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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Wednesday, August 10, 1988

27-Down : Decorticates

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,155
Across
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Heavenly balance : LIBRA
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Belgian town : SPA
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"Oh, give me ___ ... " : AHOME
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Register : ENROL
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Steno's item : PAD
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Verboten : TABOO
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"There Is Nothin' Like ___" : ADAME
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Always : AYE
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Junkets : TRIPS
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Dean Martin film: 1968 : FIVECARDSTUD
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W. German river : SAAR
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Persona non ___ : GRATA
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Havana house : CASA
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Brando film: 1960 : ONEEYEDJACKS
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Case in Lat. grammar : ABL
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Like Simon's couple : ODD
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Japanese food items : SUSHIS
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Southern sound : DRAWL
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Fashion's Geoffrey : BEENE
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"¡___ gracias!" : MUCHAS
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Penn., e.g. : STA
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Fast flier : SST
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Kirk Douglas film: 1951 : ACEINTHEHOLE
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Costner film role : NESS
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Where Iphigenia was saved : AULIS
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___-majesté : LESE
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Alan Bates film: 1967 : KINGOFHEARTS
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Rhino's kin : TAPIR
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Scram! : GIT
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Steeplejack's bolt : RIVET
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U. of Maine site : ORONO
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Siam follower : ESE
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Musical direction : ANIME
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___ of Terror : REIGN
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Grange or Auerbach : RED
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Word with common or horse : SENSE
Down
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Turns pages : LEAFS
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Ashley Wilkes's sister : INDIA
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Spain's Costa ___ : BRAVA
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Actor Cesar ___ : ROMERO
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Pianist Templeton : ALEC
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Boxed : SPARRED
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Worker's reward time : PAYDAY
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"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
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Aleutian island : ATTU
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Tough customer : HARDCASE
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Kind of sash : OBI
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Swab : MOP
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Mellowed : AGED
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Bits : TADS
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Flu symptoms : ACHES
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Decorticates : SKINS
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Plus : ASSET
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The man without a country : NOLAN
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Gen. Early of the C.S.A. : JUBAL
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Madison Ave. type : ADMAN
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Scottish hero : BRUCE
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Ties : LACES
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Sweeper's activity : WHISKING
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Smith of tennis : STAN
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Moved : SHIFTED
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Twaddle : TOSH
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Embracer : HUGGER
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Plaza denizen : ELOISE
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May or Stritch : ELAINE
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Former Carolina senator : ERVIN
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Checks : STEMS
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A Lauder : ESTEE
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Press : IRON
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Roman and Christian : ERAS
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Rocky peak : TOR
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Swedish ski resort : ARE
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Taro-root food : POI

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

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