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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

BORROWING FROM THE BARD

New York Times, Sunday, September 30, 1990

15-Down : Some head coverings

Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 78, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 510 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 127, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Nancy Nicholson Joline has 61 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 48 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,936
Across
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U. of New Mexico team : LOBOS
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Baby-care item : TALC
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Chevets : APSES
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Kind of case or flight : TEST
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"What's in ___?": Juliet : ANAME
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Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
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Numbers game : LOTTO
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Frogner Park locale : OSLO
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Actress Shire : TALIA
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Maginot, for one : LINE
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Barrie title from "Julius Caesar" : DEARBRUTUS
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Porter­-Spewack title from "The Taming of the Shrew" : KISSMEKATE
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Major chaser : ETTE
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Copiers : APERS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Enl. men : GIS
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Roosevelt and Teasdale : SARAS
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W Texas city : ODESSA
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"O ___ Ben Jonson!" : RARE
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New Haven, City of ___ : ELMS
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"___ of the Mind," Shepard play : ALIE
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Does a diaskeuast's job : EMENDS
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McGinniss title from "Macbeth" : FATALVISION
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Latin American dances : SALSAS
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O'Neill play : ILE
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Vagus, e.g. : NERVE
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Belgian resort town : SPA
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Spanish liqueur : ANIS
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Gardener's tool : SHEARS
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Bring up : REAR
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Tossed off, as an exam : ACED
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"___ Shelter," Rolling Stones hit : GIMME
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Paderewski : IGNACE
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Capital of Turkey : ANKARA
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Memorable Israeli political leader : MEIR
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Forsyth title, with "The," from "Julius Caesar" : DOGSOFWAR
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Douglas Hyde's republic : EIRE
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George Eliot's weaver : MARNER
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Join a cause : ENLIST
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Type size : ELITE
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Netman Nastase : ILIE
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Bryce Canyon locale : UTAH
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More comfortable : EASIER
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"Remember ___ wife": Luke 17:32 : LOTS
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"___ 'em!" : SIC
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Actress Jones of "L.A. Law" : RENEE
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Lewis or Weems : TED
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Ekberg and Loos : ANITAS
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Maugham title from "Twelfth Night" : CAKESANDALE
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Pack fruit with the best on top : DEACON
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Clement : MILD
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This may be floppy : DISK
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Burbot : LING
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These are sometimes round : ROBINS
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"___ la vista" : HASTA
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Distress : AIL
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Sheet of ice asea : FLOE
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Moderate : ABATE
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Ten: Comb. form : DECI
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Christie title from "Twelfth Night" : SADCYPRESS
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Kingsley title from "Twelfth Night" : WESTWARDHO
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Lombok neighbor : BALI
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Miller's salesman : LOMAN
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Like the White Rabbit : LATE
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___-Powell, Boy Scouts founder : BADEN
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Kind of rug : AREA
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Tradition : USAGE
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Lean-to : SHED
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Gather : AMASS
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Bath-towel word : HERS
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Hordeola : STYES
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Potato pancake : LATKE
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Broadcasting : ONAIR
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Model-airplane material : BALSA
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Lunts' comedy title from "Twelfth Night" : OMISTRESSMINE
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Place to caulk : SEAM
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"The Two Towers" author : TOLKIEN
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Former president of Costa Rica : ARIAS
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Mardi Gras follower : LENT
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One of the Monty Python troupe : CLEESE
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Municipal-­council member : ALDERMAN
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Writer of inferior verse : POETASTER
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Census figs. : STATS
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To be, in Brest : ETRE
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Kind of story : SOB
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Some head coverings : TOUPEES
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Met bass-baritone : ESTES
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Calumnies : SLURS
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Fiber from a jute : TOSSA
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Ulnae's neighbors : RADII
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Way out : EGRESS
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TV extraterrestrial : ALF
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Oldest street in L.A. : OLVERA
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M.D.'s org. : AMA
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Part of T.A.E. : ALVA
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Muralist Rivera : DIEGO
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Ade's "Fables in ___" : SLANG
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"All the Things You ___," 1939 song : ARE
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Betrayer; traitor : ISCARIOT
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Lehár specialty : OPERETTA
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Nothing, in Nicaragua : NADA
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Weaken : SAG
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Plantae's counterpart : ANIMALIA
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Edward Lear specialty : LIMERICK
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Undo : ERASE
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Lay doggo, in London : HID
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Teatime goody : SCONE
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Leach title from "Henry VIII" : AKILLINGFROST
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Palindromic word : ERE
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"Eroica" key : EFLAT
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Formerly named : NEE
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___ up (got smart): Slang : WISED
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In reserve : ASIDE
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Hwy. : RTE
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Abbr. for a pot­pourri : MISC
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Dogpatch denizens, e.g. : RURALS
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Ar chaser : ESS
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Conduce : TEND
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What an ampersand means : AND
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Annoying situations : HEADACHES
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In a risqué manner : RACILY
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Omissions : ELISIONS
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Sine qua ___ : NON
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Issued : EMITTED
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Tendon : SINEW
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Erhard's therapy : EST
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De Larrocha and Markova : ALICIAS
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Algiers native quarter : KASBAH
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Singer Lou from Chicago : RAWLS
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West Indian fetish : OBEAH
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Sew loosely : BASTE
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Ibsen's Gabler : HEDDA
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Freud contemporary : ADLER
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Air Force Chief of Staff: 1961-65 : LEMAY
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Indian or orange : OSAGE
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Anglo-Saxon laborers : ESNES
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Tot : DRAM
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Bern's river : AARE
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___ fours : PLUS
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Arab's outer garment : ABA

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

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