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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, July 21, 1990

12-Down : More well-bred

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 62, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 6.10, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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. 14,865
Across
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Canter and rack, e.g. : GAITS
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Novelist Lessing : DORIS
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Actress Matlin : MARLEE
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Fierce fish : PIRANHA
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Discoverer of the St. Lawrence : CARTIER
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Left out : OMITTED
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Gabriel or Michael, e.g. : ARCHANGEL
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Like some skirts : GORED
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Fashion name : DIOR
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Remove : ELIMINATE
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N Texas town : ENNIS
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Job's tester : SATAN
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Oenophile, at times : TASTER
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Objurgated : BERATED
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Lover : INAMORATA
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Figure in a gold-rush town : ASSAYER
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Adagio and allegro, e.g. : TEMPOS
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"You ___ Love," Kern tune : ARE
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Of music having a key : TONAL
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Agnew : SPIRO
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Play a part on stage : PERSONATE
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Dash : ELAN
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Husbander : SAVER
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Hays office job : CENSORING
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Mineral named for its emerald coloring : ERINITE
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"Good ___ of great joy": Luke 2:10 : TIDINGS
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Islamic sovereigns : SULTANS
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Sweet toppers : ICINGS
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Jells, country style : GEALS
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Director Fritz's family : LANGS
Down
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These are found in écoles : GARCONS
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Joint problem : ARTHRITIS
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Pelvic bones : ILIA
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"___ Angel," 1960 song : TEEN
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Twilled fabrics : SERGES
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Kind of view : DIM
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Emanates : ORIGINATES
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Boca ___, Fla. : RATON
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Stock ___ (resources) : INTRADE
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Like some Halloween figures : SHEETED
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Boat basin : MARINA
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More well-bred : POLITER
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" ... stingeth like an ___": Proverbs 23:32 : ADDER
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Youngest son : CADET
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Complicated : ELABORATE
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Charlotte Corday's victim : MARAT
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Like some D.C. committees : SENATORIAL
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Kind of fabric : RAYON
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Meddler's activity : TAMPERING
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Imperils : MENACES
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Floor covering : AREARUG
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Sycophantic : SERVILE
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Supports for buildings, piers, etc. : PILINGS
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Big apes, for short : ORANGS
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De Sylva-Brown products : SONGS
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Chevets : APSES
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Kind of soup : LENTIL
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Actress Berger : SENTA
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Director Vittorio De ___ : SICA
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One-eyed god : ODIN
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Lots of lbs. : TNS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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