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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, October 23, 1993

49-Down : Swirls

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,055
Across
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Bernardo's bad : MALO
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Kind of concert : POP
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Smoked herring : KIPPER
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Muslim leader : IMAM
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Actress Rehan : ADA
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Corrigenda : ERRATA
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U.S. COMPOSER : NEDROREM
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___ d'être : RAISON
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HIS BIRTHPLACE : INDIANA
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A TYPE OF HIS WORK : ARTSONG
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Frontiersman Carson : KIT
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Crumbs, in Caen : MIES
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Start of an incantation : ABRA
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Shoulder gesture : SHRUG
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Ho-hum response : YAWN
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Pirouette : TWIRL
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Jacob's twin : ESAU
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"Yabba dabba ___" : DOO
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MESSAGE FOR HIM: OCT. 23, 1993 : HAPPYSEVENTIETH
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"___ if by land..." : ONE
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"___ the Tiger," Lemmon film : SAVE
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Zhou ___, former P.M. of China : ENLAI
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F.D.R.'s mother : SARA
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Irks : RILES
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Lear's loyal courtier : KENT
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Kind of Hindu music : RAGA
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Pointillism unit : DOT
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POET WHO INSPIRED HIM : WHITMAN
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HIS NONMUSICAL WORKS : DIARIES
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High havens : AERIES
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PULITZER-WINNING WORK: 1976 : AIRMUSIC
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Originates : ARISES
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Golly : GEE
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Mocking bird : MINA
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Latin strongman since 1959 : CASTRO
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Journal ending : ESE
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Attention getter : PSST
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Kind of skirt : MINI
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Post-sermon utterance : AMEN
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"The Glass Key" star : LADD
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A king of Israel : OMRI
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Designer Mollie ___ : PARNIS
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"___, where is thy sting?" : ODEATH
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Dawber who played Mindy : PAM
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Skating champ Nancy ___ : KERRIGAN
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Provoked : IRATE
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Too, too proper : PRISSY
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El ___, Tex. : PASO
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School founded in 1440 : ETON
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Resounded : RANG
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Symbol of sturdiness : OAK
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Raise a smile : AMUSE
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One of a Dumas trio : ATHOS
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"Call Me ___," Hope film : BWANA
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Not so green : RIPER
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Dadaist Jean ___ : ARP
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Carouse : REVEL
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Fred's early partner : ADELE
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Germanic Odin : WOTAN
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Best kind of pitcher's game : NOHIT
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A river at Ghent : LYS
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Western Indian : UTE
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Sea of seaweed : SARGASSO
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Lake of Geneva resort : EVIAN
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Well liquid : INK
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Homer or Hopper, e.g. : ARTIST
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Swirls : EDDIES
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Evening reception : SOIREE
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Islamic prince : AMEER
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Hat named for a Burns hero : TAM
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W.W. II gp. : WAAC
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Mother of Ares : HERA
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Blue flag, e.g. : IRIS
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Cut of beef : RUMP
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Wife of Osiris : ISIS
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One of the Austrians : EINS
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Allurophobe's command : SCAT
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Atomic or Space : AGE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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