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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1989

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 43.6
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,634
Across
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Flesh: Comb. form : SARC
5
Sprinters' places : MARKS
10
Ann Miller forte : TAP
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Airplane's ___ strut : OLEO
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Houston's The Summit, e.g. : ARENA
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___ Lucano, Italian town : MURO
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Beatty film : REDS
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Certain coats : REDINGOTES
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"___ Rides Again" : DESTRY
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Position : ATTITUDE
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Fine white clay : KAOLIN
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Urge on, in Ayr : ERT
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Basque's supposed ancestor : IBERIAN
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Instrument called dumb compass : PELORUS
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Gal of song : SAL
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Derisive look : SNEER
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" ... they ___ sign": Luke 11:29 : SEEKA
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U.S.A.F. height fndr. : ALTM
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Office stamp : DATER
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Neb. neighbor : SDAK
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Medicine from aloes : ALOIN
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Ed Norton's workplace : SEWER
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Cong. unit : HSE
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Sympathize : CONDOLE
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Renée of the silents and family : ADOREES
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U.S. farm-power org. : REA
50
Tell or Cupid : ARCHER
51
Made readable for the blind : BRAILLED
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Gridiron play : ENDRUN
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Vigorous; lusty : REDBLOODED
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Emerald Isle, to a Gael : EIRE
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Las Vegas ratios : ODDS
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Gozo neighbor : MALTA
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Common conjunctions : ANDS
64
Sentence pts. : WDS
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Close to, in poesy : ANEAR
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Stout sizes, for short : LGES
Down
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Flight of mallards : SORD
2
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
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Clem Kadiddlehopper's creator : REDSKELTON
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Laurel or Hardy, e.g. : COSTAR
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Home of the Terps : MARYLAND
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"Violets ___ blue" : ARE
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Fortification : REDAN
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Make cardigans : KNIT
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S.C. river : SANTEE
10
"Swan Lake" skirt : TUTU
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Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
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Tableau vivant : POSE
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Words to live by : MOTTOES
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TV's "The Golden ___" : GIRLS
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French kings : ROIS
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" ... weed/That rots itself ___ on Lethe wharf": Shak. : INEASE
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Stern or Newton : ISAAC
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Verdi's "Un ___ in maschera" : BALLO
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Ante 1941, e.g. : PREWAR
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Subterfuge : REDHERRING
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Czar's decree : UKASE
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Japanese beverages : SAKES
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Nice summer : ETE
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Leaves' main veins : MIDRIBS
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Savin : REDCEDAR
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"Free Show Tonight ... " author : NOELL
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"The Seasons of Life" author : ROHN
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Bolivian town meaning "the hill" : LALOMA
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Give out cards again : REDEAL
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Confuse : ADDLE
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Oft mopped feature : BROW
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Comedian Foxx : REDD
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Supplements : ADDS
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Of the dawn : EOAN
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Shaped like a key handle, in heraldry : URDE
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"Untouchable" hero : NESS
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Zeta's follower : ETA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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