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Dennis Listort
Dennis Listort

New York Times, Thursday, February 26, 1976

65-Across : Spanish painter and family

Author:
Dennis Listort
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Dennis Listort has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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H
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E
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A
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I
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R
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T
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A
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B
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A
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M
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G
I
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C
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P
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P
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P
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G
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O
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S
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H
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O
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N
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O
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B
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A
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L
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A
L
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I
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S
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S
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A
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S
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S
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R
E
M
A
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N
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D
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U
T
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L
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A
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N
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O
L
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B
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G
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S
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D
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A
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H
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O
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D
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N
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G
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V
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S
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R
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N
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G
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A
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A
L
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E
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,693
Across
1
Guevara : CHE
4
Buenos ___ : AIRES
9
Card-filing aid : TAB
12
Molten rock : LAVA
14
Oil source : SHALE
15
O. Henry's gift givers : MAGI
16
Guinness : ALEC
17
Novelist Walter : PATER
18
Neat as ___ : APIN
19
Personal green light : POSITIVEFEELING
22
Iron locale : ORE
23
Name for an N.C.O. : SARGE
24
Balzac : HONORE
28
"Lift that ___" : BALE
31
Ike's specialty : ALIBI
32
Yes, indeed, in Spain : SISI
33
Impertinence : SASS
37
Took no sides : REMAINEDNEUTRAL
40
Part of N.E.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
41
Quasi-dairy product : OLEO
42
Cabaret : BOITE
43
Quest of '49 : GOLD
44
Morally base : SORDID
45
" ... lived in ___" : ASHOE
49
___ standstill : ATA
50
Archie Bunker specialties : DOUBLENEGATIVES
58
Gun fodder : AMMO
59
Name for a dog : ROVER
60
Church part : NAVE
61
Yawn : GAPE
62
Catkin : AMENT
63
Bitter drug : ALOE
64
Curve : ESS
65
Spanish painter and family : SERTS
66
Poetic word : EER
Down
1
Thunderous sound : CLAP
2
Heavenly wear : HALO
3
Holiday times : EVES
4
Yearn : ASPIRE
5
"___ not yet begun to fight" : IHAVE
6
Evaluate : RATE
7
Hebrew letter : ELEF
8
Withered : SERE
9
Swinelike animal : TAPIR
10
Cheese-making process : AGING
11
Carousing party : BINGE
13
Chemical prefix : ACI
15
Offenses, in law : MALA
20
Temple gateway : TORII
21
Compass point : ESE
24
Scarlett or John O' : HARA
25
Cheers : OLES
26
Filches : NIMS
27
Old Japanese coin : OBAN
28
Waited : BIDED
29
Donkey, in Spain : ASNO
30
Fib : LIE
32
Bear's order : SELL
33
Safekeeping: Abbr. : STOR
34
Unimaginative : ARID
35
Egyptian goddess : SATI
36
Eskimo transit : SLED
38
Mind: Prefix : NOO
39
German sea denizen : UBOAT
43
Coagulate : GEL
44
Fits' partners : STARTS
45
Saying : ADAGE
46
Animal bodies : SOMAS
47
Dromedaries' assets : HUMPS
48
Orchestra unit : OBOE
49
Press or secret : AGENT
51
Periods : ERAS
52
Alaskan cape : NOME
53
"Did you ___!" : EVER
54
Feminine suffix : INA
55
___ of tears : VALE
56
Cry of revelry : EVOE
57
Prophet : SEER

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

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