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Nancy Nicholson Joline
New York Times, Friday, June 3, 1988
32-Down : Tarkington was one
Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 41.0
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 S | 2 K | 3 I | 4 N | 5 K | 6 A | 7 S | 8 T | 9 R | 10 A | 11 S | 12 M | 13 U |
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14 C | A | N | O | E | 15 N | O | R | A | S | 16 C | O | P |
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17 A | N | F | R | A | 18 C | T | U | O | U | S | 19 I | R | E |
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20 B | E | E | T | 21 A | L | L | Y | 22 A | 23 S | P | E | N |
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24 R | H | 25 I | N | E | 26 I | L | I | A | D |
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27 C | 28 A | R | 29 A | T | R | 30 A | 31 B | 32 I | L | I | O | U | S |
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33 A | H | E | 34 R | N | E | 35 T | E | N | S | E | ||||
36 T | I | D | E | 37 R | 38 A | T | E | D | 39 S | 40 C | 41 A | 42 N |
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43 A | 44 D | E | L | A | 45 I | 46 A | T | R | I | C |
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47 A | 48 B | 49 E | C | E | D | A | R | 50 I | A | N | 51 E | D | O |
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52 C | E | N | T | S | 53 G | N | A | 54 T | S | |||||
55 C | L | A | S | P | 56 D | 57 A | N | A | 58 Y | S | 59 E | 60 R |
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61 R | U | M | 62 A | 63 L | E | X | A | N | 64 D | R | I | N | E |
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65 U | G | O | 66 I | O | N | I | C | 67 R | O | D | I | N |
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68 E | A | R | 69 R | U | S | S | E | 70 S | L | A | D | E |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,087
Across
1
Small lizard : SKINK
6
"Ad ___ per Aspera," Kan. motto : ASTRA
11
Dallas inst. : SMU
14
Pirogue, e.g. : CANOE
15
Bayes and Ephron : NORAS
16
Flatfoot : COP
17
Full of twists and turns : ANFRACTUOUS
19
Wrath : IRE
20
Mangel-wurzel : BEET
21
Associate : ALLY
22
Colo. resort : ASPEN
24
Basel's river : RHINE
26
Epic starring Achilles : ILIAD
27
Kaiser or Maxwell : CAR
29
Gloomy : ATRABILIOUS
33
Actor Brian : AHERNE
35
Taut : TENSE
36
" ... call of the running ___": Masefield : TIDE
37
Assessed : RATED
39
Radar display : SCAN
43
Author St. Johns : ADELA
45
Medical : IATRIC
47
Rudimentary : ABECEDARIAN
51
A people of Nigeria : EDO
52
"But now I feel like thirty ___": Ade : CENTS
53
Punkies, e.g. : GNATS
55
Grip : CLASP
56
Author Richard Henry : DANA
58
French-Belgian river : YSER
61
Daiquiri ingredient : RUM
62
Twelve-syllable line of verse : ALEXANDRINE
65
Tognazzi of "La Cage aux Folles" : UGO
66
Like some columns : IONIC
67
"The Thinker" creator : RODIN
68
Anvil and hammer site : EAR
69
Charlotte ___ : RUSSE
70
"Same Time, Next Year" author : SLADE
Down
1
Strikebreaker : SCAB
2
Welles role : KANE
3
Deduced : INFERRED
4
Fawn Hall's boss : NORTH
5
Mauna ___, Hawaiian peak : KEA
6
Horn : ANTLER
7
Kind of food : SOUL
8
Schliemann's discovery : TROY
9
Writer Santha Rama ___ : RAU
10
Attacks : ASSAILS
11
Hannibal's nemesis : SCIPIO
12
Actress Jeanne : MOREAU
13
Defeats : UPENDS
18
Galloped easily : CANTERED
23
Most foxy : SLIEST
25
Actor McKellen : IAN
27
Marquis's Mehitabel : CAT
28
Pacific tuna : AHI
30
Fragrant oil : ATTAR
31
Busy one : BEE
32
Tarkington was one : INDIANAN
34
Responds to a stimulus : REACTS
38
Wing on an angelus : ALA
40
Shakespearean heroine : CRESSIDA
41
Succor : AID
42
Sgt. : NCO
44
Hopelessness : DESPAIR
46
Memorabilia : ANA
47
Gather, as interest : ACCRUE
48
A source of caviar : BELUGA
49
Charm : ENAMOR
50
Paderewski : IGNACE
54
Alpine region : TYROL
56
Lairs : DENS
57
World War II alliance : AXIS
59
Wife of Geraint : ENID
60
Descartes : RENE
63
Singer Rawls : LOU
64
O.R. figures : DRS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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