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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Friday, July 12, 1985

10-Down : Chief: Prefix

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,030
Across
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Jewish month : ADAR
5
With 30 Down, Sixth Sister : BRYN
9
Sirens of the silents : VAMPS
14
Juan's baby sister : NENA
15
Long, long time : AEON
16
Russian co-op : ARTEL
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A light portmanteau : GLADSTONE
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Shy, in Stuttgart : SCHEU
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Female felines : SHECATS
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"All ___ that's going ... !" : ASHORE
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Comic-strip toiler : TILLIE
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Knightly quest : GRAIL
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Otiose : IDLE
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Ending for cash or bombard : IER
27
___ Kippur : YOM
30
Seat of Presidio County, Texas : MARFA
33
Zola heroine : NANA
35
Fugue ending : CODA
36
Hebrew letters : ALEFS
37
A first name in dogdom : RIN
38
Contest game in Las Vegas : POKER
39
Car-wash finale : WIPE
40
Hearth warmer : FIRE
41
Sluggish : INERT
42
Astaire-Rogers destination: 1933 : RIO
43
Son of a Scot : MAC
44
Distaff deer : DOES
46
Third Sister : SMITH
48
Magician's word : PRESTO
52
Second-hand deal : RESALE
54
Seventh Sister : BARNARD
55
Mountain crest : ARETE
56
Fourth Sister : WELLESLEY
58
Scrooge, for one : MISER
59
Jai ___ : ALAI
60
Of grapes : UVAL
61
Tender around Tampico : PESOS
62
Gam or Moreno : RITA
63
Tennis sessions : SETS
Down
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Feeling of doom and gloom : ANGST
2
Jumna River city : DELHI
3
Father of Ahikar : ANAEL
4
Fifth Sister : RADCLIFFE
5
Oxford student's expense account : BATTEL
6
Olds's namesakes : REOS
7
Hither's partner : YON
8
Ship's dir. : NNE
9
Second Sister : VASSAR
10
Chief: Prefix : ARCHI
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First Sister : MTHOLYOKE
12
Jury type : PEER
13
Swing around : SLUE
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"That's as well ___ if I had ... ": Swift : SAIDAS
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Region : AREA
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Snared : GINNED
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Make wealthy : ENRICH
28
European boundary river : ODER
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Agora : MART
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See 5 Across : MAWR
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Part of et al. : ALII
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Take back property : REPOSSESS
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Melody : AIR
35
General agreement : CONSENSUS
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Coyote State capital : PIERRE
40
Lot : FATE
43
Ovett and Coe : MILERS
45
Roman harvest festival : OPALIA
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San ___, city near San Francisco : MATEO
49
Healing substance : SALVE
50
Host's offering : TREAT
51
Alleged natural forces : ODYLS
52
Interchange feature : RAMP
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One of five great ones : ERIE
54
Talk harshly : BLAT
56
Ares' forte : WAR
57
Actor Wallach : ELI

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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