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Dennis Listort
Dennis Listort

New York Times, Friday, September 17, 1976

Author:
Dennis Listort
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.3
Dennis Listort has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,897
Across
1
NASA missile : ATLAS
6
Attention-getting sounds : PSTS
10
Part of speech: Abbr. : ADV
13
Give a leg up : BOOST
14
Farm unit : ACRE
15
Venezuela copper center : AROA
16
Coach's problem : LOCKERROOMBRAWL
19
Wapiti : ELK
20
Snide : NASTY
21
Incas' milieu : ANDES
22
Struck : SMOTE
24
Bright bird : ORIOLE
25
Parting words : TATAS
27
Trade centers : MARTS
29
Son of Seth : ENOS
30
"We ___ please" : AIMTO
31
Resident: Suffix : ITE
34
Elusive creature : LOCHNESSMONSTER
38
India ___ : INK
39
Muse : ERATO
40
___ de Pinos : ISLA
41
Area of Paris : PASSY
42
Horn and May : CAPES
43
Soup-can genre : POPART
46
Lizard : AGAMA
48
Italian love : AMORE
49
Kept going : RANON
51
Transistor: Abbr. : RDO
54
57
Fibs : LIES
58
German donkey : ESEL
59
Well-padded : OBESE
60
Swiss river : AAR
61
Ancient Medit. port : TYRE
62
Rock-bottom : NADIR
Down
1
Up to : ABLE
2
Implement : TOOL
3
Words with "and barrel" : LOCKSTOCK
4
Call for : ASK
5
Office help : STENOS
6
Break down, grammatically : PARSE
7
Orkney dweller : SCOT
8
Weight system : TROY
9
Religious inst. : SEM
10
Plowed land : ARADO
11
Wooden pin : DOWEL
12
French dance : VALSE
15
Indian buffaloes : ARNIS
17
Betrayer : RAT
18
Nurse Clara : BARTON
23
Cattle food : MASH
24
"___ take arms against ... " : ORTO
25
Low-caste Hindu : TELI
26
In a while : ANON
27
Obscure : MISTY
28
Gun fodder : AMMO
30
King of Judah et al. : ASAS
31
Garage attendant's words : ITSPARKED
32
Prefix for graph : TELE
33
Time periods : ERAS
35
More handy : NEARER
36
Formerly, of old : ERST
37
Thailand, once : SIAM
41
Reduces : PARES
42
Big Bertha : CANNON
43
Miss Prentiss : PAULA
44
___ vincit amor : OMNIA
45
Strength, in Spain : PODER
46
Skater's weak spot : ANKLE
47
Tibetan gazelle : GOA
49
Cheerful : ROSY
50
Maple genus : ACER
52
Arnaz : DESI
53
___ and terminer : OYER
55
Rent out : LET
56
Graduate degree : DBA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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