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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, February 4, 1988

39-Down : Midnight follower

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,967
Across
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Eject : OUST
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"Awake and ___!": Odets : SING
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Gets along : FARES
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Chigoe : FLEA
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Pointed arch : OGEE
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Moslem law council : ULEMA
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Mushroom-shaped : FUNGIFORM
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Himalayan country : NEPAL
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Dockers' org. : ILA
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Hudson or Maxwell : CAR
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Avril follower : MAI
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Cuckoo : ANI
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Word in a Heller title : CATCH
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Secular : LAIC
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Forefront : VAN
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Arab's outer garment : ABA
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Matador's red cloth : MULETA
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Dallies : TRIFLES
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Puts on cargo : LADES
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Evanescent : FUGACIOUS
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Medieval sons of the soil : SERFS
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Botanical beards : ARISTAE
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Sherman Act's targets : TRUSTS
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Bro., e.g. : REL
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Actress Lanchester : ELSA
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Ages upon ages : EON
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"___ my lady ... ": Romeo : ITIS
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___ out (deletes) : EDITS
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A hallucinogen : LSD
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O.T. book : GEN
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English river : CAM
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Jockey's short whip : BAT
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Actress Skala : LILIA
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Emit flashes : FULGURATE
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Obviate : AVERT
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Isaac's elder son : ESAU
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"Deutschland ___ Alles" : UBER
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Caterpillar's bristles : SETAE
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Descartes : RENE
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Soviet news agency : TASS
Down
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Part of O.P.A. : OFFICE
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Wailing : ULULANT
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Thesmothete : SENATOR
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Word with end or line : TAG
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Chesterfield, e.g. : SOFA
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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Saul's grandfather : NER
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Bud of a plant : GEMMA
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Bundle of nerve fibers : FUNICULUS
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Pub item : ALE
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Did a road job : REPAVED
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Arise : EMANATE
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Calif. river : SALINAS
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"___ bin ein Berliner": J.F.K. : ICH
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Object : AIM
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Dover sight : CLIFFS
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E. Indian sailors : LASCARS
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Pain: Comb. form : ALG
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Arthur or Lillie : BEA
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Continued : LASTED
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Criticize severely : FUSTIGATE
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Eur. country : IRE
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Midnight follower : OIL
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Dallas and Stevens : STELLAS
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Causing wear : EROSIVE
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Small barrel : RUNDLET
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"Arabian Nights" hero : ALIBABA
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Social and political classes : ESTATES
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Sault ___ Marie : STE
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Michaelmas daisies : ASTERS
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Deduce : INFER
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Australian bird : EMU
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Family group : CLAN
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Chills and fever : AGUE
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Author Levin : IRA
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"How ___ doth breed a habit ... ": Shak. : USE
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Furrow : RUT

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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