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Nancy Nicholson Joline
New York Times, Saturday, July 21, 1990
55-Across : Director Fritz's family
Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 62, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 6.10, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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.
1 G | 2 A | 3 I | 4 T | 5 S | 6 D | 7 O | 8 R | 9 I | 10 S | |||||
11 M | A | R | L | E | E | 12 P | I | R | A | N | H | 13 A |
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14 C | A | R | T | I | E | R | 15 O | M | I | T | T | E | D |
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16 A | R | C | H | A | N | G | 17 E | L | 18 G | O | R | E | D |
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19 D | I | O | R | 20 E | L | I | 21 M | I | N | A | T | E |
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22 E | N | N | I | 23 S | 24 S | A | T | A | N | 25 D | E | R |
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26 T | A | S | T | E | 27 R | 28 B | E | R | A | 29 T | E | D | ||
30 I | N | A | 31 M | O | R | A | T | A | ||||||
32 A | 33 S | S | A | Y | E | R | 34 T | E | M | 35 P | 36 O | 37 S |
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38 A | R | E | 39 T | O | N | A | 40 L | 41 S | P | I | R | O |
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42 P | E | R | 43 S | O | N | A | T | E | 44 E | L | A | N |
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45 S | A | V | E | R | 46 C | E | N | 47 S | 48 O | R | I | N | G |
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49 E | R | I | N | I | 50 T | E | 51 T | I | D | I | N | G | S |
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52 S | U | L | T | A | N | S | 53 I | C | I | N | G | S | ||
54 G | E | A | L | S | 55 L | A | N | G | S |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,865
Across
1
Canter and rack, e.g. : GAITS
6
Novelist Lessing : DORIS
11
Actress Matlin : MARLEE
12
Fierce fish : PIRANHA
14
Discoverer of the St. Lawrence : CARTIER
15
Left out : OMITTED
16
Gabriel or Michael, e.g. : ARCHANGEL
18
Like some skirts : GORED
19
Fashion name : DIOR
20
Remove : ELIMINATE
22
N Texas town : ENNIS
24
Job's tester : SATAN
25
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
26
Oenophile, at times : TASTER
28
Objurgated : BERATED
30
Lover : INAMORATA
32
Figure in a gold-rush town : ASSAYER
34
Adagio and allegro, e.g. : TEMPOS
38
"You ___ Love," Kern tune : ARE
39
Of music having a key : TONAL
41
Agnew : SPIRO
42
Play a part on stage : PERSONATE
44
Dash : ELAN
45
Husbander : SAVER
46
Hays office job : CENSORING
49
Mineral named for its emerald coloring : ERINITE
51
"Good ___ of great joy": Luke 2:10 : TIDINGS
52
Islamic sovereigns : SULTANS
53
Sweet toppers : ICINGS
54
Jells, country style : GEALS
55
Director Fritz's family : LANGS
Down
1
These are found in écoles : GARCONS
2
Joint problem : ARTHRITIS
3
Pelvic bones : ILIA
4
"___ Angel," 1960 song : TEEN
5
Twilled fabrics : SERGES
6
Kind of view : DIM
7
Emanates : ORIGINATES
8
Boca ___, Fla. : RATON
9
Stock ___ (resources) : INTRADE
10
Like some Halloween figures : SHEETED
11
Boat basin : MARINA
12
More well-bred : POLITER
13
" ... stingeth like an ___": Proverbs 23:32 : ADDER
14
Youngest son : CADET
17
Complicated : ELABORATE
21
Charlotte Corday's victim : MARAT
23
Like some D.C. committees : SENATORIAL
27
Kind of fabric : RAYON
29
Meddler's activity : TAMPERING
31
Imperils : MENACES
32
Floor covering : AREARUG
33
Sycophantic : SERVILE
35
Supports for buildings, piers, etc. : PILINGS
36
Big apes, for short : ORANGS
37
De Sylva-Brown products : SONGS
38
Chevets : APSES
40
Kind of soup : LENTIL
43
Actress Berger : SENTA
47
Director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
48
One-eyed god : ODIN
50
Lots of lbs. : TNS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.