Answer: LEON
LEON is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 196 times.
    - Nicaragua's second-largest city
 
    - Revolutionary Trotsky
 
    - "Dog Day Afternoon" character
 
    - Singer Russell of 70's music
 
    - City NW of Madrid
 
    - Ponce's birthplace
 
    - Folk star Redbone
 
    - Spinks of the ring
 
    - Old Spanish kingdom
 
    - Bolshevik Trotsky
 
    - Singer Redbone
 
    - Castile neighbor
 
    - Former capital of Nicaragua
 
    - Clinton aide Panetta
 
    - Ponce de ___
 
    - Catty?
 
    - The first "L" of L. L. Bean
 
    - Trotsky or Uris
 
    - Province of Spain
 
    - Novelist Uris
 
    - Henry James biographer Edel
 
    - Boxer Spinks
 
    - "Exodus" author Uris
 
    - Rocker Russell
 
    - City NNW of Madrid
 
    - Writer Uris
 
    - Spinks or Trotsky
 
    - Ancient Spanish kingdom
 
    - Conductor Tania __
 
    - Trotsky or Spinks
 
    - Nuevo ___ (state in Mexico)
 
    - Rock singer Russell
 
    - Province NW of Madrid
 
    - Nuevo ___, Mexican state bordering Texas
 
    - One of Emma's lovers in "Madame Bovary"
 
    - Oil magnate Hess
 
    - Pugilist Spinks
 
    - Trotsky of Russia
 
    - Explorer Ponce de ___
 
    - Explorer Ponce de __
 
    - Redbone or Russell of song
 
    - Author Uris
 
    - Folk singer Redbone
 
    - Jaworski or Trotsky
 
    - Russian revolutionary Trotsky
 
    - Red Army founder Trotsky
 
    - "Mila 18" author Uris
 
    - ___ Phelps, aka SNL's "The Ladies' Man"
 
    - Trotsky of the October Revolution
 
    - Former heavyweight champ Spinks
 
    - With 16-Across, Pulitzer-winning Henry James biographer
 
    - Jaworski of Watergate
 
    - "Battle Cry" author Uris
 
    - Muhammad's 1978 defeater
 
    - Mr. Trotsky
 
    - Gravelly-voiced singer Redbone
 
    - Musician Redbone
 
    - Redbone of song
 
    - 1940s French Socialist leader Blum
 
    - Panetta or Spinks
 
    - Former heavyweight champion Spinks
 
    - Ex-boxer Spinks
 
    - Revolutionist Trotsky
 
    - Ponce's place of birth
 
    - Uris who wrote "Redemption"
 
    - CIA Director Panetta
 
    - Uris who wrote "Exodus"
 
    - Panetta of the CIA
 
    - Province that borders Zamora
 
    - Watergate special prosecutor Jaworski
 
    - Castilla y ___ (region of Spain)
 
    - Nuevo __: Mexican state
 
    - Clinton adviser Panetta
 
    - City NW of Managua
 
    - Watergate prosecutor Jaworski
 
    - Ponce de __
 
    - Nuevo __ (Mexican state)
 
    - Juan Ponce de __
 
    - Bolshevik leader Trotsky
 
    - Clinton Chief of Staff Panetta
 
    - ''Mila 18'' author Uris
 
    - Florida explorer Ponce de ___
 
    - Former White House Chief of Staff Panetta
 
    - Redbone or Spinks
 
    - First "L" of L.L. Bean
 
    - Second largest city in Nicaragua
 
    - Redbone of music
 
    - Ali-beater Spinks
 
    - Trotsky or Panetta
 
    - C.I.A. director Panetta
 
    - CIA boss Panetta
 
    - Winter air
 
    - Kings of ___ ("Use Somebody" band)
 
    - Uris or Trotsky
 
    - Marxist theorist Trotsky
 
    - Provincial capital NW of Madrid
 
    - Spanish city
 
    - Panetta or Trotsky
 
    - Nuevo ___: Mexican state
 
    - Nuevo ___ (Mexican state)
 
