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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Wednesday, January 16, 1991

9-Down : Fortifying

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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. 15,044
Across
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Editor's annotation : STET
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City in N Italy : PARMA
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Memorable comic Roscoe ___ : ATES
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Faulkner's ___ Varner : EULA
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Case or well preceder : STAIR
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L. Frank Baum's Dorothy : GALE
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Highway headache : TRAFFICJAM
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"Non, je ne regrette ___": Piaf : RIEN
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Commonplace : TRITE
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Maupassant's "Bel-___" : AMI
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Edison's middle name : ALVA
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Actor Cariou : LEN
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Annual event at frats : RUSHING
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Rod for Capone : GAT
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Time for vacances : ETE
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Alias, to the P.D. : AKA
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Ice cream, in Pisa : GELATO
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"Eine ___ Nachtmusik" : KLEINE
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Kind of maid : METER
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Yule trio : MAGI
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Night sound : SNORE
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"The Untouchables" hero : NESS
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Farm units : ACRES
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Landlopers : TRAMPS
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He suits people : TAILOR
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Pedro's uncle : TIO
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Succor : AID
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Subjoin : ADD
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Some flounders : TURBOTS
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"Foucault's Pendulum" author : ECO
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Vale : DELL
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Fur scarf : BOA
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Kind of boom : SONIC
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Melville book : OMOO
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Tunnel entrance at rush hour : BOTTLENECK
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Bogie role : RICK
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Febrero preceder : ENERO
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Tessera : TILE
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Munro's pen name : SAKI
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Copal is one : RESIN
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River in Europe : ODER
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Liquidate : SETTLE
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Gunner's enclosure : TURRET
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Tennyson's "lily maid" : ELAINE
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T.R.'s successor : TAFT
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Chi's follower : PSI
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F.A.A. airport service : ATC
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Indian prince : RAJAH
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Dolphins' home : MIAMI
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Fortifying : ARMING
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Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
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Kind of picnic : TAILGATE
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Exalts : ELEVATES
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Gore and Gramm : SENATORS
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Not domesticated : FERAL
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Gee-tars' kin : UKES
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Valentine, e.g. : SAINT
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Scarab or cameo : GEM
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It focuses light rays : LENS
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Baltic-North Sea canal : KIEL
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Eur. land : NOR
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Muse with a lyre : ERATO
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Arruza and Manolete : MATADORS
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Professor's milieu : ACADEMIA
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Urban impasse : GRIDLOCK
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Discharge : EMIT
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Toper : SOT
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Oater group : POSSE
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Kind of stamp : RUBBER
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Virgil epic : AENEID
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Yule hanger : ICICLE
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I.L.A. member : DOCKER
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TV's Arledge : ROONE
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"Psycho" psycho : BATES
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Norse god of strife : LOKI
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Aware of : ONTO
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Cycle preceder : TRI
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Cambodia's ___ Nol : LON

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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