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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Friday, April 16, 1993

57-Down : Miners' entrance

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 3, 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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,865
Across
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Gibbons, e.g. : APES
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Kitchen gadget : BEATER
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West or Marsh : MAE
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Small rodent : VOLE
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Region of France : ALSACE
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Miller's "___ My Sons" : ALL
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Writer-biochemistry professor: 1920-92 : ISAACASIMOV
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Baseball stat : RBI
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Dolt : ASS
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"The Good Earth" wife : OLAN
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___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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Ballet garb : TUTUS
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Amin : IDI
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Diva Te Kanawa : KIRI
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Islamic leader : EMIR
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Dog, wolf or fox : CANID
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Long-division word : INTO
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Genre in which 17 Across worked : SCIENCEFICTION
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"I'm ___ Rappaport," 1986 Tony winner : NOT
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Egg ___ yong : FOO
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Its rise and fall was chronicled by 17 Across : GALACTICEMPIRE
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Writer Kingsley ___ : AMIS
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Civil-rights leader Medgar ___ : EVERS
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Smoked salmon : NOVA
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Los Angeles team : RAMS
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Relig. school : SEM
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Honey badger : RATEL
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Singer Baker : ANITA
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Comfort : EASE
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Exist : ARE
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"___ Along Little Dogies" : GIT
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Title awarded 17 Across for his works : GRANDMASTER
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Printemps chaser : ETE
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McDaniel of films : HATTIE
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Mail : POST
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Melancholy : SAD
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"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
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They may be liberal : ARTS
Down
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Fly : AVIATE
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Pogo et al. : POSSUMS
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Supple : ELASTIC
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Carson subject : SEA
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False god : BAAL
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Schiaparelli : ELSA
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Fatuous : ASININE
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Highlands cap : TAM
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Writer Umberto ___ : ECO
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Pierre's dream : REVE
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Gin drink : MARTINI
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Olympic skier Tomba : ALBERTO
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Omission : ELISION
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Romaine lettuce : COS
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Revue segment : SKIT
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Tell's canton : URI
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Vary : DIFFER
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Dialects : IDIOMS
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Hundred-buck bills : CNOTES
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Like some volcanoes : ACTIVE
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Bus.-ltr. abbr. : ENC
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Flatfoot : COP
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Some repair shops : GARAGES
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Poisonous fungus : AMANITA
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Circumscribed : LIMITED
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Kind of V.P. : ASST
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Unites firmly : CEMENTS
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Concert ending : INA
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Kind of muscle : ROTATOR
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Hillary's pinnacle : EVEREST
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These may be red : ALERTS
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"The Crying Game" star : REA
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Muslim title of honor : AGHA
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Miners' entrance : ADIT
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Hook's cohort : SMEE
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Swell; terrific : RAD
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Noshed : ATE
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Place for fitness buffs : SPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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