    - Juan Ponce de ___
 
    - First name at the CIA
 
    - Kings of ___
 
    - Trotsky, for one
 
    - 2009-'11 CIA director Panetta
 
    - Comrade Trotsky
 
    - Nuevo ___ (Monterrey's state)
 
    - Defense Secretary Panetta
 
    - Kings of ___ (rock band)
 
    - Red Army leader Trotsky
 
    - Old Iberian kingdom
 
    - Secretary Panetta
 
    - King of ___ (rock band)
 
    - "Trinity" author Uris
 
    - Musicians Kings of ___
 
    - Spinks or Lett
 
    - Trotsky or Russell
 
    - Russell or Redbone
 
    - Trotsky's first name
 
    - Spinks who beat Ali
 
    - Rock's Kings of ___
 
    - Trotsky,  for one
 
    - Panetta's first name
 
    - Rock group, Kings of ___
 
    - Politician Panetta
 
    - L.L. Bean's first name
 
    - "Trinity" novelist Uris
 
    - Second-largest city in Nicaragua
 
    - Russell in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
 
    - Spinks who once beat Ali
 
    - Rock band, Kings of ___
 
    - Spanish autonomy Castile and ___
 
    - Former Defense secretary Panetta
 
    - Spanish province or its capital
 
    - Former CIA director Panetta
 
    - Uris of "Topaz"
 
    - "Topaz" author ___ Uris
 
    - Redbone or Trotsky
 
    - Former C.I.A. chief Panetta
 
    - Ex-CIA chief Panetta
 
    - Spanish province
 
    - Ponce de
 
    - Czolgosz who shot McKinley
 
    - SAG co-founder Ames
 
    - Grammy winning group, Kings of ___
 
    - Mr. Panetta
 
    - Russia's Trotsky
 
    - Actor Ames
 
    - LL Bean's first name
 
    - Nuevo ___, state in Mexico
 
    - Medieval Iberian kingdom
 
    - City of northwest Spain
 
    - "Worthy Fights" co-author Panetta
 
    - Former C.I.A. director Panetta
 
    - Ames of "Life with Father"
 
    - Historic kingdom in Spain
 
    - Panetta who headed the CIA
 
    - Spanish provincial capital
 
    - Name meaning "lion"
 
    - Ex-CIA head Panetta
 
    - Redbone, Uris or Spinks
 
    - Trotsky of the Red Army
 
    - Spanish cathedral city
 
    - "Coming Home" singer Bridges
 
    - Province of NW Spain
 
    - Spanish home to many cathedrals
 
    - Northern Spanish province
 
    - Communist Trotsky
 
    - Heavyweight Spinks
 
    - Clothier Bean's first name
 
    - Name derived from a roarer
 
    - Nuevo ___ (Mexico)
 
    - Nuevo___ (Mexico)
 
    - Former CIA head Panetta
 
    - Foucault with a pendulum
 
    - Four-time Grammy winners Kings of ___
 
    - Former secretary of defense Panetta
 
    - Spain musac
 
    - Spinks who dethroned Ali
 
    - The First L in L.L. Bean
 
    - Storied "Fountain of Youth" seeker Ponce de ___
 
    - Soul singer Bridges
 
    - Boxer Spinks who upset Muhammad Ali
 
    - Larry's housemate on "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
 
    - First name that's another first name in reverse
 
    - Historic kingdom of Spain
 
    - "Sex on Fire" Grammy winners Kings of ___
 
    - Name hidden in "paleontology"
 
    - Kings of ___ ("Sex on Fire" quartet)
 
    - Name that means "lion"
 
    - Name that's 52-Down backward
 
    - R&B singer Bridges
 
    - "Gold-Diggers Sound" singer Bridges
 
    - Name hidden in "not a single one"
 
    - Spanish province WSW of Bilbao
 
    - "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand" singer Bridges