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Dennis Listort
Dennis Listort

New York Times, Friday, March 21, 1975

Author:
Dennis Listort
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 12.2
Dennis Listort has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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O
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E
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A
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N
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L
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K
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D
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M
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C
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R
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R
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V
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,351
Across
1
Meter expert : POET
5
Madcap : ZANY
9
Cries : SOBS
13
Part of the eye : LASH
14
Holiday times : EVES
15
Clio's sister : ERATO
17
Aleutian isle : ATTU
18
Miss Daniels of silents : BEBE
19
Homer king : AARON
20
Art, sometimes : THEMIRROROFLIFE
23
Young hellion : BRAT
24
Dutch cupboard : KAS
25
___ on (wore) : HAD
28
Foolish one : ASS
29
Disfigure : MAR
30
Chemical prefix : ACI
33
South Seas port : APIA
35
Person ___ : TOPERSON
37
Driving aids : REARVIEWMIRRORS
41
South Carolina's tree : PALMETTO
42
Partner of snick : SNEE
43
Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
44
Stadium cheer : RAH
45
Certain sugar source : SAP
48
Superlative ending : EST
49
Latin case: Abbr. : ABL
50
Responsibility : ONUS
52
What Alice went through : THELOOKINGGLASS
60
Cairo name : SADAT
61
Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
62
Money changing : AGIO
63
Some TV time : PRIME
64
Feminine suffix : ETTE
65
Wither : SEAR
66
Egyptian deity : ATON
67
Burden : LOAD
68
Prefix for sphere : HEMI
Down
1
Land map : PLAT
2
Pledge : OATH
3
Spanish direction : ESTE
4
___ a ride (hitchhike) : THUMB
5
African animals : ZEBRAS
6
Heads off : AVERTS
7
Moses's summit : NEBO
8
French river : YSER
9
Sailor : SEAFARER
10
Tests : ORALS
11
Italian port : BARI
12
Old Russian measure : STOF
16
"All for ___" : ONE
21
One of David's officers : IRA
22
Giraffe-like animal : OKAPI
25
Monster of myth : HARPY
26
" ... partridge in ___ tree" : APEAR
27
Phones : DIALS
29
Popular tattoo word : MOM
30
Together : ASONE
31
Mining samples : CORES
32
Map addition : INSET
34
Coat part : ARM
35
Cube root of eight : TWO
36
Certain carriers: Abbr. : RRS
38
Prohibited : VERBOTEN
39
Flier Balbo : ITALO
40
Old English letter : ETH
45
Musical work : SONATA
46
Fished : ANGLED
47
Boxer : PUG
49
Texas locale : ALAMO
51
Slanting line : SLASH
52
Recipe abbr. : TSP
53
___-kiri : HARA
54
Handle copy : EDIT
55
Keep on an even ___ : KEEL
56
"Tell ___ the judge" : ITTO
57
Askew : AGEE
58
China Sea gulf : SIAM
59
Fern spores : SORI

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

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