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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Saturday, June 10, 1989

25-Down : Neé follower

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.0 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,459
Across
1
Strawberry topper : CAP
4
Diamond part : INFIELD
11
Kind of house : FUN
14
Vizier's superior : AGA
15
Carlton, in "Rhoda" : DOORMAN
16
News org. : UPI
17
Hippie conversation : RAP
18
Odic stanza : STROPHE
19
Kind of Buddhist : ZEN
20
Menilite : OPAL
22
Caballero : SENOR
23
Allele : GENE
24
Explorer Clark's partner : LEWIS
26
Title novelist Haggard held : SIR
27
Section for clarinets or oboes : REEDS
28
Bold : AUDACIOUS
31
Target of milady's pencil : EYEBROW
34
Mother's sisters, fondly : AUNTIES
38
Soprano in "The Barber of Seville" : ROSINA
39
It was not: Contraction : TWASNT
40
Board a 737 : ENPLANE
42
Christie and a Sicilian saint : AGATHAS
43
"___ Used to Know": Lenora M. Weber : IMETABOYI
45
Type size : AGATE
48
Pts. of days : HRS
49
___ voce : SOTTO
53
Risqué : GAMY
54
George Burns's companion : CIGAR
56
Raisa's denial : NYET
57
"___ Yankee Doodle dandy" : IMA
58
Settings : LOCALES
60
Poker stand : PAT
61
Author Carpenter : LIZ
62
Singer Frankie's folks : AVALONS
63
Soo Canal's cargo : ORE
64
Wind dir. : ENE
65
Set boundaries : DELIMIT
66
Damascus is its cap. : SYR
Down
1
Seat in a bay window : CAROL
2
Brotherly love : AGAPE
3
Fruit-bearing tree : PAPAW
4
Psyche parts : IDS
5
Haves and have-___ : NOTS
6
Divined : FORESAW
7
Sarcastic : IRONIC
8
William Allen White's ___ Gazette : EMPORIA
9
Entertainer Bert: 1895-1967 : LAHR
10
Title held by a trainer of R.N.'s : DNE
11
Railway flare : FUZEE
12
Turn topsy-turvy : UPEND
13
Dressed to the ___ : NINES
21
Something disadvantageous : LIABILITY
23
Pregnancy : GESTATION
25
Neé follower : SURNAME
27
Tarmacs : RUNWAYS
29
"Ancient of Days" hymnist : DOANE
30
Money spent : OUTGO
31
Before, in poesy : ERE
32
Memorable organist-composer : YON
33
Telepathic ability, for short : ESP
35
Kabibble : ISH
36
She reigned in Spain : ENA
37
Nov. 1 group : STS
41
Upright : ETHICAL
42
Favorite son of David : ABSALOM
44
Asian wild sheep : ARGALI
45
Limber : AGILE
46
Street urchin : GAMIN
47
Astonish : AMAZE
50
Graphic goofs : TYPOS
51
Pathetic : TEARY
52
Kind of board tied to a trawl net : OTTER
54
TV's "Dolphin ___" : COVE
55
Actor Santoni : RENI
58
Terhune canine : LAD
59
J.F.K. speedster : SST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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