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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Thursday, November 14, 1991

48-Down : Approached

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { C J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,346
Across
1
Fine fiddle : AMATI
6
With 68 Across, pedal digit : BIG
9
Lamb's comment : MAA
12
Restored structure : REHAB
13
Neap or ebb : TIDE
14
Dallas nickname : BIGD
15
Taos house : ADOBE
16
Alaska's first elected governor : EGAN
17
Anent : INRE
18
Orwell's villain : BIGBROTHER
20
Objective : GOAL
21
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
22
Dido's nickname : ELISSA
24
Protozoans : AMEBAE
28
Tricks : RUSES
30
Actress Singer of "Footloose" : LORI
31
Vases : URNS
33
San Antonio shrine : ALAMO
37
Lions and tigers, e.g. : BIGGAME
39
Bovary et al. : MADAMES
41
Plods : SLOGS
42
"L'___ c'est moi" : ETAT
44
Actress Naldi : NITA
45
Flooded : AWASH
47
Make beloved : ENDEAR
49
Type of polecat : FERRET
52
Roof projection : EAVE
54
Freni's forte : ARIA
55
Diamond majors : BIGLEAGUES
61
Ladder part : RUNG
62
Dutch cheese : EDAM
63
Response : REPLY
64
Follower of Caesar's "ego" : IPSE
65
Ramachandra's wife : SITA
66
Like Carroll's oysters : EATEN
67
Reckless Olympian : ATE
68
See 6 Across : TOE
69
Herded cattle : DROVE
Down
1
Yemini or Omani : ARAB
2
Middle: Comb. form : MEDI
3
"___, a headless bear ... ": Shak. : AHOG
4
U.S. priest-poet: 1845-1909 : TABB
5
Michener best seller: 1968 : IBERIA
6
Wild sheep : BIGHORN
7
Zoological suffix : IDAE
8
Categories : GENRES
9
Son of Zeus and Europa : MINOS
10
Indian city and ex-province : AGRAS
11
Writer St. Johns : ADELA
13
Head of France : TETE
14
Hawaii's nickname : BIGISLAND
19
Concert hall : ODEUM
23
Bridge move : LEAD
24
Cousins of amices : ALBS
25
Slave : MOIL
26
Therefore : ERGO
27
Tom Bodett's "Clear Shot" structure : BIGGARAGE
29
West Point inst. : USMA
32
Arikaras : REES
34
Pierre's ladylove : AMIE
35
Beginner for physics : META
36
Glacial ridges : OSAR
38
" ... ___ forgive those ... " : ASWE
40
"The stag ___ ... ": Scott : ATEVE
43
Gide's "Strait Is ___" : THEGATE
46
Optimally : ATBEST
48
Approached : NEARED
49
Abbé in "The Count of Monte Cristo" : FARIA
50
Break out : ERUPT
51
Laundromat event : RINSE
53
Painter ___-Tadema : ALMA
56
Personal: Comb. form : IDIO
57
Equipment : GEAR
58
___ no good : UPTO
59
Hgt. : ELEV
60
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 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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