This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

It Takes All Kinds

New York Times, Sunday, February 7, 1993

Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 98, Avg Word Len: 5.13, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 628 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 149, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 17, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 26.5
Nancy Nicholson Joline has 61 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 48 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
C
2
O
3
M
4
B
5
A
6
T
7
U
8
L
9
S
10
T
11
E
12
R
13
S
14
S
15
T
16
R
17
I
18
D
19
E
20
S
21
O
T
I
O
S
E
22
R
O
S
A
L
I
E
23
P
R
E
C
E
D
E
24
P
O
L
Y
P
R
25
A
G
M
A
T
I
S
T
26
L
A
C
H
I
N
E
27
T
E
S
S
E
R
A
E
28
S
I
T
29
U
30
L
A
31
O
P
A
R
32
C
O
R
S
33
A
34
G
35
E
36
N
E
N
E
S
37
A
R
N
38
S
39
P
40
E
41
C
T
R
E
42
C
A
C
43
O
G
R
A
P
H
44
E
R
45
O
46
L
47
E
48
L
E
N
A
49
A
R
M
O
R
50
S
S
E
51
U
K
52
A
S
E
S
53
A
D
O
R
54
E
55
D
56
R
O
U
N
D
57
S
58
R
59
U
N
A
B
O
U
T
60
M
I
S
O
G
A
61
M
I
S
T
62
A
63
S
64
A
65
P
I
N
U
P
66
M
O
T
T
O
S
67
A
68
C
T
O
R
69
O
C
S
70
H
71
A
72
G
73
S
74
A
75
M
E
76
A
S
S
77
M
O
C
H
A
78
N
E
A
79
I
A
L
80
C
L
Y
D
81
E
82
E
83
R
84
G
O
P
H
O
B
85
E
86
S
87
A
S
S
Y
88
A
I
R
89
N
90
T
91
H
92
A
M
U
S
E
93
N
94
A
95
B
96
S
T
E
N
97
T
A
M
98
T
W
O
99
P
A
N
E
L
100
S
C
R
A
101
P
S
102
E
103
E
R
I
E
104
A
N
T
105
D
I
A
S
K
E
U
106
A
107
S
108
T
109
D
110
E
C
L
A
S
S
111
E
112
S
113
H
114
O
R
E
S
115
U
N
R
I
P
E
116
A
N
O
I
N
T
117
L
118
A
119
S
120
A
B
U
S
E
121
E
R
I
N
122
M
A
L
123
C
Y
124
N
O
P
H
125
I
L
I
S
T
126
T
127
R
128
I
D
E
N
T
129
O
130
D
E
131
E
P
E
E
S
132
T
E
A
133
C
H
E
S
134
M
135
E
G
A
136
S
E
S
A
M
137
E
138
H
U
A
R
139
A
140
C
141
H
142
E
143
O
L
I
N
144
G
145
O
S
146
V
E
X
147
I
148
L
149
L
O
G
R
A
P
H
E
R
150
R
O
S
S
I
N
I
151
E
N
E
M
I
E
S
152
M
E
S
A
B
I
153
E
N
T
E
N
T
E
154
D
E
S
P
I
T
E
155
S
L
O
P
E
S
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,797
Across
1
Oppose : COMBAT
7
Warm overcoats : ULSTERS
14
Walks arrogantly : STRIDES
21
Indolent : OTIOSE
22
Cole Porter song; Nelson Eddy film, 1937 : ROSALIE
23
Go before : PRECEDE
24
Meddler in others' affairs : POLYPRAGMATIST
26
Quebec city on the St. Lawrence : LACHINE
27
Mosaic tiles : TESSERAE
28
Ancient bucket-shaped vessel : SITULA
31
City visited by Tarzan : OPAR
32
Prom-night item : CORSAGE
36
Spanish baby boys : NENES
37
Prince Valiant's son : ARN
38
"Le ___ de la Rose," Fokine ballet : SPECTRE
42
One who has poor penmanship : CACOGRAPHER
45
Novelist Rölvaag : OLE
48
Yakutsk's river : LENA
49
Knightwear : ARMOR
50
Dir. of San Diego from L.A. : SSE
51
Fiats : UKASES
53
"Thou would'st still be ___ ": Moore : ADORED
56
Some cuts of meat : ROUNDS
58
Roadster : RUNABOUT
60
One who hates marriage : MISOGAMIST
62
A king of Judah : ASA
65
Grable, to many W.W. II G.I.'s : PINUP
66
"Semper fidelis" et al. : MOTTOS
67
Sir Henry Irving, e.g. : ACTOR
69
A way up in mil. service : OCS
70
Harridan : HAG
73
"The ___ Old Moon," 1927 song : SAME
76
The law, to Mr. Bumble : ASS
77
Coffee variety : MOCHA
78
Govt. sponsor of opera, etc. : NEA
79
Screenwriter Diamond : IAL
80
Cager Frazier's nickname : CLYDE
82
One who has an aversion to work : ERGOPHOBE
86
Fresh : SASSY
88
Outward appearance : AIR
89
Utmost degree : NTH
92
Divert : AMUSE
93
Pinch : NAB
96
Light submachine gun : STEN
97
Highlands headgear : TAM
98
Jefferson's bill : TWO
99
Select, as a jury : PANEL
100
Cracklings : SCRAPS
102
Eldritch : EERIE
104
Pismire : ANT
105
Editor : DIASKEUAST
109
Reduced to low status : DECLASSE
112
Strands : SHORES
115
Immature : UNRIPE
116
Consecrate : ANOINT
117
