Wednesday Crossword — February 2, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/2/1977. By Allan Blackman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tortoise's rival (4)
HARE
5 Across: Feeling regret (5)
RUING
10 Across: Arab ruler (4)
EMIR
14 Across: Khayyám (4)
OMAR
15 Across: "It's ___!" (5)
ADEAL
16 Across: Javanese carriage (4)
SADO
17 Across: King John's cross to bear (10)
MAGNACARTA
19 Across: "The ___ the limit" (4)
SKYS
20 Across: After printemps (3)
ETE
21 Across: Dumas ___ (4)
FILS
22 Across: Addison's friend (6)
STEELE
24 Across: Defective: Prefix (4)
ATEL
25 Across: Yoga posture (5)
ASANA
26 Across: Annoy (6)
BOTHER
29 Across: French premier in the 1800's (8)
GAMBETTA
32 Across: Heavens (5)
ETHER
33 Across: Theda et al. (5)
BARAS
34 Across: ___ up (accelerate) (3)
REV
35 Across: Skin: Prefix (4)
DERM
36 Across: Pretend (5)
PUTON
37 Across: Hari (4)
MATA
38 Across: Norse coin (3)
ORE
39 Across: Dress material (5)
ORLON
40 Across: Writer André et al. (5)
GIDES
41 Across: Nazi leader (8)
GOEBBELS
43 Across: Author Poole (6)
ERNEST
44 Across: Homeless ones (5)
WAIFS
45 Across: Kind of press or verse (4)
FREE
46 Across: Potemkin's port (6)
ODESSA
48 Across: Bern's river (4)
AARE
49 Across: Racquet material (3)
GUT
52 Across: Dakota Indians (4)
REES
53 Across: Boundary imposed on Poland in 1944 (10)
CURZONLINE
56 Across: Erie or Mead (4)
LAKE
57 Across: Chemical compound (5)
ESTER
58 Across: Heron's relative (4)
IBIS
59 Across: Formerly, old style (4)
ERST
60 Across: Mr. of film (5)
DEEDS
61 Across: Girl or seller (4)
BEST

Down Answers

1 Down: " . . . no place like ___" (4)
HOME
2 Down: Before amamus (4)
AMAT
3 Down: Vogue (4)
RAGE
4 Down: Sea bird (3)
ERN
5 Down: More risqué (6)
RACIER
6 Down: Mo of Arizona (5)
UDALL
7 Down: Suffixes for cash and cloth (4)
IERS
8 Down: Musical King Cole (3)
NAT
9 Down: Maker of bottles (8)
GLASSMAN
10 Down: Jewish mystic (6)
ESSENE
11 Down: Barter (10)
MAKEATRADE
12 Down: Pastoral poem (4)
IDYL
13 Down: Flower with hips (4)
ROSE
18 Down: "___ the Fall" (5)
AFTER
23 Down: Designates (4)
TABS
24 Down: Attention-getter (4)
AHEM
25 Down: Slugger Hank (5)
AARON
26 Down: Follow relentlessly (5)
BEDOG
27 Down: White Sands' county (5)
OTERO
28 Down: Elinor Glyn novel (10)
THREEWEEKS
29 Down: Spanish cats (5)
GATOS
30 Down: French heads (5)
TETES
31 Down: Nautical cry (5)
AVAST
33 Down: John and Brahman (5)
BULLS
36 Down: Wrote an introduction (8)
PREFACED
37 Down: Magnetic or land (4)
MINE
39 Down: Sashes (4)
OBIS
40 Down: Go-ahead color (5)
GREEN
42 Down: Variety of hound (6)
BASSET
43 Down: Wild throws, e.g. (6)
ERRORS
45 Down: Daunted (5)
FAZED
46 Down: Heraldic border (4)
ORLE
47 Down: Kind of sir (4)
DEAR
48 Down: Comedian Johnson (4)
ARTE
49 Down: Scoff (4)
GIBE
50 Down: Les Etats-___ (4)
UNIS
51 Down: Tube or case (4)
TEST
54 Down: Treat (3)
USE
55 Down: Women's ___ (3)
LIB

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