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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, November 28, 1987

21-Down : Law: Abbr.

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 35.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,899
Across
1
Julian Huxley book : ANTS
5
Dunce : BOOB
9
Carried into a carrier : LADED
14
German flutist-composer: 1794-1881 : BOHM
15
Former lightweight champ : ERNE
16
Fashion designer Simpson : ADELE
17
As busy as ___ : ABEE
18
As snug as ___ : ABUGINARUG
20
Demand : BEHEST
22
Mojave feature : SAND
23
Stein work: 1941 : IDA
24
Assessor : LISTER
26
As thick as ___ : THIEVES
28
Mae West role : LIL
29
Tolkien horse : AROD
31
Two wives of Henry VIII : ANNES
32
Cay : ISLET
34
Valencia, e.g. : ORANGE
36
"___ boy!" : ITSA
37
Correct : AMEND
38
Emulate Rick Mears : RACE
42
Became edgy : TENSED
44
Up to this point : SOFAR
45
" ... ___ and hungry look": Shak. : ALEAN
47
Underground installation : SILO
49
Brandon Thomas lass : ELA
50
As straight as ___ : ANARROW
52
Bone or joint : TARSAL
54
Army V.I.P.'s : MGS
55
Vidal's Breckinridge : MYRA
57
Ploy : TACTIC
59
As old as ___ : METHUSELAH
62
Tar's greeting : AHOY
63
"___ Me," 1931 hit : ALLOF
64
Moroccan port : SALE
65
Corded fabrics : REPS
66
" ... thy tongue breeding ___ breathes": Shak. : SAYOF
67
Blessed binders : TIES
68
Ridge on a guitar's neck : FRET
Down
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Poetic scheme : ABAB
2
Tutu or Walesa : NOBELIST
3
As old as ___ : THEHILLS
4
Pintails : SMEES
5
Whisk, for one : BEATER
6
Globe : ORB
7
Blame : ONUS
8
Sired : BEGAT
9
Platform of sorts : LANDING
10
Ohio university town : ADA
11
Originate : DERIVE
12
Gives the slip : ELUDES
13
Manet portraitist : DEGAS
19
Four-___ (cravat) : INHAND
21
Law: Abbr. : STAT
25
Study and cuddy : ROOMS
27
First on a calendario : ENERO
28
Weeks in a Julian year : LII
30
Former Dutch prime minister : DREES
33
Peter of rhyme : EATER
35
First words of the Christmas story: Luke 2:1 : ANDIT
37
What a gadfly does : ANNOYS
39
As light as ___ : AFEATHER
40
Showboat instrument : CALLIOPE
41
Feminist amdt. : ERA
43
Aural warmer : EARMUFF
44
Ortolan : SORA
45
Writer Thirkell : ANGELA
46
Peroration word : LASTLY
48
Turning tools : LATHES
50
Spiritual mothers : AMMAS
51
Anagram for strew : WREST
53
Fichu : SCARF
56
Turkish regiment : ALAI
58
Vesicle : CYST
60
Boo follower : HOO
61
Tankard contents : ALE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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