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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Friday, April 24, 1987

13-Down : Famed English biologist: 1892-1964

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,681
Across
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State trees of Nev. and N.M. : PINONS
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Contrary Mary's lasses : MAIDS
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"Journey over all the universe ___": Don Quixote : INAMAP
13
State tree of Wash. or Pa. : HEMLOCK
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Largest living bird : OSTRICH
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Fast: Mus. : ALLEGRO
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Latin I verb : AMO
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"General good is ___ of the scoundrel": Blake : THEPLEA
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Court : WOO
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Sardine containers : TINS
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Word with last or name : TRADE
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Kind of song : FOLK
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Upright : ERECT
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Top of a scale : ELA
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Stringed instruments : VIOLS
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Okla. state tree : REDBUD
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Forward : ONWARDS
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Robbers : REAVERS
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Graciela of the theater : DANIELE
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Rousseau and Matisse : HENRIS
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State tree of Tex. : PECAN
44
Lacrimate : CRY
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"___ evil ... " : SEENO
47
Asian evergreen : UPAS
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Vein quests : LODES
50
Aleutian island : ATTU
51
Sea eagle : ERN
52
Ga. state tree : LIVEOAK
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___ gestae : RES
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Minn. state tree : REDPINE
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Glacier's load : MORAINE
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Cat and Canary : ISLANDS
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Souls : ANIMAS
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Biological partitions : SEPTA
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Snuggle down : NESTLE
Down
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Ant : PISMIRE
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Chanted : INTONED
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V.P. under G.R.F. : NAR
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One way to sin : OMIT
5
Nuremberg night : NACHT
6
Area of influence : SPHERE
7
Free-for-all : MELEE
8
East Indian tree : AMLA
9
___ de France : ILE
10
State tree of Mo. and Va. : DOGWOOD
11
Dead Sea artifacts : SCROLLS
13
Famed English biologist: 1892-1964 : HALDANE
14
Crazies : KOOKS
15
Horse opera : OATER
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State tree of Ariz. : PALOVERDE
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Bac. degree : SCB
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State tree of Ore. : FIR
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Italian automotive center : TURIN
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Potiches : VASES
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Actress Frances : DEE
32
San Simeon monogram : WRH
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Recesses : ALCOVES
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Sadden : DEPRESS
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"Must I hold ___ to my shames?": Shak. : ACANDLE
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Initials at Pensacola : NAS
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Teachers' org. : NEA
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Appeals-court event : RETRIAL
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Extreme : INTENSE
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Drench : SOUSE
43
Roman boys : PUERI
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U.S.N. clerk : YEOMAN
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Ronstadt of songdom : LINDA
49
Lyon's river : SAONE
52
Nemesis of blue serge : LINT
53
Wavy bladed dagger : KRIS
56
Tot's food : PAP
58
Pt. or qt. : AMT

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

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