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George Raventos
George Raventos

New York Times, Tuesday, February 8, 1977

45-Across : Back

Author:
George Raventos
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
George Raventos has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,041
Across
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Hot-day exclamation : PHEW
5
The 23d one is famous : PSALM
10
Food store, for short : DELI
14
Smallest bit : IOTA
15
Sun: Prefix : HELIO
16
Issue : EMIT
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Grouses : PTARMIGANS
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Capable : ABLE
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French possessive : SES
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Praise : LAUD
22
Place for wine : CELLAR
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Genus of auks : ALLE
25
Number : THREE
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Northern Spy et al. : APPLES
29
One with a gavel : CHAIRMAN
32
Thai money units : BAHTS
33
Horse gaits : TROTS
34
Beverage : ALE
35
Moslem officials : AGAS
36
Watered silk : MOIRE
37
French holy women: Abbr. : STES
38
___ Marino : SAN
39
Made of a cereal : OATEN
40
Be stingy with : STINT
41
Gives the right to : ENTITLES
43
Some are wide open : SPACES
44
Poker payments : ANTES
45
Back : REAR
46
Engine part : PISTON
48
Animal : DEER
49
"___ Girls" : LES
52
Metallic fabric : LAME
53
Item for a whatnot : KNICKKNACK
56
Moslem prince : EMIR
57
Speechify : ORATE
58
Italian family : ESTE
59
Rudiments : ABCS
60
Courage : VALOR
61
Arabian coastal vessel : DHOW
Down
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Card spots : PIPS
2
Table d'___ : HOTE
3
Greek vowels : ETAS
4
World or Boer : WAR
5
Small containers : PHIALS
6
Musical transition : SEGUE
7
"When I was ___" : ALAD
8
Chinese unicorn : LIN
9
Having a musky odor : MOSCHATE
10
One with a choice, in poker : DEALER
11
Symbolic : EMBLEMATIC
12
Miss Lee : LILA
13
Brain passage : ITER
18
French misses: Abbr. : MLLES
23
Greek goddess : ERIS
24
Heights: Abbr. : ALTS
25
Rose's guardian : THORN
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Humble : ABASE
27
Idolater : PAGAN
28
Eerie : PHANTASMIC
29
Yells : CRIES
30
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
31
Aeries : NESTS
33
Carries : TOTES
36
Former Russian P.M. : MALENKOV
37
Nova : STAR
39
German king : OTTO
40
___ plug : SPARK
42
Buries : INTERS
43
One on a quest : SEEKER
45
Right-hand page : RECTO
46
Appeal : PLEA
47
Poetic foot : IAMB
48
Use the phone : DIAL
49
Eye protector : LASH
50
Outer: Prefix : ECTO
51
Swerve : SKEW
54
Depression initials : NRA
55
Man's nickname : NED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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