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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, February 3, 1990

55-Across : ___ up (in the bag)

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,697
Across
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Chew the scenery : EMOTE
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Director René ___ : CLAIR
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Jimmy Dorsey hit: 1941 : AMAPOLA
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Frost followers : HEAVES
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Singer Pat from Brooklyn : BENATAR
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Otalgia : EARACHE
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Certain exams : ORALS
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Cape jasmines : GARDENIAS
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Winery features : VATS
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Novelist Lessing : DORIS
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Supplementary words in a letter : PSS
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Bravo, in Barcelona : OLE
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Bert's "Sesame Street" pal : ERNIE
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Home of the Minotaur : CRETE
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Stops : DETAINS
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A Nigerian people : HAUSAS
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Headlong : IMPETUOUS
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Riviera resort : CANNES
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"Hell is ___": T. S. Eliot : ONESELF
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Tracts : AREAS
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Rubberneck : STARE
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Hirt and Unser : ALS
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Place for Pavarotti : MET
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Takeout spots : DELIS
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Peter Rabbit's tail : SCUT
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Inexpert : UNTRAINED
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Darkness: Comb. form : SCOTO
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Steinbeck's hometown : SALINAS
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Tallinn's locale : ESTONIA
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Greek moon goddess : SELENE
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Pepys, for one : DIARIST
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___ up (in the bag) : SEWED
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Discuss terms : TREAT
Down
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A birthstone for May : EMERALD
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Sea cow : MANATEE
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Girasols : OPALS
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Tads : TOTS
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Guidonian note : ELA
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Marilyn's "Bus Stop" role : CHERIE
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Tips for Columbo : LEADS
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Rhine feeder : AARE
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Russian John : IVAN
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Sets of instructions : RECIPES
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From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
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French battle site: W.W. I and II : ARGONNE
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Calif. peak : SHASTA
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Lion chasers : ESSES
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Tutor of Alexander the Great : ARISTOTLE
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Nerds : DRIPS
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Chair named for its designer : EAMES
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Effect's partner : CAUSE
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Artifice : RUSE
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Louise or Turner : TINA
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Field hands, at times : HOERS
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Singlehanded : UNAIDED
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Author of "The Stranger" : CAMUS
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Meadowlands and Kemper : ARENAS
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Stinging plants : NETTLES
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City in central N.H. : LACONIA
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James Galway, e.g. : FLUTIST
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Discerned : SENSED
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Ermine, in summer : STOAT
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Photographer Arbus : DIANE
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Orchestrate : SCORE
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Chafe : RILE
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Once more : ANEW
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Julie Andrews film: 1968 : STAR
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Command to Fido : SIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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