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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Friday, May 26, 1989

11-Down : Calif. city

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J K W X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, 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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,444
Across
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Ink producer : SQUID
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Kipling's Shere Khan : TIGER
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___-café (after-dinner drink) : POUSSE
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Began again : RESUMED
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"The Little ___," Temple film : COLONEL
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Surpass : ECLIPSE
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Forbear : OMIT
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___ avis : RARA
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Expert : ADEPT
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Places : LOCI
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___ Gay, W.W. II bomber : ENOLA
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Coloratura Mills : ERIE
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Bagnold and Markey : ENIDS
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Prognostics : OMENS
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Hockey great : ORR
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Glossy fabrics : SATINS
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Austerlitz's adopted name : ASTAIRE
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Tree of heaven : AILANTHUS
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Significance : CONTENT
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Jim Palmer was one : ORIOLE
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Kind of bolt or dance : TAP
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Like some sleeves : SETIN
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Gets into the card game : ANTES
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Lincoln and Vigoda : ABES
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Natives of Costa Rica : TICOS
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Foie ___ (liver delicacy) : GRAS
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Charlotte Corday's victim : MARAT
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Greek peak : OSSA
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Perform an ablution : LAVE
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Language spoken by Jesus : ARAMAIC
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Herbal teas : TISANES
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Do a photographer's job : RETOUCH
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Rids the body of : EGESTS
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Cross : TESTY
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Hoffman's "Midnight Cowboy" role : RATSO
Down
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Entreat : SOLICIT
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Everyday : QUOTIDIAN
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Halsey's org. : USN
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Grenoble's river : ISERE
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Sara ___ Roosevelt : DELANO
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Gumshoe : TEC
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Ibiza, e.g. : ISLA
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Kind of dog or rope : GUIDE
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Beethoven's "___ Concerto" : EMPEROR
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Inhale and exhale : RESPIRE
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Calif. city : POMONA
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Most authentic : REALEST
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Check : DETER
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Nat and Natalie : COLES
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Classicists' opponents : ROMANTICS
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Flower: Comb. form : ANTHO
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Tizzies : SNITS
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Spanish film director Carlos : SAURA
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Winter phenomenon : SLEET
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Fish glue : ISINGLASS
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College in Yellow Springs, Ohio : ANTIOCH
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Supper club : CABARET
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Function : OPERATE
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Walpole's "The Castle of ___" : OTRANTO
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Whitman's "___ of Grass" : LEAVES
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Massachusetts has four : ESSES
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Devon river : TAMAR
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Pater ___ : NOSTER
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Aegean island : SAMOS
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Asian antelope : SAIGA
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Tense : TAUT
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"And in the ___ silence of the tomb": Keats : ICY
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Tennis unit : SET

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

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