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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Friday, August 20, 1993

41-Down : Coal holder

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 16, 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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,991
Across
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"The Front Page" co-author : HECHT
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Pitcher : EWER
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Mentor : GURU
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Tryon's "The ___" : OTHER
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St. ___, French port : MALO
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Calla, e.g. : ARUM
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"___ Alone," V. Herbert song : THINE
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Pasta ___ (with vegetables) : PRIMAVERA
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Burns's "___ o' Shanter" : TAM
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Computer follower : ESE
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Miami's county : DADE
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États-___ : UNIS
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Fictional sleuth Lupin : ARSENE
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PBS, British version : BBC
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Updike's "___: A Book" : BECH
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Coal or oil, e.g. : FOSSILFUEL
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Con men : HOSERS
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Handsome youth : APOLLO
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Carry away : ELATE
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Yuletide symbol : HOLLY
40
Flax plants : LINUMS
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Giddiness : LEVITY
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Broad view, with "the" : BIGPICTURE
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Foil's cousin : EPEE
50
Org. for Pei : AIA
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Overblown : TURGID
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Torpid : DULL
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Commiseration : PITY
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Bust; pinch : NAB
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New Guinean port : LAE
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Quick way to slimness : LIPECTOMY
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"A Dandy in ___," 1968 film : ASPIC
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White House office : OVAL
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Grease job : LUBE
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Juncture : JOINT
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"Bird thou never ___": Shelley : WERT
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They follow zetas : ETAS
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___ up (pays) : ANTES
Down
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Spa for the home : HOTTUB
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Flammable gas : ETHANE
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Tortilla appetizer : CHIMICHANGA
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Female lobster : HEN
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Almond or olive : TREE
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Beethoven's ___ Concerto : EMPEROR
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Kind of bride : WAR
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Quashes, in law : ELIDES
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Where to find Ploesti : ROMANIA
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Contributed : GAVE
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Yorkshire river : URE
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Robot play : RUR
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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Long Island university : ADELPHI
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Out of danger : SAFE
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Grew rapidly : SHOTUP
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Draft org. : SSS
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"The White House is a ___": T.R. : BULLYPULPIT
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Liberty ___ : BELL
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Sate : CLOY
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Pedate : FOOTED
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Afroasiatic language subfamily : SEMITIC
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Napoleon slept here: 1814-15 : ELBA
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Half of CVI : LIII
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Coal holder : SCUTTLE
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Schlep : LUG
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The Furies : ERINYES
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Hindu sacred writings : VEDA
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Test : TRYOUT
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Tennyson's "lily maid" : ELAINE
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Picks : ELECTS
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Skin : PELT
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___ California : BAJA
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Dejected : LOW
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"___ Gotta Crow," 1954 song : IVE
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___ avion : PAR
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Wharton School deg. : MBA
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Junior : SON

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

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