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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Thursday, May 24, 1990

44-Across : Obliterations

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,807
Across
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Inge's "A ___ of Roses" : LOSS
5
Center : LOCUS
10
Hunt's "___ Ben Adhem" : ABOU
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Official proceedings : ACTA
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Active : ALIVE
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Actress in "The Black Stallion" : GARR
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Aggressive, amplified rock music : HEAVYMETAL
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Teen's woe : ACNE
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Kind of reel : TAKEUP
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Fitzgerald or Raines : ELLA
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Essential : KEY
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Hero follower : INE
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Dodecanese island : KOS
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Painter of "On the Stage" : DEGAS
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Lacking individuality : COOKIECUTTER
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Grassy plains : SAVANNAS
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"The ___ Kid," 1984 film : KARATE
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Kind of glass or table : PIER
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What a kindly R.N. dispenses : TLC
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Brian Boru's land : EIRE
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Immature : UNRIPE
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Obliterations : ERASURES
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Approves automatically : RUBBERSTAMPS
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U.S. Open tennis champ: 1963 : OSUNA
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___ culpa : MEA
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Blonde shade : ASH
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Dog tags, e.g. : IDS
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Count (on) : RELY
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Mart : RIALTO
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Rack's partner : RUIN
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Indisputable evidence : SMOKINGGUN
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___ spumante : ASTI
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Sign : TOKEN
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Lévesque of Quebec : RENE
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Ferryman Charon's river : STYX
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Upright : ONEND
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Chichi : ARTY
Down
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Actress Christine : LAHTI
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Vast expanse : OCEAN
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Prop in vampire flicks : STAKE
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Moog feat : SAVE
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Satire : LAMPOON
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Novelist Rölvaag : OLE
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Commend : CITE
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City in SW Texas : UVALDE
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Actor in "Her Alibi" : SELLECK
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___ Khan : AGA
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Furtive : BACKSTAIR
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Department in NW France : ORNE
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Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934 : UREY
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Service's "The Law of the ___" : YUKON
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Juan's water : AGUA
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Card game for three : SKAT
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Father of Agamemnon : ATREUS
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Indians of the West Indies : CARIBS
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Anagram for tiles : ISLET
31
French I verb : ETRE
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British actor Roger ___ : REES
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Goad : SPUR
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Japanese aborigine : AINU
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Loquaciousness : VERBOSITY
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Pack : CRAM
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François's fear : PEUR
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Cuban composer Lecuona : ERNESTO
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Eskimo or Oto, e.g. : AMERIND
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Hard word for Eliza Doolittle : SPAIN
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___ Chase, Chief Justice: 1864-73 : SALMON
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Rags-to-riches author : ALGER
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Air-show feature : STUNT
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Provender for the Owl and the Pussycat : HONEY
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Some nest eggs, for short : IRAS
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Waugh's "A Handful of ___" : DUST
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Couple : YOKE
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Taj Mahal site : AGRA
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Veto : NIX
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Understanding : KEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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