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Patterson Pepple
Patterson Pepple

New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1986

Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F G K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 18.1
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,371
Across
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Seed coverings : ARILS
6
Ste. Jeanne ___ : DARC
10
Pub order : PINT
14
Sporty chapeau : BERET
15
Sill's vehicle for trills : ARIA
16
Baritone Hawkins : OSIE
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Soul : ANIMA
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Sidewalk game : HOPSCOTCH
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Wedgwood's black ware : BASALT
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Temporary winner at court : APPELLEE
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Wood: Comb. form : HYLO
24
Meadow : LEA
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Homophone for heir : ERE
26
Aurora-to-Chicago dir. : ENE
28
Inundate : SUBMERSE
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Stringed top : YOYO
34
Dovecote sound : COO
35
Surpass : EXCEL
39
Level : EVEN
40
Senator from Utah : HATCH
43
Nautical greeting : AHOY
44
Demolished, in Devon : RASED
46
Also : TOO
47
Property-tax unit : MILL
48
Answer : RESPONSE
52
Anti's cry : NAY
53
Predicament : JAM
56
Bridal-section word : NEE
57
Persephone's abduction site : ENNA
59
The ___ Cup, in yachting : AMERICAS
62
Not so fast : SLOWER
65
Summer straw : PANAMAHAT
67
Composer Montemezzi : ITALO
68
Suffix with system : ATIC
69
Wimp's cousin : NERD
70
Kind of hanger : STRAP
71
Diamond group : NINE
72
Explosives : TNTS
73
Like a bikini : TEENY
Down
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Rhyme scheme : ABAB
2
"The Ballad of Kintillo" author : RENA
3
Smilers in an old song : IRISHEYES
4
Wallace running mate : LEMAY
5
Steeds' needs : STALLS
6
Telegraphic dash : DAH
7
Town in Venezuela : AROA
8
A less grand rapid : RIPPLE
9
Wyo. city : CASPER
10
Natatorium : POOL
11
Cordage fiber : ISTLE
12
More agreeable : NICER
13
Snickering sound : TEHEE
19
Desist's partner : CEASE
21
"A ___ of Class," 1973 film : TOUCH
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Bird watcher : EYER
27
PBS program : NOVA
29
Feathery scarf : BOA
30
"Alki," to an Evergreen State native : MOTTO
31
Prof's concoction : EXAM
33
Person who is sui generis : ONER
36
Crockery : CHINAWARE
37
Kind of weed : EOLA
38
Originator of euphuism : LYLY
41
Slammer occupant : CON
42
Arsonist's anathema : HOSES
45
Serge de Nîmes : DENIM
49
Geometric line : SECANT
50
Certain female fowl : PEAHEN
51
Sign for a hitch : ENLIST
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___ Current (Black Stream) : JAPAN
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Noted violin : AMATI
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"___ White," Kingsley play : MENIN
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Night, in Napoli : NOTTE
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Derby, for one : RACE
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Turkestan native : SART
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Blithe spirits : ELAN
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Viscous : ROPY
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N.F.L. goals : TDS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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