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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1989

50-Down : Confuse

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,634
Across
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Flesh: Comb. form : SARC
5
Sprinters' places : MARKS
10
Ann Miller forte : TAP
13
Airplane's ___ strut : OLEO
14
Houston's The Summit, e.g. : ARENA
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___ Lucano, Italian town : MURO
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Beatty film : REDS
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Certain coats : REDINGOTES
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"___ Rides Again" : DESTRY
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Position : ATTITUDE
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Fine white clay : KAOLIN
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Urge on, in Ayr : ERT
25
Basque's supposed ancestor : IBERIAN
27
Instrument called dumb compass : PELORUS
31
Gal of song : SAL
32
Derisive look : SNEER
34
" ... they ___ sign": Luke 11:29 : SEEKA
35
U.S.A.F. height fndr. : ALTM
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Office stamp : DATER
39
Neb. neighbor : SDAK
40
Medicine from aloes : ALOIN
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Ed Norton's workplace : SEWER
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Cong. unit : HSE
45
Sympathize : CONDOLE
47
Renée of the silents and family : ADOREES
49
U.S. farm-power org. : REA
50
Tell or Cupid : ARCHER
51
Made readable for the blind : BRAILLED
55
Gridiron play : ENDRUN
58
Vigorous; lusty : REDBLOODED
60
Emerald Isle, to a Gael : EIRE
61
Las Vegas ratios : ODDS
62
Gozo neighbor : MALTA
63
Common conjunctions : ANDS
64
Sentence pts. : WDS
65
Close to, in poesy : ANEAR
66
Stout sizes, for short : LGES
Down
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Flight of mallards : SORD
2
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
3
Clem Kadiddlehopper's creator : REDSKELTON
4
Laurel or Hardy, e.g. : COSTAR
5
Home of the Terps : MARYLAND
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"Violets ___ blue" : ARE
7
Fortification : REDAN
8
Make cardigans : KNIT
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S.C. river : SANTEE
10
"Swan Lake" skirt : TUTU
11
Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
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Tableau vivant : POSE
15
Words to live by : MOTTOES
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TV's "The Golden ___" : GIRLS
20
French kings : ROIS
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" ... weed/That rots itself ___ on Lethe wharf": Shak. : INEASE
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Stern or Newton : ISAAC
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Verdi's "Un ___ in maschera" : BALLO
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Ante 1941, e.g. : PREWAR
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Subterfuge : REDHERRING
29
Czar's decree : UKASE
30
Japanese beverages : SAKES
33
Nice summer : ETE
36
Leaves' main veins : MIDRIBS
38
Savin : REDCEDAR
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"Free Show Tonight ... " author : NOELL
43
"The Seasons of Life" author : ROHN
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Bolivian town meaning "the hill" : LALOMA
48
Give out cards again : REDEAL
50
Confuse : ADDLE
51
Oft mopped feature : BROW
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Comedian Foxx : REDD
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Supplements : ADDS
54
Of the dawn : EOAN
56
Shaped like a key handle, in heraldry : URDE
57
"Untouchable" hero : NESS
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Zeta's follower : ETA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 11 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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