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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, January 10, 1987

24-Down : This precedes febrero

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,577
Across
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"The ___ have it" : AYES
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Gardner hero : MASON
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District in Pakistan : SWAT
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" ... volume of forgotten ___": Poe : LORE
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Tolerate : ABIDE
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Fortune : PILE
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Theme of this puzzle : FUNNYWORDS
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One-eyed god : ODIN
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Ethereal : AERY
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A true opera buff : STANDEE
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Inspiration for "Call Me Madam" : MESTA
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___ provocateur : AGENT
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Funicello of films : ANNETTE
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Kitchen utensil : PARER
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Kind of wreath : LEI
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Reprobate : SINNER
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Letters for an invitee : RSVP
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Ogee, e.g. : ARCH
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Plump, in Portsmouth : FUBSY
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Iranian group : SHIA
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Join, in a way : YOKE
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Brawl : FRACAS
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Business abbr. : INC
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Notched, as leaves : EROSE
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Heighten : ENHANCE
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Vetches : TARES
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Indy 500 name : UNSER
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Rather : INSTEAD
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Slope : CANT
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Kind of skirt or bus : MINI
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Boisterous parade : CALLITHUMP
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Kind of cement : ELEC
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Dialect : IDIOM
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Start of the N.C. motto : ESSE
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A "Nicholas Nickleby" star : REES
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"Foul ___ will rise": Shak. : DEEDS
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Cartouche : MESA
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Airy ___ of comics : ALF
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MacLeish's "___, Andrew Marvell" : YOU
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An eagle : ERN
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Where thesmothetes meet : SENATE
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Bryn ___ College : MAWR
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"___ Named Sue" : ABOY
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Solti's title : SIR
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Chances : ODDS
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Nutcracker's suite : NEST
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Freeloaders : SPONGERS
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Counterclockwise : WIDDERSHINS
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"___ Corn," Howard play : ALIEN
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Belief : TENET
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" ... Innisfree" poet : YEATS
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Swiss river : AAR
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Asian archipelago : MALAY
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This precedes febrero : ENERO
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Large knife : SNICKERSNEE
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Spats : TIFFS
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Habituate : ENURE
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Fish, in Bari : PESCE
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Indo-European : ARYAN
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Court org. : NBA
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Lombardi or Edwards : VINCE
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Meadowlands contestant : PACER
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Nonconformists : HERETICS
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Move to the side : SHUNT
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Suffix with malt : OSE
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"La Marseillaise," for one : ANTHEM
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Sandglass : TIMER
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Weak : ANILE
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Word with rock : ACID
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Fla. county : DADE
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Part of a neck of beef : CLOD
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Aspires : AIMS
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"A ___ of the Mind," Shepard drama : LIE
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Application : USE
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Lib. of Cong. items : MSS
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Thimblerig object : PEA

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

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

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