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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 1987

17-Across : Skulduggery

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 0
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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,706
Across
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Draw ___ on (aim) : ABEAD
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Bog : QUAG
10
Emulate Sarah Siddons : ACT
13
___ firma : TERRA
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___ Major or Minor : URSA
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John Irving protagonist : GARP
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Skulduggery : HANKYPANKY
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Hebrew dry measure : OMER
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Juillet, etc. : ETE
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Sonny's sibling : SIS
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Bouquet : AROMA
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Nidus : NEST
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Insipid : NAMBYPAMBY
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U.S.S.R. collective : ARTEL
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Reach by radio : RAISE
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___ de France : ILE
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Follower of first or foreign : AID
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Literary monogram : RLS
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Citizen Kane's Rosebud : SLED
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Haphazard : HELTERSKELTER
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"With malice toward ___ ... " : NONE
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___-jongg : MAH
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Light-Horse Harry : LEE
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W. German river : EMS
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Barrett and Jaffe : RONAS
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S. American mammal : TAPIR
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Without choice : WILLYNILLY
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The Flintstones' pet : DINO
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Actor Delon : ALAIN
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Rock salt, e.g. : ORE
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Seventh Greek letter : ETA
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Paris's ___ Gauche : RIVE
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Sleight of hand : HOCUSPOCUS
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Sharp : KEEN
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___ the Red : ERIC
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Occurrence : EVENT
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Sixties' student org. : SDS
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Leaf miner or luna : MOTH
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Abates : EASES
Down
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In Rome, she was Minerva : ATHENA
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Kitchen utensil : BEATER
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Actor Borgnine : ERNEST
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___ Royal, W.W. II aircraft carrier : ARK
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Emerson poem : DAYS
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Starlike celestial object : QUASAR
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Flower holder : URN
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Invite : ASK
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"The Beggar's Opera" author : GAY
10
Kind of phobia : AGORA
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Peter Rabbit's tea : CAMOMILE
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Shaky one : TREMBLER
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Entreated : PRAYED
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Wrestling win : PIN
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Gibbon, e.g. : APE
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Naturalist Edwin Way ___ : TEALE
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Parade biggie : MARSHAL
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Cheat : BILK
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Dutch river : YSSEL
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Kindled : LIT
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Rum, to some : DEMON
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Follower of bed or home : STEAD
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Religious discourses : HOMILIES
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Subjugated : ENSLAVED
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Hindu queen : RANI
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Court call : LET
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Site of first big U.S. airport : NEWARK
45
Rembrandt van ___ : RYN
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Awkward, lazy person : SLOUCH
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"Five Easy ___," 1970 film : PIECES
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Agreeing : INTUNE
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Some celebrity tributes : ROASTS
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Bank claims : LIENS
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Parts of cens. : YRS
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Foil's kin : EPEE
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It's fashionably up or down : HEM
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Gold, in Genova : ORO
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Op. ___ (footnote abbr.) : CIT
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Macrogametes : OVA

Answer summary:
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