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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Wednesday, November 13, 1991

25-Down : Nursery-rhyme character

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 15,345
Across
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Furniture style : ADAM
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Lackaday's cousin : ALAS
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Syrian leader : ASSAD
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"Green Mansions" girl : RIMA
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Verne's sub captain : NEMO
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A doorbell sound : CHIME
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"Lost in Yonkers" playwright : NEILSIMON
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Weighty books : TOMES
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Ritual : LITURGY
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Protuberance : NODE
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Symbol of remembrance : ROSEMARY
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Kitchen item : OPENER
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Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
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C.I.A.'s predecessor : OSS
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Baptist or basis preceder : ANA
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Escapee from Sodom : LOT
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Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
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Abide : ENDURE
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Blue, semi-precious stone : LAPIS
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Kind of dance or trick : HAT
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Corporate symbols : LOGOS
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Like many trees : LEAVED
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"In Which We ___," 1942 film : SERVE
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Like Willie Winkie : WEE
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Deviate : YAW
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Jackie's second : ARI
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Election follower : EER
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Umbrian town : ASSISI
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Hollywood event : PREMIERE
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Hide : SKIN
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Cambodia's ___ Sihanouk : NORODOM
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Scheduled : TIMED
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Genuine : SIMONPURE
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Atlanta university : EMORY
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Counterfeiter's foe : TMAN
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"Come Back to ___" : ERIN
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No-nos : DONTS
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Comfort : EASE
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Principal : LEAD
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Prince Valiant's son : ARN
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Vegas item : DIE
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Friend: Fr. : AMI
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"Atlantic City" director : MALLE
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Gillette and Loos : ANITAS
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Madagascar mammals : LEMURS
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Writer Cleveland : AMORY
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Canticle or canzonet : SONG
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Deed : ACT
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Excelled : SHONE
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Harsh master : SIMONLEGREE
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Painter Modigliani : AMEDEO
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Taklamakan, e.g. : DESERT
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Party game : SIMONSAYS
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"___ Cassius has ... " : YOND
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Virginia ___ : REEL
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___-podrida : OLLA
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Nursery-rhyme character : SIMPLESIMON
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"Mrs. Robinson" composer : PAULSIMON
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Kelep : ANT
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Cry of grief : AIE
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The same, in prescriptions : EAD
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Kind of deer : ROE
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Fell : HEW
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Finished : OVER
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Wizened : SERE
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Conceited : VAIN
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Zonked : WASTED
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Inuit or Yupik : ESKIMO
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Bouquets : AROMAS
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Renovated : REDONE
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Torpid : INERT
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___ facie : PRIMA
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Actuate : IMPEL
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Elbe feeder : OSTE
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Function preceder : DYS
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Press attachment : URE
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River inlet : RIA
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It may be bitter : END

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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