Tones on a scale : LAS
120
Revile : ABUSE
121
Mavourneen's home : ERIN
122
Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du ___" : MAL
123
One who likes dogs : CYNOPHILIST
126
Implement for Poseidon : TRIDENT
129
Epicede : ODE
131
Sabers' less lethal kin : EPEES
132
Emulates Mark Hopkins : TEACHES
134
Buck or byte preceder : MEGA
136
Flavoring agent : SESAME
138
Mexican sandal : HUARACHE
143
Raccoonlike mammals of S. America : OLINGOS
146
One who designs flags : VEXILLOGRAPHER
150
"Tancredi" composer : ROSSINI
151
Redcoats, to Minutemen : ENEMIES
152
Minn. range : MESABI
153
___ cordiale : ENTENTE
154
Notwithstanding : DESPITE
155
Places for schussing : SLOPES
Down
1
Egyptian Christian church member : COPT
2
Pawnee's friend : OTOE
3
Some units of length : MILS
4
"___ Town," 1938 Tracy film : BOYS
5
Mien : ASPECT
6
Reign of ___: 1793-94 : TERROR
7
Impulses : URGES
8
Actor Herbert from Prague : LOM
9
Fed. agency concerned with retirees : SSA
10
Use a shuttle : TAT
11
Site of ancient Olympics : ELIS
12
Insurrection : RISING
13
Hunting dogs : SETTERS
14
Tom Hanks film: 1984 : SPLASH
15
Musical syllable : TRA
16
Kind of room : REC
17
Venous fluid for Aphrodite : ICHOR
18
One who excels at table conversation : DEIPNOSOPHIST
19
Actress Purviance : EDNA
20
Sight attachment : SEER
25
Rhine feeder : AARE
29
Actresses Merkel and O'Connor : UNAS
30
Pariah : LEPER
33
Start of a Hemingway title : ACROSS
34
Breadth; scope : GAMUT
35
Campaign issue in '92 : ECON
37
MacArthur hailed from here : ARKANSAS
38
Kind of dunk : SLAM
39
Foot: Comb. form : PEDI
40
Sonny Shroyer role on TV : ENOS
41
Rebounded : CAROMED
43
City in central Neb. : ORD
44
A Shriver : EUNICE
46
Romanian monetary unit : LEU
47
Triple this for a wine : EST
49
Songlike : ARIOSE
52
___ Simbel, Egypt : ABU
54
Psyche component : EGO
55
Kind of bank : DATA
57
Leroy Paige, familiarly : SATCHEL
59
"___ my word!" : UPON
61
Map abbr. : MTS
63
London's ___ Square : SOHO
64
Breed of horse : ARAB
67
Quantities : AMOUNTS
68
Thicket : COPSE
71
Peer Gynt's mother : AASE
72
She wrote "Three Weeks" : GLYN
73
Ailurophobe's word : SCAT
74
Former queen of Jordan : ALIA
75
One who studies ants : MYRMECOLOGIST
81
Spellbind : ENTRANCE
83
___ Nui (Easter Island) : RAPA
84
Role for E. Zimbalist Jr. : GMAN
85
Box : ENCASE
87
Certain : ASSURED
90
Like some roads or plots : TWISTY
91
Straddlers : HOES
94
"___ gratia artis" : ARS
95
Capital of Azerbaijan : BAKU
100
Nicaraguan's nap : SIESTA
101
Female swan : PEN
103
Bush or Taft : ELI
105
Member of a Middle Eastern sect : DRUSE
106
Million chaser : AIRE
107
What teetotums do : SPIN
108
Kind of caterpillar : TENT
109
Lamb's mother : DAM
110
Spanish queen: 1906-31 : ENA
111
Leap, like some lovers : ELOPE
113
Falstaff's princely pal : HAL
114
R.I.P. notice : OBIT
118
Gibraltar tourist attractions : APES
119
Bundled, as grain : SHEAVED
124
Highlands monster, familiarly : NESSIE
125
A daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta : ISMENE
126
Ruffian : THUG
127
Provides new weapons : REARMS
128
Site of Beersheba : ISRAEL
130
Saint-Saëns's "___ Macabre" : DANSE
133
Elected : CHOSE
134
"Utopia" author : MORE
135
N.C. college : ELON
137
Love-letter letters : EXES
139
Lhasa ___ (Tibetan dog) : APSO
140
Fellow : CHAP
141
"H.M.S. Pinafore" lass : HEBE
142
Discordia : ERIS
144
"The ___ Game," 1977 play : GIN
145
Neighbor of Que. : ONT
147
Poe's "The ___ of the Perverse" : IMP
148
One-fifth of CCLX : LII
149
"___ It Be," Beatles song : LET

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Log in or purchase a subscription to view an analysis of this puzzle.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2026, Jim Horne
23 ms