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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Friday, October 25, 1991

20-Down : Where the Mississippi rises

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,326
Across
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" ... ensnare as great ___ Cassio": Iago : AFLYAS
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Kind of watch : MIDDLE
13
Fleming's "Casino ___" : ROYALE
14
The Wabash flows here : INDIANA
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Where the Flint flows : GEORGIA
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Root-and-branch man : RADICAL
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Stoolie : RAT
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R. Taylor's "Camille" role : ARMAND
21
Ref.'s cousin : UMP
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"___ the One," Presley hit : IWAS
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Links boo-boo : SLICE
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Kind of jerk : KNEE
26
Barbary ape : MAGOT
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Adj. for a noncom : ENL
29
Three squares : MEALS
30
Palpebra : EYELID
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Diehard's cry : NEVER
34
Draft org. : SSS
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Decorum : MODESTY
37
Gavel sound : RAP
40
Mary Cassatt's mentor : DEGAS
41
Elizabeth II's began in '52 : REGIME
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"Experience keeps ___ school": Franklin : ADEAR
46
High hill : TOR
48
Mature : RIPEN
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At the expected time : DULY
50
Destiny, to Nero : FATUM
52
Bride of Tobias : SARA
53
Psychological org. : APA
54
Beach shelter : CABANA
55
"Oysters ___ season" : RIN
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Whence the Missouri emanates : MONTANA
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The Bighorn starts here : WYOMING
61
Sees it through : ENDURES
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Overseas : ABROAD
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Ugandan pest : TSETSE
64
Has a craving : YEARNS
Down
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Passageways between buildings : AREAWAYS
2
Movie scenes : FOOTAGES
3
Wds. to a song : LYR
4
Garnet used in laser tech. : YAG
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A k a : ALIAS
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"The Big Fat Cat Book" author : SEARLE
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Biblical phenomena : MIRACLES
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Ridiculous : INANE
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Lineup on a bad report card : DDDD
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Cato's 502 : DII
11
Empty space : LACUNA
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Cloisonné feature : ENAMEL
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Pierre's peaks : ALPES
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Britten's "Peter ___" : GRIMES
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Where the Mississippi rises : MINNESOTA
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Helios, to Hadrian : SOL
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He wrote "The Dark Ages": 1904 : KER
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Child's gadget : TIMER
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He coined "mental hygiene" : MEYER
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Brussels griffon, e.g. : DOG
33
TV accessory : VTR
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Collection of statistics : DATABASE
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Situated on a river bank : RIPARIAN
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Objiwas, e.g. : AMERINDS
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Part of Malaysia : PENANG
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D or V : DAY
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Joes of W.W. II : GIS
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"There is nothin' like ___" : ADAME
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Famous name in chemicals : DUPONT
45
Kin of klipboks : ELANDS
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Theater ramp : RUNWAY
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Temples of yore : FANES
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Gershwin song: 1926 : MAYBE
54
Dray : CART
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Calendar abbr. : TUE
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Mouths : ORA
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Forest humus : MOR

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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