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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 1992

36-Down : Truffaut's "___ Kisses"

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { B J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,479
Across
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Jazzman Brubeck : DAVE
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Part of a Racine work : ACTE
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Muslim group : SHIAH
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Algerian port : ORAN
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Trumpet muting device : WAWA
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Joint : HINGE
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Place for a hero : DELI
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Apple spray : ALAR
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Old car : ESSEX
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Nickname for 39 Across, with "The" : GOODGRAYPOET
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Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
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Legal matter : RES
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An irid : CROCUS
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Chekhov woman : MASHA
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"Lover" lyricist : HART
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Actress Schneider : ROMY
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Fritz's ice : EIS
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Hallux, e.g. : TOE
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Esfahan's locale : IRAN
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He died March 26, 1892 : WALTWHITMAN
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Norway's patron saint : OLAV
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"___ Baby Baby," 1965 song : OOO
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Prodigal one : SON
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Part of R.I.P. : PACE
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"___ is more": Browning : LESS
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"Hamlet" court fop : OSRIC
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Wall bracket : SCONCE
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First follower : AID
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Pay attachment : OLA
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Work by 39 Across : SONGOFMYSELF
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Mideast desert region : NEGEV
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Khachaturian : ARAM
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Skip : OMIT
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Pop song of 1935 : ALONE
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Persian fairy : PERI
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Actress Olin : LENA
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Land maps : PLATS
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Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
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"___ go bragh" : ERIN
Down
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Carnival attraction : DODGEM
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Interstice : AREOLA
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French ruling family : VALOIS
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Okla. city : ENID
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Cognizant : AWARE
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Horse-drawn vehicle : CALASH
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P.G.A. winner: 1986 : TWAY
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O.K. Corral good guy : EARP
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Utter : SHEER
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Commager and Durant : HISTORIANS
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Officeholders : INS
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It may be golden : AGE
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Kind of sign : HEX
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Galahad's quest : GRAIL
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Certain musical works : OCTETS
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Pickle : CORN
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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Ant.'s opp. : SYN
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Providential : HEAVENSENT
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Pal of D'Artagnan : ATHOS
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Le ___ Soleil : ROI
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Truffaut's "___ Kisses" : STOLEN
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City on the Brazos : WACO
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Lot of Wednesday's child : WOE
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Temperamental : MOODY
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Jupiter's mother : OPS
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Lake: Fr. : LAC
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Mature vehicle: 1956 : SAFARI
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German drinking glass : ROEMER
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Big Ten's Fighting ___ : ILLINI
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At-home robe : CAFTAN
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Yachts' havens : COVES
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Kid's marble : IMMIE
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Dehisce : GAPE
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Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
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Golf-club part : SOLE
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Siesta : NAP
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Plumbing pipe : ELL
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Tibetan gazelle : GOA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.

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