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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Friday, June 26, 1992

11-Down : Chess champ Karpov

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,571
Across
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Duchess of ___, Goya patron : ALBA
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Tire jobs : RECAPS
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Ararat vessel : ARK
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Drudge : PEON
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Vigor : ENERGY
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Writer Anaïs ___ : NIN
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Start of a phrase about 39 Across : ONLYUSWOMAN
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Bird: Comb. form : AVI
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Mal de ___ : MER
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Author of "Them" : OATES
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Book ending : LET
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Phrase: Part II : AWARDEDBOTH
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Aces : ONES
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Ind. city : PERU
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Aweather's opposite : ALEE
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Promenade : STROLL
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Million chaser : AIRE
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Football stats : YDS
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Writer born June 26, 1892 : PEARLBUCK
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Zing : PEP
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Dog of primers : SPOT
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Dry white wines : SOAVES
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___ Sea : ARAL
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Item for Bohr : ATOM
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Yawp : YELP
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Phrase: Part III : PULITZERAND
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Tchrs.' org : NEA
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Gland: Comb. form : ADENO
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Whiz's partner : GEE
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Maxim's has two : EMS
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Code word : DIT
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End of phrase : NOBELPRIZES
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Mel of baseball : OTT
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Iago's wife : EMILIA
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Glaciarium : RINK
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Bee chaser : CEE
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Doctorow's "The Book of ___" : DANIEL
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"K-K-K-___" : KATY
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Handsome young men : APOLLOS
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Indulgent : LENIENT
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Support : BOLSTER
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Even one : ANY
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Stitch anew : RESEW
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Surround : ENWRAP
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Bus. V.I.P. : CEO
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Estuary : ARM
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Tway's org. : PGA
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Council : SYNOD
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Chess champ Karpov : ANATOLY
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Held firmly : RIVETED
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Items for noshing : KNISHES
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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Arab garment : ABA
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Estate agent, of a sort : REALTOR
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Bit : DRIB
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East wind, to Greeks : EURUS
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Payoff : SOP
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"___ Misèrables" : LES
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Bolivian city : LAPAZ
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Writer Umberto ___ : ECO
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Routine : ROTE
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"Oh, ___!": Gershwin musical : KAY
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Haiti's Duvalier : PAPADOC
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Lettered : ERUDITE
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Article for Arp : PALETTE
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City in Italia : VENEZIA
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Iron or tin, e.g. : ELEMENT
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Chess champ Boris : SPASSKY
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Writer Yutang : LIN
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Sal (The Barber) ___ : MAGLIE
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___ down (moderated) : TONED
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Katmandu is its capital : NEPAL
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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German granny : OMA
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"Ich ___ ein Berliner" : BIN
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Ransom ___ Olds : ELI
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Irritate : IRK

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

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