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Patterson Pepple
New York Times, Saturday, August 19, 1989
Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.8
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 H | 3 E | 4 T | 5 A | 6 R | 7 M | 8 S | 9 R | 10 E | 11 S | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 A | U | R | A | 15 T | E | R | I | 16 E | X | P | E | L |
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17 T | R | A | V | 18 E | L | L | E | R | 19 S | T | A | T | E |
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20 O | S | S | E | T | E | 21 D | E | 22 M | U | R | R | E | D |
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23 S | T | E | R | N | 24 S | A | M | E | K | |||||
25 N | A | 26 P | 27 E | 28 S | 29 R | E | M | P | 30 E | 31 L |
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32 D | 33 A | 34 B | S | 35 E | X | I | 36 L | E | 37 E | L | L | E |
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38 E | L | L | 39 G | A | L | E | N | 40 U | S | A |
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41 E | G | A | 42 D | 43 A | M | O | N | G | 44 A | G | E | D |
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45 R | A | C | E | 46 R | S | 47 S | T | O | 48 O | D | ||||
49 K | N | O | U | 50 T | 51 M | A | 52 C | 53 A | 54 W |
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55 E | 56 M | B | O | S | S | E | 57 S | 58 T | A | M | A | L | E |
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59 P | I | E | T | A | 60 R | O | 61 S | I | N | A | N | T | E |
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62 M | I | S | E | R | 63 M | O | P | E | 64 N | D | A | K |
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65 S | I | S | S | Y | 66 S | T | A | R | 67 T | O | R | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,529
Across
1
Guitarist Atkins : CHET
5
Start of a G.B.S. title : ARMS
9
Caesuras : RESTS
14
Nimbus : AURA
15
Actress Copley : TERI
16
Oust from school : EXPEL
17
Marse Robert's mount : TRAVELLER
19
Assam or Oaxaca : STATE
20
Central Caucasian : OSSETE
21
Objected : DEMURRED
23
Famed violinist : STERN
24
Hebrew letter : SAMEK
25
Nuques : NAPES
29
"Unionists Divided ... " author : REMPEL
32
Smidgens : DABS
35
Pearl Buck's "The ___" : EXILE
37
She, in Paree : ELLE
38
Building wing : ELL
39
Early Greek physician : GALEN
40
Amer. or part of it : USA
41
Euphemistic exclamation : EGAD
43
Surrounded by : AMONG
44
Processed wine or cheese : AGED
45
Daytona Beach competitors : RACERS
47
"The boy ___ on the burning deck" : STOOD
49
Russian whip : KNOUT
51
Polly, perhaps? : MACAW
55
Ornaments, in a way : EMBOSSES
58
Mexican morsel : TAMALE
59
Michelangelo masterpiece : PIETA
60
Quixote's bony nag : ROSINANTE
62
Scrooge or Marner : MISER
63
Brood : MOPE
64
Its cap. is Bismarck : NDAK
65
Actress Spacek : SISSY
66
Derby winner Dark ___: 1953 : STAR
67
Crags : TORS
Down
1
Elder and Younger Roman statesmen : CATOS
2
"Back Street" author : HURST
3
Expunge : ERASE
4
Mermaid and Mitre : TAVERNS
5
Tamarisk : ATLE
6
C.S.A. general : REL
7
TV's talking horse : MRED
8
Foals' fathers : SIRES
9
Job seeker's mailer : RESUME
10
Drastic : EXTREME
11
Barney Google's hoss : SPARKPLUG
12
Nice noggin : TETE
13
Double-ripper : SLED
18
Sicilian "time bomb" : ETNA
22
Napoleon's cheval blanc : MARENGO
26
Mythology's winged horse : PEGASUS
27
Passing obstacle : EXAM
28
Missile sites : SILOS
30
Otherwise : ELSE
31
Prized role : LEAD
32
Whitetail, axis, etc. : DEER
33
Seaweed : ALGA
34
Dick Turpin's fleet mare : BLACKBESS
36
Pre-Easter period : LENT
42
Signifies : DENOTES
44
Inflexible : ADAMANT
46
Set of prayer beads : ROSARY
48
Strait of Hormuz sultanate : OMAN
50
Contract conditions : TERMS
52
Seabee's motto : CANDO
53
Church cynosure : ALTAR
54
Calendar units : WEEKS
55
Timed detonations: Abbr. : EPMS
56
Cicero's 1003 : MIII
57
Fuliginous substance : SOOT
58
Rank of seats : TIER
61
Watering place : SPA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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