Wednesday Crossword — March 2, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/2/1977. By George Raventos.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cordon bleu (4)
COOK
5 Across: Guevara (3)
CHE
8 Across: In medias ___ (3)
RES
11 Across: Qualified (4)
ABLE
12 Across: Sighing sound (5)
SOUGH
14 Across: Take effect (4)
TELL
15 Across: Slay (4)
DOIN
16 Across: Top scout (5)
EAGLE
17 Across: Bell town (4)
ATRI
18 Across: Last stage of some lives (15)
SECONDCHILDHOOD
21 Across: Gormandize (3)
EAT
22 Across: From Brest to Baku (6)
EUROPE
23 Across: As dry ___ (6)
ASDUST
27 Across: Twain boy (4)
FINN
29 Across: ___ Alamos (3)
LOS
30 Across: Happy happening in some lives (12)
BLESSEDEVENT
33 Across: Autumn pear (4)
BOSC
34 Across: Italian's "Look out!" (3)
OLA
35 Across: Dunkirk's lake (4)
ERIE
39 Across: Part of most lives (12)
GROWINGPAINS
44 Across: C.I.A. predecessor (3)
OSS
47 Across: Alpine goat (4)
IBEX
48 Across: Antony's audience (6)
ROMANS
49 Across: Choose (6)
SELECT
51 Across: ___ Remo (3)
SAN
52 Across: Later part of a life (15)
ONESAUTUMNYEARS
59 Across: Nothing, in France (4)
RIEN
60 Across: "Irresistibelle" (5)
SIREN
61 Across: Veridical (4)
TRUE
62 Across: Nine, in Napoli (4)
NOVE
63 Across: "Our Town" girl (5)
EMILY
64 Across: Roofing material (4)
TILE
65 Across: Pay dirt (3)
ORE
66 Across: Part of i.e. (3)
EST
67 Across: Garden spot (4)
EDEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Rude chaps (4)
CADS
2 Down: Woodwind (4)
OBOE
3 Down: Suffix in names of acids (4)
OLIC
4 Down: Monte Carlo game (4)
KENO
5 Down: Work in concert (5)
COACT
6 Down: Downs or Herbert (4)
HUGH
7 Down: "___ e salvo!" (Verdi aria) (4)
EGLI
8 Down: Get new equipment (6)
RETOOL
9 Down: Name for a cheap cigar (6)
ELROPO
10 Down: Glissades (6)
SLIDES
12 Down: Quiet (6)
SEDATE
13 Down: Offenbach's "La Belle ___" (6)
HELENE
14 Down: Wild goat (4)
TAHR
19 Down: Headland (4)
NESS
20 Down: Met mezzo-soprano (4)
DUNN
23 Down: Warp yarn (3)
ABB
24 Down: Road sign (3)
SLO
25 Down: ___ Plaines, Ill. (3)
DES
26 Down: Spar's org. (4)
USCG
27 Down: Oscar's roommate (5)
FELIX
28 Down: Tsar's name (4)
IVAN
31 Down: "When ___ eat?" (4)
DOWE
32 Down: Work group (4)
TEAM
36 Down: Estuary (3)
RIA
37 Down: Hostelry (3)
INN
38 Down: Sigma (3)
ESS
40 Down: Costa ___ (4)
RICA
41 Down: Dense (6)
OBTUSE
42 Down: Kind of knot (6)
GRANNY
43 Down: Small equine (4)
PONY
44 Down: Chilean city (6)
OSORNO
45 Down: Fourth-year collegian (6)
SENIOR
46 Down: Coat part (6)
SLEEVE
50 Down: Serf (4)
ESNE
51 Down: Refine (5)
SMELT
53 Down: Occasion (4)
TIME
54 Down: "Trinity" author (4)
URIS
55 Down: Feminine suffix (4)
ETTE
56 Down: Jejune (4)
ARID
57 Down: Criterion (4)
RULE
58 Down: Witnessed (4)
SEEN

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