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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, May 24, 1990

46-Down : Hard word for Eliza Doolittle

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, 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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,807
Across
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Inge's "A ___ of Roses" : LOSS
5
Center : LOCUS
10
Hunt's "___ Ben Adhem" : ABOU
14
Official proceedings : ACTA
15
Active : ALIVE
16
Actress in "The Black Stallion" : GARR
17
Aggressive, amplified rock music : HEAVYMETAL
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Teen's woe : ACNE
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Kind of reel : TAKEUP
21
Fitzgerald or Raines : ELLA
23
Essential : KEY
24
Hero follower : INE
25
Dodecanese island : KOS
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Painter of "On the Stage" : DEGAS
29
Lacking individuality : COOKIECUTTER
33
Grassy plains : SAVANNAS
36
"The ___ Kid," 1984 film : KARATE
37
Kind of glass or table : PIER
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What a kindly R.N. dispenses : TLC
40
Brian Boru's land : EIRE
41
Immature : UNRIPE
44
Obliterations : ERASURES
47
Approves automatically : RUBBERSTAMPS
49
U.S. Open tennis champ: 1963 : OSUNA
50
___ culpa : MEA
51
Blonde shade : ASH
54
Dog tags, e.g. : IDS
56
Count (on) : RELY
58
Mart : RIALTO
60
Rack's partner : RUIN
62
Indisputable evidence : SMOKINGGUN
64
___ spumante : ASTI
65
Sign : TOKEN
66
Lévesque of Quebec : RENE
67
Ferryman Charon's river : STYX
68
Upright : ONEND
69
Chichi : ARTY
Down
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Actress Christine : LAHTI
2
Vast expanse : OCEAN
3
Prop in vampire flicks : STAKE
4
Moog feat : SAVE
5
Satire : LAMPOON
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Novelist Rölvaag : OLE
7
Commend : CITE
8
City in SW Texas : UVALDE
9
Actor in "Her Alibi" : SELLECK
10
___ Khan : AGA
11
Furtive : BACKSTAIR
12
Department in NW France : ORNE
13
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934 : UREY
18
Service's "The Law of the ___" : YUKON
22
Juan's water : AGUA
26
Card game for three : SKAT
28
Father of Agamemnon : ATREUS
29
Indians of the West Indies : CARIBS
30
Anagram for tiles : ISLET
31
French I verb : ETRE
32
British actor Roger ___ : REES
33
Goad : SPUR
34
Japanese aborigine : AINU
35
Loquaciousness : VERBOSITY
39
Pack : CRAM
42
François's fear : PEUR
43
Cuban composer Lecuona : ERNESTO
45
Eskimo or Oto, e.g. : AMERIND
46
Hard word for Eliza Doolittle : SPAIN
48
___ Chase, Chief Justice: 1864-73 : SALMON
51
Rags-to-riches author : ALGER
52
Air-show feature : STUNT
53
Provender for the Owl and the Pussycat : HONEY
54
Some nest eggs, for short : IRAS
55
Waugh's "A Handful of ___" : DUST
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Couple : YOKE
59
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
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Veto : NIX
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Understanding : KEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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