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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Wednesday, March 6, 1991

7-Across : Chilean desert

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,093
Across
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Incarnation of a deity : AVATAR
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Chilean desert : ATACAMA
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Summary : RESUME
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Certain singers : CAROLERS
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Herb Gardner play : ATHOUSANDCLOWNS
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Lad : BOY
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Scot's uncle : EME
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Proofreaders' marks : DELES
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Palm Springs mayor : BONO
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Dumas ___ : FILS
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Famed circus performer : EMMETTKELLY
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Light heavyweight champ: 1952-60 : MOORE
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Fannie ___ : MAE
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Norman river : ORNE
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Anent : INRE
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Funny favorites in a circus : JOEYS
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Bob from Kan. : DOLE
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"___ we forget" : LEST
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Motherless woman : EVE
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U.S. tennis champ: 1977 : VILAS
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Summer: Fr. : ETE
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Circus role of 26 Across : WEARYWILLIE
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Jung or Lewis : CARL
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
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Foreigner : ALIEN
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Belgian resort : SPA
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Trifle : SOU
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Sondheim song : SENDINTHECLOWNS
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Feelers : ANTENNAE
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"The ___ Kid," 1984 film : KARATE
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L.A. team : DODGERS
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Pool people : STENOS
Down
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Syrian, e.g. : ARAB
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Kill a bill : VETO
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Wan : ASHY
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Thine, in Torino : TUO
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___ Darya, Asian river : AMU
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Take umbrage at : RESENT
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Rosacea : ACNE
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Minute amount : TAD
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Jeanne d'___ : ARC
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In an unfeeling way : COLDLY
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Eaglewood : ALOES
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Whimper : MEWL
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"Comus" composer : ARNE
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Draft inits. : SSS
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In a frenzy : AMOK
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Chapeau for Corot : BERET
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Capri follower : OTE
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Excoriate : FLAY
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Miquelon, etc. : ILES
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Boxer Griffith : EMILE
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Painter of waterlilies : MONET
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"Tru" star : MORSE
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Islamic V.I.P. : EMEER
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Waggish : DROLL
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Zhou ___ : ENLAI
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Della of songdom : REESE
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Ballet role : ODILE
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Deride : JEER
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Face shape : OVAL
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___ Dolorosa : VIA
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Diminishing : WANING
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Cry of pain : YIPE
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Distresses severely : WRACKS
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Relinquished : CEDED
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Botanist Gray : ASA
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Advance : LEND
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" ... swords ___ plowshares" : INTO
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"___ a Woman," 1964 song : SHES
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Trumpeter, e.g. : SWAN
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Aware of : ONTO
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Customs : USES
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Compass dir. : NNE
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Gob : TAR
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Mariner's abbr. : LAT
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Jacutinga, e.g. : ORE

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