
Inlet : RIA
36
Dresden's river : ELBE
37
Spanish landladies : AMAS
39
Figure of speech : TROPE
41
Acme : PEAK
43
Basic : CENTRAL
44
Pivoted : SLUED
47
Dell : DINGLE
49
Sacrum's locale : PELVIS
50
Java cotton : KAPOK
51
Brier : ERICA
54
Clock part : FACE
55
Via's cousin : ITER
57
Plays the paraclete : AIDS
58
Notion in Nantes : IDEE
59
Vintage cars : REOS
62
He may be tight : END
63
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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