Thursday Crossword — February 17, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/17/1977. By Virginia Butler.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Well-groomed (5)
- SLEEK
- 6 Across: Failures (4)
- DUDS
- 10 Across: ___ en scène (4)
- MISE
- 14 Across: Opera-box wear (5)
- TIARA
- 15 Across: Govt. agency (4)
- USIA
- 16 Across: This, in Spain (4)
- ESTA
- 17 Across: Anchor position (5)
- ATRIP
- 18 Across: Eve or present (9)
- CHRISTMAS
- 20 Across: Implores (9)
- BESEECHES
- 22 Across: Hot under the collar (5)
- IRATE
- 23 Across: Large dormouse (4)
- LOIR
- 24 Across: Leon Uris book (6)
- EXODUS
- 25 Across: Henny Youngman's prop (6)
- VIOLIN
- 28 Across: Doer: Suffix (3)
- IST
- 29 Across: Op-ed page feature (6)
- COLUMN
- 30 Across: Fine wool (8)
- CASHMERE
- 35 Across: Kind of indigestion (5)
- ACUTE
- 36 Across: Family member (3)
- SON
- 37 Across: Fern cluster (5)
- SORUS
- 38 Across: Jam and bull (8)
- SESSIONS
- 40 Across: Overbearing one (6)
- TYRANT
- 41 Across: Lark or scraper (3)
- SKY
- 42 Across: Beasts of burden (6)
- CAMELS
- 43 Across: Taste (6)
- PALATE
- 47 Across: Counterpart of nuts (4)
- SOUP
- 48 Across: Type size (5)
- AGATE
- 49 Across: Crake or sora, e.g. (9)
- MARSHBIRD
- 54 Across: Stage prop (9)
- PAPERMOON
- 56 Across: "It's do ___" (5)
- ORDIE
- 57 Across: Tel ___ (4)
- AVIV
- 58 Across: Bulwer-Lytton girl (4)
- IONE
- 59 Across: Relative (5)
- NIECE
- 60 Across: ___-majesty (4)
- LESE
- 61 Across: European river (4)
- ODER
- 62 Across: Certain votes (5)
- YESES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Brief effort (4)
- STAB
- 2 Down: Rock: Suffix (4)
- LITE
- 3 Down: "I'm all ___" (4)
- EARS
- 4 Down: Penna. port (4)
- ERIE
- 5 Down: Choir director (13)
- KAPELLMEISTER
- 6 Down: Musician Peter (6)
- DUCHIN
- 7 Down: Wedding helper (5)
- USHER
- 8 Down: Board members: Abbr. (4)
- DIRS
- 9 Down: Monkey (3)
- SAI
- 10 Down: Paris transit (5)
- METRO
- 11 Down: "That he ___, 'tis true" (5)
- ISMAD
- 12 Down: In ___ quo (5)
- STATU
- 13 Down: Loosens (5)
- EASES
- 19 Down: Beethoven's Pastoral (13)
- SIXTHSYMPHONY
- 21 Down: ___ a phrase (4)
- COIN
- 24 Down: Curve (3)
- ESS
- 25 Down: Sotto ___ (4)
- VOCE
- 26 Down: Son of Tros (4)
- ILUS
- 27 Down: Inning trio (4)
- OUTS
- 28 Down: Fleming (3)
- IAN
- 29 Down: Instance, in France (3)
- CAS
- 30 Down: Lettuce (3)
- COS
- 31 Down: Relative of "To be continued" (4)
- MORE
- 32 Down: Of a time period (4)
- ERAL
- 33 Down: Home and end (4)
- RUNS
- 34 Down: Superlative suffix (3)
- EST
- 36 Down: Ship-plank's curve (3)
- SNY
- 39 Down: Greek weight (3)
- OKE
- 40 Down: Greek letters (4)
- TAUS
- 42 Down: Place for a naughty pupil (6)
- CORNER
- 43 Down: ___ States (5)
- PAPAL
- 44 Down: Century plant (5)
- AGAVE
- 45 Down: ___ lazuli (5)
- LAPIS
- 46 Down: "The stag ___ . . . " (5)
- ATEVE
- 47 Down: River to the Rhone (5)
- SAONE
- 49 Down: Disposition (4)
- MOOD
- 50 Down: Soft cheese (4)
- BRIE
- 51 Down: Caesar's time (4)
- IDES
- 52 Down: Kind of pudding (4)
- RICE
- 53 Down: Ruby and Sandra (4)
- DEES
- 55 Down: My, in Naples (3)
- MIO
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