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Nancy Nicholson Joline
Nancy Nicholson Joline

New York Times, Tuesday, April 13, 1993

62-Across : HIS AVOCATION

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,862
Across
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It may be genetic : CODE
5
Stew ingredient : MEAT
9
___ lily : CALLA
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First murder victim : ABEL
15
Pisa's river : ARNO
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Of birds : AVIAN
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HE WAS BORN APRIL 13, 1743 : JEFFERSON
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Beauty's love : BEAST
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Application : USE
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Here below, to Goethe : NIED
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HIS WIFE : MARTHA
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Modern Chilean poet : NERUDA
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Harrow's rival : ETON
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Thelonious of jazz : MONK
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Like some peanuts : ROASTED
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ONE OF HIS INVENTIONS : DUMBWAITER
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Golfer Wayne ___ : LEVI
39
Asia-Europe dividers : URALS
40
Farrow or Sara : MIA
41
Sniggled : EELED
42
Allot : METE
43
HOME HE DESIGNED : MONTICELLO
45
Fervor : PASSION
47
Kind of bean : SNAP
48
Down Under leapers : ROOS
50
Some chickens : FRYERS
54
WHAT HE PLAYED : VIOLIN
58
Bide one's time : WAIT
60
By way of : VIA
61
Christie and Magnani : ANNAS
62
HIS AVOCATION : GARDENING
64
Frighten : SCARE
65
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
66
Pedro's house : CASA
67
Cisterns : TANKS
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Remove rind : PEEL
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Singles : ONES
Down
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Southern cooking style : CAJUN
2
Corpulent : OBESE
3
Delay : DEFER
4
Brownie : ELF
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Pacific's ___ Islands : MARIANA
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Battery terminal : ANODE
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Heavy weight : TON
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Beach structure : CABANA
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Asseverate : AVER
11
"South Pacific" girl : LIAT
12
Beat : LASH
13
Theater org. : ANTA
18
Equips : ENDOWS
22
Othello, e.g. : MOOR
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Edible animal viscera : UMBLES
26
Handles : TREATS
28
Place for an obi : KIMONO
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Lethargic : SLEEPY
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Relate : TELL
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Knievel : EVEL
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Antic : DIDO
34
Jettison : DUMP
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Resin component : UREA
36
Wilander of tennis : MATS
37
Kind of ear : TIN
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Card game for two : ECARTE
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It may be full : MOON
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Unbeliever : INFIDEL
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Blue flags : IRISES
49
Small swamp : SWALE
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Lake Geneva spa : EVIAN
52
Wash out : RINSE
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Long stories : SAGAS
54
Mammoth : VAST
55
Atahualpa, e.g. : INCA
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A son of Judah : ONAN
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Escapade : LARK
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Hiatus : GAP
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Sgt., e.g. : NCO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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