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Nancy Nicholson Joline
New York Times, Thursday, February 4, 1988
32-Across : Matador's red cloth
Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.7
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.
1 O | 2 U | 3 S | 4 T | 5 S | 6 I | 7 N | 8 G | 9 F | 10 A | 11 R | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 F | L | E | A | 15 O | G | E | E | 16 U | L | E | M | A |
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17 F | U | N | G | 18 I | F | O | R | M | 19 N | E | P | A | L |
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20 I | L | A | 21 C | A | R | 22 M | 23 A | I | 24 A | N | I |
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25 C | A | T | 26 C | H | 27 L | A | I | C | 28 V | A | N |
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29 E | N | O | L | 30 A | 31 B | A | 32 M | U | 33 L | E | T | A |
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34 T | R | I | 35 F | L | E | S | 36 L | A | D | E | S |
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37 F | U | G | A | C | 38 I | 39 O | U | S | ||||||
40 S | 41 E | 42 R | F | S | 43 A | R | I | S | T | 44 A | 45 E | |||
46 T | R | U | S | T | 47 S | 48 R | E | L | 49 E | L | S | 50 A |
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51 E | O | N | 52 I | T | 53 I | S | 54 E | D | I | T | S |
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55 L | S | D | 56 G | E | N | 57 C | 58 A | M | 59 B | A | T |
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60 L | I | L | 61 I | A | 62 F | 63 U | L | G | U | 64 R | A | T | E |
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65 A | V | E | R | T | 66 E | S | A | U | 67 U | B | E | R |
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68 S | E | T | A | E | 69 R | E | N | E | 70 T | A | S | S |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,967
Across
1
Eject : OUST
5
"Awake and ___!": Odets : SING
9
Gets along : FARES
14
Chigoe : FLEA
15
Pointed arch : OGEE
16
Moslem law council : ULEMA
17
Mushroom-shaped : FUNGIFORM
19
Himalayan country : NEPAL
20
Dockers' org. : ILA
21
Hudson or Maxwell : CAR
22
Avril follower : MAI
24
Cuckoo : ANI
25
Word in a Heller title : CATCH
27
Secular : LAIC
28
Forefront : VAN
29
Organic compound : ENOL
30
Arab's outer garment : ABA
32
Matador's red cloth : MULETA
34
Dallies : TRIFLES
36
Puts on cargo : LADES
37
Evanescent : FUGACIOUS
40
Medieval sons of the soil : SERFS
43
Botanical beards : ARISTAE
46
Sherman Act's targets : TRUSTS
48
Bro., e.g. : REL
49
Actress Lanchester : ELSA
51
Ages upon ages : EON
52
"___ my lady ... ": Romeo : ITIS
54
___ out (deletes) : EDITS
55
A hallucinogen : LSD
56
O.T. book : GEN
57
English river : CAM
59
Jockey's short whip : BAT
60
Actress Skala : LILIA
62
Emit flashes : FULGURATE
65
Obviate : AVERT
66
Isaac's elder son : ESAU
67
"Deutschland ___ Alles" : UBER
68
Caterpillar's bristles : SETAE
69
Descartes : RENE
70
Soviet news agency : TASS
Down
1
Part of O.P.A. : OFFICE
2
Wailing : ULULANT
3
Thesmothete : SENATOR
4
Word with end or line : TAG
5
Chesterfield, e.g. : SOFA
6
Stravinsky : IGOR
7
Saul's grandfather : NER
8
Bud of a plant : GEMMA
9
Bundle of nerve fibers : FUNICULUS
10
Pub item : ALE
11
Did a road job : REPAVED
12
Arise : EMANATE
13
Calif. river : SALINAS
18
"___ bin ein Berliner": J.F.K. : ICH
23
Object : AIM
26
Dover sight : CLIFFS
27
E. Indian sailors : LASCARS
30
Pain: Comb. form : ALG
31
Arthur or Lillie : BEA
33
Continued : LASTED
35
Criticize severely : FUSTIGATE
38
Eur. country : IRE
39
Midnight follower : OIL
40
Dallas and Stevens : STELLAS
41
Causing wear : EROSIVE
42
Small barrel : RUNDLET
44
"Arabian Nights" hero : ALIBABA
45
Social and political classes : ESTATES
47
Sault ___ Marie : STE
50
Michaelmas daisies : ASTERS
53
Deduce : INFER
54
Australian bird : EMU
57
Family group : CLAN
58
Chills and fever : AGUE
61
Author Levin : IRA
63
"How ___ doth breed a habit ... ": Shak. : USE
64
Furrow : RUT
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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