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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Friday, June 22, 1990

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 16.6
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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,836
Across
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A biblical king and a sea captain : AHABS
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Mayday's rel. : SOS
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Plantain lily : HOSTA
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Painter of "Olympia" : MANET
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Corroded : ATE
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More competent : ABLER
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Early Briton : ANGLE
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"The ___ Tree," Andersen fairy tale : FIR
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Ellipses : OVALS
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Comedian who discusses 35 Across : GEORGECARLIN
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Briny : SALINE
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Plicate : PLEATED
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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"Though Hamlet rambles and Lear ___": Yeats : RAGES
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Actress Garr : TERI
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Equus asinus : ASS
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Seed covering : ARIL
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Yellow-fever mosquito : AEDES
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Seemingly self-contradictory figures of speech : OXYMORONS
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Leader of a Hasidic group : REBBE
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Word sung on Dec. 31 : AULD
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Tach reading : RPM
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Latin I word : AMAT
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Stuffed : SATED
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"American Gigolo" star : GERE
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Bergman's "Casablanca" husband : HENREID
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Puzzler's tool : ERASER
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Example of 35 Across : JUMBOSHRIMPS
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Semiconductor : DIODE
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One of Pooh's pals : ROO
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"The Wealth of Nations" author : SMITH
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Islamic prince : AMEER
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Naught : NIL
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Where Inchon is : KOREA
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Fresh : SASSY
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Vulpine : SLY
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A Bergen dummy : SNERD
Down
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Docs' org. : AMA
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Airport features : HANGARS
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Davis and Lansbury : ANGELAS
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Wis. college : BELOIT
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Violinist Isaac : STERN
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Sound's companion : SAFE
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Auricular : OTIC
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Sonora shawl : SERAPE
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A Caucasian, to Hawaiians : HAOLE
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Precludes : OBVIATES
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Distorted : SLANTED
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___ Aviv : TEL
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"___ gratia artis" : ARS
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A Madison V.P. : GERRY
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Tusitala's monogram : RLS
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Coral, e.g. : SEA
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"Air" homophone : ERE
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God of the lower world : DIS
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End : AIM
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Be a poor winner : GLOAT
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Give the heave-ho : AXE
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Ampersand : AND
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Imposes : OBTRUDES
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Be sorry : RUE
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Wiser's partner : OLDER
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Stadium sound : RAH
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Uncle, in Ayr : EME
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Guitar-family members : BANJOES
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Breathe : RESPIRE
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___ John, legendary monk-king : PRESTER
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Mal de ___ : MER
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Relative : SIB
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Bedizens : ADORNS
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Smoked ham : GAMMON
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An abrasive : EMERY
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Hazards : RISKS
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Pedologist's concern : SOIL
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Part of H.R.E. : HOLY
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"___ Boot," 1981 film : DAS
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"___ Loser." Beatles song : IMA
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Conned : HAD

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

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