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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, February 16, 1989

40-Down : Yakutsk's river

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.5
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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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,345
Across
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Hermit, e.g. : CRAB
5
Michaelmas daisy : ASTER
10
___ canto : BEL
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Rochester's love : EYRE
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Isabel, e.g. : REINA
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Actor Richard from Philadelphia : GERE
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Frustrating scene for a pyromaniac in Ariz.? : PETRIFIEDFOREST
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To eat, in Erfurt : ESSEN
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Punctures : DEFLATES
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Fruit drinks : ADES
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Naturalist Fossey : DIAN
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U.S.A. award : DSC
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Moslem religious leader : IMAM
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Orwell's "___ Farm" : ANIMAL
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Zeta follower : ETA
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Ticks off : RILES
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Anklebones : TALI
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Wedding mishap at Yosemite? : BRIDALVEILFALLS
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Manolete's adversary : TORO
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Weasel's kin : OTTER
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Vietnamese New Year : TET
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Mutations : SPORTS
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"Mens sana in corpore ___" : SANO
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Articles : ANS
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Baseball's Connie : MACK
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Level : RAZE
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Long-finned tuna : ALBACORE
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"Maria ___," 40's pop hit : ELENA
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What George's riding master told him in N.H.? : MOUNTWASHINGTON
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Formerly, formerly : ERST
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More feeble : LAMER
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A party to : INON
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Marshal of France: 1804-15 : NEY
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Streamlined : SLEEK
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Zola heroine : NANA
Down
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Edible mushroom : CEPE
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These may be seeded : RYES
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Letters' partner : ARTS
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Ky. college : BEREA
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Sound from Sandy : ARF
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Kind of whale : SEI
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Bound : TIED
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"Our revels now are ___": Shak. : ENDED
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Basketry fiber : RAFFIA
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Mangel-wurzel : BEET
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Gaelic : ERSE
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"___ Make Love," Monroe film : LETS
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Italian flavored ice : GRANITA
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Jawaharlal's daughter : INDIRA
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Buck heroine : OLAN
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Actor Jannings : EMIL
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Round of fire : SALVO
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Obligations : DEBTS
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Rope sling for cargo : STROP
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"Five Graves to ___," 1943 film : CAIRO
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Track events : MEETS
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Valletta is its capital : MALTA
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Fred or Steve : ALLEN
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Where knights tilted : LISTS
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Shankar's instrument : SITAR
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Torpid : DORMANT
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Yakutsk's river : LENA
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Like 15 Down : FROZEN
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Diplomat's asset : TACT
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Glowers : SCOWLS
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S. African native village : KRAAL
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British Museum's ___ marbles : ELGIN
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Egyptian deity : AMEN
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Scholar's acquisition : LORE
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Body or work preceder : BUSY
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Salinger girl : ESME
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Sicilian menace : ETNA
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Koestler's "Darkness at ___" : NOON
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Joyce's ___ Livia Plurabelle : ANNA
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Haw's companion : HEE
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Bother : IRK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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