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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, May 19, 1990

11-Down : Silents vamp

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,802
Across
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Eve's offering : APPLE
6
Kind of rally : PEP
9
Winsor's "Forever ___" : AMBER
14
Part of HRH : ROYAL
15
Eur. republic : IRE
16
Cowboy's lasso : RIATA
17
Thiers thanks : MERCI
18
Big Easy festival : MARDIGRAS
20
Brainchildren : IDEAS
22
Tautologize, in a way : REHASH
23
Felt poorly : AILED
25
For fear that : LEST
26
Punch's mate : JUDY
27
Egged on : URGED
30
Ariz. city : YUMA
34
Suffix or fish : IDE
35
Thalassic locale : OCEAN
36
Folk dances in Bucharest : HORAS
37
Wyo.'s ___ Festival : GRANDTETONMUSIC
40
Frozen : GELID
41
Author Lessing : DORIS
42
Japanese salad herb : UDO
43
Wd. with solar or school : SYST
44
Takes on : HIRES
45
Overripe fruit problem : BLET
46
Life of the party : RIOT
48
Indo-Iranian, formerly : ARYAN
50
White elephant, e.g. : ALBINO
53
Sub locator : SONAR
55
Famous hippie-festival site : WOODSTOCK
57
Cove : INLET
61
Concur : AGREE
62
Motorists' org. : AAA
63
Left Bank sight : SEINE
64
Bread ingredient : YEAST
65
Essay : TRY
66
Colo. festival : ASPEN
Down
1
Law's long member : ARM
2
"Israfel" writer : POE
3
Unit of light intensity : PYR
4
In an intertwining way : LACILY
5
Omit : ELIDE
6
Cotton type : PIMA
7
Mayan and Mundane : ERAS
8
Part of r.p.m. : PER
9
First zodiacal sign : ARIES
10
"___ not know she would ... ": Shak. : MIGHTYOU
11
Silents vamp : BARA
12
An anagram for seat : ETAS
13
Headstrong : RASH
19
Stowe book : DRED
21
Inference : EDUCT
23
"Honeymooner" Alice : AUDREY
24
Paragons : IDEALS
25
Bürger ballad : LENORE
26
George McManus's comical hubby : JIGGS
28
Cut and splice again : REEDIT
29
Jacksonville's ___ Bowl : GATOR
31
Martyred British princess : URSULA
32
Race horse that has never won : MAIDEN
33
Tie for a groom : ASCOT
35
Anomalous : ODD
36
"___ Pinafore" : HMS
38
Certain chemical compounds : NITRIDES
39
Jewish month : NISAN
44
Gibson of old westerns : HOOT
45
H.S.T.'s Secy. of State: 1945 : BYRNES
47
Map feature : INSET
49
Gorbachev's wife : RAISA
50
Term on a links green : AWAY
51
Theater section : LOGE
52
Fierce Adriatic wind : BORA
53
Hilum : SCAR
54
Approve : OKAY
56
Avena sativa item : OAT
58
Embouchure : LIP
59
Lodz-to-Warsaw dir. : ENE
60
Metric multiple : TEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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