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George Raventos
George Raventos

New York Times, Wednesday, March 2, 1977

Author:
George Raventos
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 16.5
George Raventos has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
O
3
O
4
K
5
C
6
H
7
E
8
R
9
E
10
S
11
A
B
L
E
12
S
O
U
G
13
H
14
T
E
L
L
15
D
O
I
N
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E
A
G
L
E
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A
T
R
I
18
S
E
C
O
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N
D
C
H
I
L
20
D
H
O
O
D
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E
A
T
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E
U
R
O
P
E
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A
24
S
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D
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U
S
T
27
F
28
I
N
N
29
L
O
S
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B
L
E
S
S
E
31
D
E
V
E
N
32
T
33
B
O
S
C
34
O
L
A
35
E
36
R
37
I
38
E
39
G
40
R
41
O
W
I
N
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G
43
P
A
I
N
S
44
O
45
S
46
S
47
I
B
E
X
48
R
O
M
A
N
S
49
S
E
L
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E
C
T
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S
A
N
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O
N
E
S
A
U
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T
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U
M
N
Y
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E
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A
57
R
58
S
59
R
I
E
N
60
S
I
R
E
N
61
T
R
U
E
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N
O
V
E
63
E
M
I
L
Y
64
T
I
L
E
65
O
R
E
66
E
S
T
67
E
D
E
N
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,063
Across
1
Cordon bleu : COOK
5
Guevara : CHE
8
In medias ___ : RES
11
Qualified : ABLE
12
Sighing sound : SOUGH
14
Take effect : TELL
15
Slay : DOIN
16
Top scout : EAGLE
17
Bell town : ATRI
18
Last stage of some lives : SECONDCHILDHOOD
21
Gormandize : EAT
22
From Brest to Baku : EUROPE
23
As dry ___ : ASDUST
27
Twain boy : FINN
29
___ Alamos : LOS
30
Happy happening in some lives : BLESSEDEVENT
33
Autumn pear : BOSC
34
Italian's "Look out!" : OLA
35
Dunkirk's lake : ERIE
39
Part of most lives : GROWINGPAINS
44
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
47
Alpine goat : IBEX
48
Antony's audience : ROMANS
49
Choose : SELECT
51
___ Remo : SAN
52
Later part of a life : ONESAUTUMNYEARS
59
Nothing, in France : RIEN
60
"Irresistibelle" : SIREN
61
Veridical : TRUE
62
Nine, in Napoli : NOVE
63
"Our Town" girl : EMILY
64
Roofing material : TILE
65
Pay dirt : ORE
66
Part of i.e. : EST
67
Garden spot : EDEN
Down
1
Rude chaps : CADS
2
Woodwind : OBOE
3
Suffix in names of acids : OLIC
4
Monte Carlo game : KENO
5
Work in concert : COACT
6
Downs or Herbert : HUGH
7
"___ e salvo!" (Verdi aria) : EGLI
8
Get new equipment : RETOOL
9
Name for a cheap cigar : ELROPO
10
Glissades : SLIDES
12
Quiet : SEDATE
13
Offenbach's "La Belle ___" : HELENE
14
Wild goat : TAHR
19
Headland : NESS
20
Met mezzo-soprano : DUNN
23
Warp yarn : ABB
24
Road sign : SLO
25
___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
26
Spar's org. : USCG
27
Oscar's roommate : FELIX
28
Tsar's name : IVAN
31
"When ___ eat?" : DOWE
32
Work group : TEAM
36
Estuary : RIA
37
Hostelry : INN
38
Sigma : ESS
40
Costa ___ : RICA
41
Dense : OBTUSE
42
Kind of knot : GRANNY
43
Small equine : PONY
44
Chilean city : OSORNO
45
Fourth-year collegian : SENIOR
46
Coat part : SLEEVE
50
Serf : ESNE
51
Refine : SMELT
53
Occasion : TIME
54
"Trinity" author : URIS
55
Feminine suffix : ETTE
56
Jejune : ARID
57
Criterion : RULE
58
Witnessed : SEEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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