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George Raventos
George Raventos

New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 1975

52-Across : Drive recklessly near

Author:
George Raventos
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J V W }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 42.4
George Raventos has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,469
Across
1
"Once ___ a midnight ... " : UPON
5
Ring stone : CAMEO
10
Be mistaken : ERR
13
Rope, in Spain : SOGA
14
Tocsin : ALARM
15
Like: Prefix : EQUI
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Boundary imposed on Poland : CURZONLINE
18
Prefix for mate or mobile : AUTO
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Offering to an extended palm : GREASE
20
Hanukkah symbols : MENORAHS
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Southern sea : ROSS
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River deposit : SILT
25
Makes manageable : TAMES
28
Chum : PAL
31
French city : LYONS
34
" ... a mouse studying to be ___" : ARAT
35
Valley flowers : LILIES
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Strong tide : RIP
38
Lillian of films : GISH
39
Horses : ARABS
40
Row : TIER
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Service club : USO
42
Sweet liqueurs : CREMES
43
Rev an engine : RACE
44
Spanish title : SENOR
46
Sun god : SOL
47
Volcano of Martinique : PELEE
48
Main ___ (street) : DRAG
50
Observed : SEEN
52
Drive recklessly near : TAILGATE
56
Yonkers entries : PACERS
60
___-Gotha : SAXE
61
Finnish defense line of 1939 : MANNERHEIM
63
Experts : PROS
64
Miss Dinsmore : ELSIE
65
Gaelic : ERSE
66
Tokyo coin : SEN
67
Small springs : SEEPS
68
Stream, in Britain : SYKE
Down
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Maritime law-enforcer: Abbr. : USCG
2
Rain heavily : POUR
3
Fairy-tale figure : OGRE
4
Early home of Jesus : NAZARETH
5
Bamboo stems : CANES
6
___ in the game : ALL
7
Impair : MAIM
8
Sea eagle : ERNE
9
Auguries : OMENS
10
Of an earth line : EQUATORIAL
11
Miss Etting : RUTH
12
Grande and de Oro : RIOS
15
Worm-eating bird : EARLY
17
Bears, in Madrid : OSOS
21
Some paintings : OILS
23
Skyline features : SPIRES
25
Iberian river : TAGUS
26
Crop up : ARISE
27
Divisive line : MASONDIXON
29
Famed mission : ALAMO
30
Defames : LIBELS
32
Family member : NIECE
33
Binge : SPREE
35
Malay ape : LAR
36
Road curve : ESS
40
W. W. I lines : TRENCHES
42
Rough rock : CRAG
45
Bands in heraldry : ORLES
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Fruit : PEAR
49
Fun and ___ : GAMES
51
Rapiers : EPEES
52
Recipe measures: Abbr. : TSPS
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Swiss river : AARE
54
Yarn : TALE
55
Word in Mass. motto : ENSE
57
Strange : EERY
58
Hazard : RISK
59
Pintail duck : SMEE
62
Small drink : NIP

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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