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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, October 14, 1993

40-Across : Take umbrage

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 16, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Nancy Nicholson Joline has 61 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 48 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Nancy Joline is an alias for Nancy Nicholson Joline.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,046
Across
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"Semper fidelis," e.g. : MOTTO
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Memorable jazzman Zoot ___ : SIMS
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Poi ingredient : TARO
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Pallid : ASHEN
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Redolence : ODOR
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Song from "Gigi" : IREMEMBERITWELL
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Speech impediment : LISP
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Spoken : ORAL
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"___ Cat," 1962 song : ALLEY
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Barrie or Burns, e.g. : SCOT
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"___ on My Hands," 1930 song : TIME
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Singer Zadora : PIA
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"Born in the ___," 1984 song : USA
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Zola novel : NANA
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"My Castle on the ___," 1901 song : NILE
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Novelist Rand : AYN
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Gershwin-Caesar song: 1919 : SWANEE
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Blue-pencil : EDIT
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"___ of Roses," 1915 song : LADDER
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Take umbrage : RESENT
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African lily : ALOE
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Berlin song: 1925 : ALWAYS
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"By the Beautiful ___," 1914 song : SEA
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Elizabethan neckpiece : RUFF
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Vegetable-matter fuel : PEAT
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Gal of songdom : SAL
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Connected : MET
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Lyricist Harbach : OTTO
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Old gray one of song : MARE
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Skulked : SLUNK
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Night, in Nîmes : NUIT
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Middle of a Latin trio : AMAS
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Porter song: 1934 : MISSOTISREGRETS
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Soprano Mills : ERIE
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Singer Adams : EDIE
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"___ Laurie" : ANNIE
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W.W. II servicewomen : WACS
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Farrago : MESS
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Mehta's wand : BATON
Down
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Sends : MAILS
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"Hamlet" courtier : OSRIC
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Title song of a 1959 musical : THESOUNDOFMUSIC
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Lures : TEMPTS
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"___ for My Baby..." : ONE
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Audrey Hepburn film : SABRINA
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Think-tank member : IDEAMAN
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"Lili ___," 1944 song : MARLENE
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___ Lanka : SRI
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Hawsers : TOWLINES
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"Guys and Dolls" song : ADELAIDESLAMENT
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Radamès in "Aïda," e.g. : ROLE
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Paris suburb : ORLY
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Bon ___ : MOT
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Dance like Hines : TAP
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Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
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Ethereal : AERY
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"Rock Island ___," 1956 song : LINE
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Singer James : ETTA
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Winglike : ALAR
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Chinese-Korean river : YALU
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Enclose : WRAP
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"My ___ Are Down," 1946 Berlin song : DEFENSES
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ASCAP has one : ESS
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Massine of ballet : LEONIDE
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People of central Africa : WATUSIS
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Dresses : ATTIRES
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Tell el ___, Egyptian excavation site : AMARNA
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Boxing ref's call : TKO
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Capri add-on : OTE
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Proportion : RATIO
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City on the Ruhr : ESSEN
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Hooded merganser : SMEW
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Milan money : LIRA
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Pro ___ : TEM
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Yak : GAB

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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