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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, November 18, 1989

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.2
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,620
Across
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Thackeray's Becky : SHARP
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Boy in a 1969 song : SUE
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"Howdy ___ Show" of old TV : DOODY
14
Treadle : PEDAL
15
Polo Grounds hero : OTT
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Plants of the mallow family : OKRAS
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This might be a garden : ARENA
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Light-switch cover : FACEPLATE
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Saddle strap : GIRTH
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Term in horseshoes : LEANER
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Sweden, to a Parisian : SUEDE
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The 4077th, for short : MASH
26
Hr. divisions : MINS
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Product pusher : ADMAN
30
Items in Cio-Cio-San's wardrobe : OBIS
34
"Manila thriller" winner: 1975 : ALI
35
Hard worker : PLIER
36
One-celled organism : AMEBA
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Western cap. : SACRAMENTOCALIF
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S-shaped moldings : OGEES
41
Playground feature : SLIDE
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___ Bay, Japan : ISE
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Germany's Hildegarde : NEFF
44
Former president of Italy : LEONE
45
Brocket, e.g. : DEER
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Agora need : OBOL
48
Comoid item : TRESS
50
___ acid (perfume ingredient) : CAPRIC
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A felony : ARSON
55
Northwestern cap. : OLYMPIAWA
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Convex molding : OVOLO
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Porter song : PAREE
62
Joplin creation : RAG
63
Separate : SEVER
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Flynn prop : SWORD
65
Ogle : EYE
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N.Y.S.E. transaction : TRADE
Down
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Menton is one : SPA
2
"___ Alibi," 1989 film : HER
3
Sunny ___, Nigerian pop star : ADE
4
Teton and Uinta : RANGES
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Tartan : PLAID
6
Kind of soap : SOFT
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Moab's state : UTAH
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"Love, ___," Bel Kaufman novel : ETC
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Nerds : DOPES
10
Hit musical of 1943 : OKLAHOMA
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Locale of Camus's "The Plague" : ORAN
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Blind follower : DATE
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Belgian river : YSER
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Joie de vivre : ELAN
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Domain : REALM
23
Fodder that is being preserved : SILAGE
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Intl. org. for young ones : UNICEF
25
Small swallow : MARTIN
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The man with the hod : MASON
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Kind of fuel : DIESEL
29
Edison's ___ Park : MENLO
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Disguises : BELIES
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Sacred Egyptian birds : IBISES
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Newsman Morley : SAFER
35
___ seul : PAS
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Trick taker : ACE
38
Huss or Riis : REFORMER
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"Clash by Night" playwright : ODETS
44
Positions : LOCI
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"Back Home Again" composer : DENVER
47
Homo sapiens, e.g. : BIPED
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Hen's house : ROOST
50
Catchers of crooks : COPS
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What there ought to be : ALAW
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Beginner for technics : PYRO
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Golf term : AWAY
54
Spread unchecked : RAGE
56
Land measure : ARE
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Gametes : OVA
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Emulated Toscanini : LED
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Salem is its cap. : ORE

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

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