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Patterson Pepple
New York Times, Friday, July 12, 1985
Author:
Patterson Pepple
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 8.0
Patterson Pepple has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 D | 3 A | 4 R | 5 B | 6 R | 7 Y | 8 N | 9 V | 10 A | 11 M | 12 P | 13 S |
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14 N | E | N | A | 15 A | E | O | N | 16 A | R | T | E | L |
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17 G | L | A | D | 18 S | T | O | N | E | 19 S | C | H | E | U |
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20 S | H | E | C | A | T | S | 21 A | S | H | O | R | E |
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22 T | I | L | L | I | E | 23 G | R | A | I | L | ||||
24 I | D | L | 25 E | 26 I | E | R | 27 Y | 28 O | 29 M |
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30 M | 31 A | 32 R | F | A | 33 N | 34 A | N | A | 35 C | O | D | A |
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36 A | L | E | F | S | 37 R | I | N | 38 P | O | K | E | R |
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39 W | I | P | E | 40 F | I | R | E | 41 I | N | E | R | T |
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42 R | I | O | 43 M | A | C | 44 D | 45 O | E | S | |||||
46 S | 47 M | I | T | H | 48 P | R | E | 49 S | 50 T | 51 O |
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52 R | 53 E | S | A | L | E | 54 B | A | R | N | A | R | D |
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55 A | R | E | T | E | 56 W | 57 E | L | L | E | S | L | E | Y |
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58 M | I | S | E | R | 59 A | L | A | I | 60 U | V | A | L |
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61 P | E | S | O | S | 62 R | I | T | A | 63 S | E | T | S |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,030
Across
1
Jewish month : ADAR
5
With 30 Down, Sixth Sister : BRYN
9
Sirens of the silents : VAMPS
14
Juan's baby sister : NENA
15
Long, long time : AEON
16
Russian co-op : ARTEL
17
A light portmanteau : GLADSTONE
19
Shy, in Stuttgart : SCHEU
20
Female felines : SHECATS
21
"All ___ that's going ... !" : ASHORE
22
Comic-strip toiler : TILLIE
23
Knightly quest : GRAIL
24
Otiose : IDLE
26
Ending for cash or bombard : IER
27
___ Kippur : YOM
30
Seat of Presidio County, Texas : MARFA
33
Zola heroine : NANA
35
Fugue ending : CODA
36
Hebrew letters : ALEFS
37
A first name in dogdom : RIN
38
Contest game in Las Vegas : POKER
39
Car-wash finale : WIPE
40
Hearth warmer : FIRE
41
Sluggish : INERT
42
Astaire-Rogers destination: 1933 : RIO
43
Son of a Scot : MAC
44
Distaff deer : DOES
46
Third Sister : SMITH
48
Magician's word : PRESTO
52
Second-hand deal : RESALE
54
Seventh Sister : BARNARD
55
Mountain crest : ARETE
56
Fourth Sister : WELLESLEY
58
Scrooge, for one : MISER
59
Jai ___ : ALAI
60
Of grapes : UVAL
61
Tender around Tampico : PESOS
62
Gam or Moreno : RITA
63
Tennis sessions : SETS
Down
1
Feeling of doom and gloom : ANGST
2
Jumna River city : DELHI
3
Father of Ahikar : ANAEL
4
Fifth Sister : RADCLIFFE
5
Oxford student's expense account : BATTEL
6
Olds's namesakes : REOS
7
Hither's partner : YON
8
Ship's dir. : NNE
9
Second Sister : VASSAR
10
Chief: Prefix : ARCHI
11
First Sister : MTHOLYOKE
12
Jury type : PEER
13
Swing around : SLUE
18
"That's as well ___ if I had ... ": Swift : SAIDAS
21
Region : AREA
23
Snared : GINNED
25
Make wealthy : ENRICH
28
European boundary river : ODER
29
Agora : MART
30
See 5 Across : MAWR
31
Part of et al. : ALII
32
Take back property : REPOSSESS
34
Melody : AIR
35
General agreement : CONSENSUS
38
Coyote State capital : PIERRE
40
Lot : FATE
43
Ovett and Coe : MILERS
45
Roman harvest festival : OPALIA
47
San ___, city near San Francisco : MATEO
49
Healing substance : SALVE
50
Host's offering : TREAT
51
Alleged natural forces : ODYLS
52
Interchange feature : RAMP
53
One of five great ones : ERIE
54
Talk harshly : BLAT
56
Ares' forte : WAR
57
Actor Wallach : ELI
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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