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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Friday, September 1, 1989

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.0
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,542
Across
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Stroke of luck : FLUKE
6
Rotters : CADS
10
King toppers : ACES
14
Swift : RAPID
15
"___ Journey to Antarctica": Pyne : ICEA
16
Speck of dust : MOTE
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With sarcasm : IRONICALLY
19
Comedian King : ALAN
20
"Ruffles ___," by 43 Across : ANDFLOURISHES
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Soap component : LYE
23
Chemical suffix : ANE
24
Like George Apley : LATE
27
Bizarre English singer : BOYGEORGE
33
Pocatello campus : ISU
34
But, in Bonn : ABER
36
Tex. longhorns : STEERS
37
First Lady who employed 43 Across as press secretary : LADYBIRDJOHNSON
40
"Not ___ stirring": Shak. : AMOUSE
41
Author Raphael Gibbs, to his friends : RAFE
42
"___ Got a Crush on You" : IVE
43
Author Liz from Austin : CARPENTER
45
Five breakers : ONES
46
Compass point : NNE
47
Methuselah, to Enoch : SON
49
Liz's "___ All the Time" : GETTINGBETTER
56
Traditional knowledge : LORE
57
Sacco and Vanzetti : ANARCHISTS
59
Breakfast cereal : BRAN
60
Typesetting machine, for short : LINO
61
Irish patriot : EMMET
62
Witticism : JEST
63
J.F.K. speedsters : SSTS
64
Poet Lizette : REESE
Down
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Part of a wk. : FRI
2
Actor Teeter : LARA
3
Follower of here or there : UPON
4
Ignite : KINDLE
5
Enlighten : EDIFY
6
Ta-ta, in Turino : CIAO
7
Civil-rights org. : ACLU
8
___ Beach, north of Boca Raton : DELRAY
9
"___ Poor Richard": Franklin : SAYINGSOF
10
Oriental nurse : AMAH
11
Nat or Natalie : COLE
12
An anagram for seat : ETAS
13
Cambodian coin : SEN
18
Little one: Suffix : CLE
21
See red : SEETHE
24
Pale purple : LILAC
25
Honshu volcano : ASAMA
26
Architectural style : TUDOR
27
Ger. metropolis : BER
28
Order, in Orléans : ORDRE
29
Wine: Comb. form : OEN
30
Varnish ingredient : RESIN
31
Orchard : GROVE
32
Feudal slaves : ESNES
34
Part of AWOL : ABSENT
35
Plants that last two years : BIENNIALS
38
Slangy assent : YUP
39
Where the cookie crumbles : JAR
44
Steffi Graf's game : TENNIS
45
Prompt : ONTIME
47
Like Chablis : SEC
48
Harrington's "The ___ America" : OTHER
49
Author Vidal : GORE
50
Historic periods : ERAS
51
Scenite's home : TENT
52
"Look Homeward, Angel" hero : GANT
53
Mills, Smiths or Wrights: Abbr. : BROS
54
Salinger girl : ESME
55
Hwys : RTES
56
V.P. aided by 43 Across : LBJ
58
Sault ___ Marie : STE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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