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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, June 16, 1990

27-Down : Cerulean

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, 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. 14,830
Across
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Shoe or boot covering : GAITER
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Ferber's "___ Palace" : ICE
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Eat like a beaver : GNAW
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Kudu's kin : IMPALA
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Kind of furnace or light : ARC
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Radamès's love : AIDA
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Census Bureau category for some singles : POSSLQ
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Founder of 50 Down : MOHAMMED
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Poseidon's herdsman : PROTEUS
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Klutz's move : STUMBLE
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Heaths : ERICAS
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Vaudevillian Nora : BAYES
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"Deutschland ___ alles" : UBER
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Morsels : NIBBLES
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"Einstein on the Beach" composer : GLASS
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Thunder : ROAR
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Oct. 31 greeting : BOO
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"Ben-___" : HUR
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Computer display showing how output will appear : WYSIWYG
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A memorable Gardner : AVA
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Malaysian money unit : SEN
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Aged, in Eire : OULD
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Convocation of witches : ESBAT
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Tributes : HOMAGES
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Adult elvers : EELS
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Midwest Indians : IOWAS
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Father of the H-bomb : TELLER
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Kind of omelet : SPANISH
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Low bows : SALAAMS
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Reduced : LESSENED
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Symbol of an 80's life style : YUPPIE
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Italian angel's instrument : ARPA
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Samovar : URN
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Ancient Mesopotamian city : EDESSA
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Cumulus : MASS
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Dan Beard's org. : BSA
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Adjusts the VCR : RESETS
Down
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Reagan role in "Knute Rockne ... " : GIPP
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Song hit of 1943 : AMOR
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___ facto : IPSO
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Oenologists, at times : TASTERS
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Aunt in "Oklahoma!" : ELLER
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Zola's "Thérèse ___" : RAQUIN
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Part of "Cogito, ergo sum" : IAM
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Weapon that killed the Albatross : CROSSBOW
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Genuine, in Germany : ECHT
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Followers of betas : GAMMAS
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Word of opposition to local civic projects : NIMBY
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An Astaire : ADELE
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Plods : WADES
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French inn : AUBERGE
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___-fi : SCI
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Condense : ABRIDGE
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Cries of disgust : UGHS
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Cerulean : BLUE
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Merit : EARN
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Medieval minstrel's poem : LAY
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Actress Kurtz : SWOOSIE
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Ruth or Zaharias : BABE
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Ellipsoid : OVAL
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These may be wild : OATS
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Delicious! : YUM
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Uses lavishly : SLATHERS
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Sonora shawls : SERAPES
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Medieval guilds : HANSAS
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Loop loopers : ELS
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Assassin : SLAYER
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Muslims' faith : ISLAM
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"Fidelio," e.g. : OPERA
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Group in Gurney's plays : WASPS
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Dodge : ELUDE
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Slight : SNUB
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Chevet : APSE
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Kin of rain : MIST
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Salty septet : SEAS
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Genetic letters : DNA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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