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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, January 27, 1990

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.7
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. 14,690
Across
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Author of "The Republic" : PLATO
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Schusser's need : SLOPE
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Language spoken by Jesus : ARAMAIC
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Small cylindrical structure : TUBULE
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Explorer Sieur de ___ : LASALLE
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Jill or John of films : IRELAND
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Milk, in Madrid : LECHE
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Youngest major general in U.S. history : LAFAYETTE
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Etc.'s cousin : ETAL
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Kind of column : LALLY
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George's lyricist : IRA
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Roman sun god : SOL
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Move obliquely : SIDLE
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Select a jury : PANEL
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D. H. Lawrence work, with "The" : RAINBOW
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Projections : LEDGES
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An ore of uranium : CARNOTITE
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Italian liqueur : STREGA
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Site of Dante's tomb : RAVENNA
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Yorkshire city : LEEDS
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Web-footed mammal : OTTER
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Room in a harem : ODA
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Place to write S.W.A.K. : ENV
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"The Land of Smiles" composer : LEHAR
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Distort : SKEW
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John le Carré, e.g. : PSEUDONYM
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___ Gay, W.W. II bomber : ENOLA
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Whirlwind : TORNADO
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Calendar originating in 622 : ISLAMIC
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Flush : REDDEN
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Finch-family members : SISKINS
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Blackmore's Lorna : DOONE
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Bel ___ (Italian cheese) : PAESE
Down
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Roman magistrate : PRAETOR
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Milano opera house : LASCALA
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Menotti hero : AMAHL
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Full amount : TALE
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Kind of palm or pan : OIL
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Suppress : STIFLE
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Va. caverns : LURAY
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"___ thy heart": Emerson : OBEY
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Whimper : PULE
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Producing exultation : ELATING
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"Deutschland über ___" : ALLES
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Pale gray-green : CELADON
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Menu item : ENTREE
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Trump specialties : DEALS
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Squire in "Tom Jones" : ALLWORTHY
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Astral Balance : LIBRA
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Impediments : SNAGS
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"___ Grimes," Britten opera : PETER
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Arabian Sea gulf : ADEN
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Like a wedding cake : ICED
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Bacon's partner : LIVER
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Japanese straw mats : TATAMIS
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Napped : SLEPT
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Kind of muscle : TENSOR
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Honored : REVERED
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Hiawatha's grandmother : NOKOMIS
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Sweet one of songdom : ADELINE
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Wife of Paris : OENONE
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Detection aircraft : AWACS
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Thick, waterproof fabric : LODEN
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Bushmaster, e.g. : SNAKE
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Erase : UNDO
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Decorated lower wall : DADO
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Joy Adamson's lioness : ELSA
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Small beverage quantity : SIP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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