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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Saturday, August 9, 1986

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 28.6
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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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,423
Across
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Brennan or Heckart : EILEEN
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Dine : SUP
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Rubbish : NONSENSE
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Doctor's implement : TROCAR
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Not completely formed : INCHOATE
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Flattened at the poles : OBLATE
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A.F.L. partner : CIO
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Bosh, to the British : CODSWALLOP
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Old Hebrew measure : KOR
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P.O. item : STP
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Four bells : TEN
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One of the Hoggs : IMA
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Indy 500 winner: 1983 : SNEVA
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Bratislava native: Abbr. : SLO
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Greek letters : PIS
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Eleven, in Essen : ELF
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"The ___ of the Perverse": Poe : IMP
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Faction : SECT
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Poppycock : HORSEFEATHERS
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Ovid's 11 Down : CEPA
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Rebuke : WIG
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"Runaround ___," Dion hit : SUE
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"___ Du Lieber Augustin" : ACH
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Ribbed fabric : REP
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Illegal gain : GRAFT
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___ Agathe, Que. : STE
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Like Willie Winkie : WEE
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Hole-in-one : ACE
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Cry's partner : HUE
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Hogwash : BALDERDASH
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Suffix with velvet : EEN
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Melodious : ARIOSO
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Area for seafarers paying lowest fares : STEERAGE
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Upthrusts : HEAVES
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Humbug : TOMMYROT
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Homophone for air : ERE
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Voltaire's original surname : AROUET
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Frequent concert ender : ENCORE
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Suffix with boy or girl : ISH
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Neighbor of Cancer and Virgo : LEO
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Play a role : ENACT
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Bars : ESTOPS
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"All men have ___ of the gods": Homer : NEED
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Her pen name was Christopher Crowfield : STOWE
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Name of eight popes : URBAN
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Shear : POLL
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Chips : NICKS
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Lily's relative : ONION
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Measuring instrument : CALIPER
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Science for a physicist : ATOMICS
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Meal : REPAST
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Leaf pore : STOMA
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Bando and Mineo : SALS
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Miles from Okla. : VERA
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Vassal : LIEGE
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" ... we happy ___ ... ": Shak. : FEW
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W.W. II boats : PTS
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Chaldean : SEER
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About two-and-a-half acres : HECTARE
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Sister of Laertes : OPHELIA
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Axed : FIRED
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Mammoth : HUGE
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Algiers native quarter : CASBAH
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Loser to Louis: Sept. 1939 : PASTOR
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"A brain of feathers, and ___ of lead": Pope : AHEART
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Tierra del ___ : FUEGO
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Belief : TENET
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North Sea feeder : WESER
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Notched, as a leaf : EROSE
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Kind of surgery : CHEMO
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Noah's messenger : DOVE
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Nick and Nora's dog : ASTA
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Ostrich's relative : EMU
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Male gypsy : RYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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