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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Friday, October 10, 1986

54-Down : Rommel

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 14.9
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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,485
Across
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Zaharias : BABE
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Newt : EFT
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Greek island where Sappho lived : LESBOS
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Presidential office : OVAL
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Train-schedule abbr. : ARR
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Toscanini : ARTURO
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Aussie marsupial : WALLAROO
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Nursery-school items : BLOCKS
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Kind of protest : LIEIN
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Editor's notation : SIC
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Wapiti : ELK
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"___ we forget": Kipling : LEST
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Peter or Nicholas : TSAR
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Country on the Mekong : LAOS
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Expresses scorn : SNORTS
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Word with order or gear : REVERSE
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"___ any drop to drink": Coleridge : NOR
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Centers of activity : LOCI
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Chemical suffix : OSE
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"The ___ is a ass": Dickens : LAW
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Hobgoblin : BUGABOO
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Boer hero ___ Paul Kruger : OOM
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"___ Clear Day" : ONA
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Employer : USER
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___ de France : ILE
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Affirms : ATTESTS
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Lemon, e.g. : FLAVOR
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Believe : DEEM
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North Sea feeder : YSER
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"The ___ is out of joint": Shak. : TIME
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Wheel part : RIM
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Mesabi product : ORE
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Choice : ELECT
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"Old ___," 1957 Disney film : YELLER
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Asian monkey : WANDEROO
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Paris hub : ETOILE
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Forte of football fame : IKE
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Shock : STUN
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Worthless pieces of lumber : SCOOTS
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Actress Carrie : NYE
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Sprinter's target : TAPE
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"The Golden ___": James : BOWL
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Profits : AVAILS
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Whalebone : BALEEN
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"Invisible Man" author : ELLISON
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Crossette : EAR
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David and Robert : FROSTS
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Deux follower : TROIS
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Curie's milieu : LAB
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Perry's creator : ERLE
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Tennis veteran Fred : STOLLE
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Cowboy : BUCKAROO
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Mork's planet : ORK
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Mayday relative : SOS
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"The Skin of Our Teeth" name : ANTROBUS
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Chocolate substitute : CAROB
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Kickback : RECOIL
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Treat for Pietro's dog : OSSO
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Look : SEEM
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Reliable : TRUSTY
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Broke in upon : VIOLATED
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Roman household god : LAR
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Follower of car or truck : LOAD
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Prefix with date : ANTE
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London bridge : WATERLOO
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Paste for bas-reliefs : GESSO
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Most reprehensible : EVILEST
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Estevez or Pucci : EMILIO
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Odd : FREAKY
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Sicilian code of silence : OMERTA
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Compensate : RECOUP
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Rommel : ERWIN
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Dissolve : MELT
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Musical sound : TONE
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Aye : YES
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Relative of et al. : ETC
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In medias ___ : RES
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Helen Taft, ___ Herron : NEE

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

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