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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, March 27, 1986

25-Across : Break a code

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, 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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,288
Across
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Roman à ___ : CLEF
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Matted lock of wool : DAG
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Pluto : HADES
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Circle dance : HORA
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Patron saint of Norway : OLAF
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Some Pa. Mennonites : AMISH
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Similar : AKIN
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Word with resin or graph : OLEO
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Much, to Menotti : MOLTO
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Famous London street : PICCADILLY
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Gehrig or Costello : LOU
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Mickey Rooney's original surname : YULE
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Break a code : DECRYPT
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Invite : BID
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Composer Rorem : NED
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Like some seals : EARED
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" ... tale told by an ___": Shak. : IDIOT
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Archeological item : ARTIFACT
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Brontë pseudonym : BELL
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Karpov's forte : CHESS
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O'Neill's mother : ELLA
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___ Islands, near Spain : BALEARIC
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Acrylic fiber : ORLON
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Trims : PARES
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What a clairvoyant has : ESP
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Football stat. : YDS
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William and Harry : PRINCES
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Jazzman Getz : STAN
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Intl. sports group : IOC
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A relish : PICCALILLI
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Prods : POKES
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Queen of Jordan : NOOR
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Statesman Rusk : DEAN
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Shoreline feature : INLET
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Horror-film specialty : GORE
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Fustian : RANT
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Describing a bikini : TEENY
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Cookbook amts. : PTS
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Therefore, to Tiberius : ERGO
Down
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Fellow : CHAP
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Norse god : LOKI
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___ Blair (Orwell) : ERIC
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"___ Free," Robbins ballet : FANCY
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Yankee or dipsy follower : DOODLE
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Connected : ALLIED
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A Scottish Highlander : GAEL
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Cut of meat : HAM
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Latin I word : AMO
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Waste time : DILLYDALLY
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Bar : ESTOP
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Conclamation : SHOUT
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Filing-cabinet items : FOLDERS
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Margaret, to Charles : AUNT
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Innisfree poet : YEATS
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Le dernier ___ : CRI
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Allude (to) : REFER
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Kind of lettuce : BIBB
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Thought : IDEA
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Deli item : DILLPICKLE
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Upstate N.Y. city : OLEAN
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Former nuclear org. : AEC
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Dolt : CLOD
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Whips : TANS
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Grow like ivy : CREEP
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Audience reaction, at times : HISSING
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Pendulum's path : ARC
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Iridescent mineral : OPAL
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Accompany : ESCORT
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Gapes : STARES
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Larklike songbird : PIPIT
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Arledge of ABC : ROONE
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Kol ___ (atonement prayer) : NIDRE
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Fly the ___ : COOP
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"The Owl and the Pussycat" poet : LEAR
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Director Fritz : LANG
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"___ each life ... " : INTO
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Suffix with velvet : EEN
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Pen : STY

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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