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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, February 10, 1990

56-Across : White House family: 1977-81

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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. 14,704
Across
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___ lily : CALLA
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Nautical command : AVAST
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Melville's whaler : PEQUOD
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Héloïse's beloved : ABELARD
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Overwhelmed : DELUGED
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Ballerina Makarova : NATALIA
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___-podrida : OLLA
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"He ___ that he was ever born": Robinson : WEPT
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Emulate a bloodhound : SNIFF
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Chopper sound : WHIR
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Trial's partner : ERROR
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Kind of starter : SELF
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More rational : SANER
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Radar's relative : SONAR
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Alfonso or Fernando, e.g. : REY
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Iago's wife : EMILIA
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In relation to : VISAVIS
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Gratuity : LAGNIAPPE
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Antarctic penguins : ADELIES
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"Arabian Nights" voyager : SINBAD
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This may be in the sky : PIE
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Hamlet's "too too ___ flesh" : SOLID
44
Big name in farm implements : DEERE
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Joy Adamson's pet : ELSA
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Blackthorns : SLOES
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Name of several Siamese kings : RAMA
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Pause : LETUP
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Creep : INCH
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Prolific anth. author : ANON
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Ancient oared warship : TRIREME
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White House family: 1977-81 : CARTERS
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"Pathétique" and "Appassionata" : SONATAS
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Main channel : ARTERY
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Moved forward : NOSED
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Poor : NEEDY
Down
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Renaissance goldsmith : CELLINI
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Watercolor : AQUARELLE
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Tire part : LUG
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"Camelot" composer : LOEWE
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Vipers : ADDERS
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Arab outer garment : ABA
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Verifies for authenticity : VETS
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Bates and King : ALANS
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Abraham's Oscar-winning role: 1984 : SALIERI
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Rich English desserts : TRIFLES
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British Prime Minister: 1743-54 : PELHAM
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Cather's "My ___" : ANTONIA
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Cartoon duck : DAFFY
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Use a divining rod : DOWSE
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Supply with necessities : PROVISION
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Abrades : RASPS
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Iranian money units : RIALS
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___ City, S.D. : RAPID
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Money-exchange premiums : AGIOS
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Held in reverence : VENERATED
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Bly and Melba : NELLIES
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Airplane wing part : AILERON
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Verdi's "La Forza del ___" : DESTINO
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Hash house : BEANERY
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Military drill center : ARMORY
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___ list (campus topic) : DEANS
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Hides : PELTS
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India's ___ Plateau : DECCAN
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Atmospheres : AURAS
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"Friends ___ all things": Pythagoras : SHARE
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Jazzman Fountain : PETE
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___ Max, Mel Gibson role : MAD
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Road-map abbr. : RTE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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