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Dennis Listort
Dennis Listort

New York Times, Monday, September 15, 1975

6-Down : Marion of baseball

Author:
Dennis Listort
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Dennis Listort has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,529
Across
1
___ and kicking : ALIVE
6
Tune up for a bout : SPAR
10
Humorist George : ADE
13
Famous tomb occupant : LENIN
14
Knowledge : LORE
15
Ballet bird : SWAN
16
Carmichael song of 1930 : GEORGIAONMYMIND
19
Curve : ARC
20
Musical prelim : INTRO
21
Assembly halls : AULAE
22
Rhinoceros beetles : UANGS
24
Stag's weapon : ANTLER
25
Cecil De ___ : MILLE
27
___ one's brains (thinks) : RACKS
29
Hawaiian thrush : OMAO
30
Lucky, in France : FASTE
31
Chinese leader : MAO
34
Brown song of 1929 : SINGININTHERAIN
38
Explosive : TNT
39
Temple gateway : TORII
40
Wight or Royale : ISLE
41
Ruhr city : ESSEN
42
Overdoes a liking : DOTES
43
Conference : PARLEY
46
Canea's land : CRETE
48
Hiroshima weapon : ABOMB
49
Strange : ALIEN
51
Adam's or short : RIB
54
Gershwin song of 1924 : SOMEBODYLOVESME
57
Plaintiff : SUER
58
Mrs. Gandhi's wear : SARI
59
Abscond : ELOPE
60
W. W. II area : ETO
61
___ code : AREA
62
Eastern queens : RANIS
Down
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Seaweed : ALGA
2
Sidelong glance : LEER
3
Hypodermic fluid : INOCULANT
4
Man, in old Rome : VIR
5
Jet, for one : ENGINE
6
Marion of baseball : SLATS
7
Kind of box or boy : POOR
8
Florence's river : ARNO
9
Radiation unit : REM
10
"Where there's ___ ... " : AWILL
11
Mother of Perseus : DANAE
12
Bitter-___ (diehard) : ENDER
15
South African leader : SMUTS
17
Verb suffix : ING
18
Northerner : YANKEE
23
Sleep like ___ : ALOG
24
Arthritis aid : ACTH
25
Not quite all : MOST
26
"___ the mood for ... " : IMIN
27
Arrested : RANIN
28
Italian wine city : ASTI
30
Give the heave-ho : FIRE
31
Bat of TV : MASTERSON
32
French wing : AILE
33
Numbers : ONES
35
" ... the tide at ___" : ITSEBB
36
Intrusive : NOSY
37
Profusion, as of color : RIOT
41
Gantry or Fudd : ELMER
42
Singer John : DENVER
43
Outmoded : PASSE
44
On or ___ : ABOUT
45
Tybalt's slayer : ROMEO
46
Eyelashes : CILIA
47
Discontinued car : REO
49
Jewish month : ADAR
50
Harp-family member : LYRE
52
Kaffir warrior group : IMPI
53
___ knees : BEES
55
Mrs. Johnson : OSA
56
Guido's note : ELA

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

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