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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Friday, January 26, 1990

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 24.4
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,689
Across
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Life-jacket stuffing : KAPOK
6
Respond to an S O S : HELP
10
How wild ones run : AMOK
14
Solo : ALONE
15
Kind of code : AREA
16
Tidal wave : BORE
17
Prepares potatoes, in a way : RICES
18
Religious lore : HIEROLOGY
20
Jaunty : RAKISH
22
G. O'Hara's pop song: 1918 : KKKKATY
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Milton's serpent monster : ELLOPS
25
Down a comestible : EAT
26
Naïve : ARTLESS
28
Tried for lofty goals : ASPIRED
32
Where to borrow bks. : LIB
33
Manila measures : REAMS
35
Eight-ball material : IVORY
36
Conductor Buketoff : IGOR
38
Hungarian "cubist" : RUBIK
40
French magazine : ELLE
41
Angry fan : BOOER
43
Long-eared S.A. rodents : MARAS
45
Celtic Neptune : LER
46
Annoying : IRKSOME
48
Tyrannize : OPPRESS
50
Piper's due : PAY
51
Like some bills : UNPAID
52
Coincide in part : OVERLAP
55
Mail suits : ARMORS
58
Typical Tyson triumphs : KNOCKOUTS
60
Carroll's "slithy ___" : TOVES
61
Moola : GELT
62
Deer: Ger. : REHE
63
"While memory holds ___ ... ": Shak. : ASEAT
64
Bikini tops : BRAS
65
Limned : DREW
66
Kin of wimps : NERDS
Down
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Bassist Gary ___ : KARR
2
Suffix for margin or Saturn : ALIA
3
Soft-cover volume : POCKETBOOK
4
Oona or Tip : ONEILL
5
"Big Red Bus" author : KESSLER
6
Gotcha! : HAH
7
Actors Estrada and Rhodes : ERIKS
8
Amaryllis family member : LEEK
9
Inventor of celluloid : PARKES
10
___ absolute (construction oft used by Caesar) : ABLATIVE
11
Debatable : MOOT
12
Bacchic party : ORGY
13
Lock's buddy : KEY
19
Giraffe's cousin : OKAPI
21
Fire extinguisher : HOSER
24
Psalm, to a prêtre : PSAUME
26
Ironclad defense, usually : ALIBI
27
Harshness : RIGOR
28
" ... arms/Are strong ___ bands": Longfellow : ASIRON
29
Reinvested in C.D.'s, e.g. : ROLLEDOVER
30
Novelist Gardner et al. : ERLES
31
Cloth colorers : DYERS
34
President of Gabon: 1961-67 : MBA
37
Social payment : RESPECTS
39
Greek letter : KAPPA
42
"Masters Without Slaves" author : ROARK
44
Frugal : SPARTAN
47
Petruchio, to Kate : MYLORD
49
Having cracks and crevices : RIMOSE
51
Kaufman's "___ Down Staircase" : UPTHE
52
Lollapalooza : ONER
53
Palm or sole : VOLA
54
Violinist Leopold : AUER
56
Peruse : READ
57
J.F.K. speedsters : SSTS
58
U.S.S.R. security police : KGB
59
Stitch : SEW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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