Thursday Crossword — March 17, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/17/1977. By Ruth N. Schultz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dashes' partners (4)
DOTS
5 Across: "My Gal ___" (3)
SAL
8 Across: Small wagons (5)
CARTS
13 Across: Roman emperor (4)
OTHO
14 Across: Refrain syllable (3)
TRA
15 Across: Old marketplace (5)
AGORA
16 Across: What St. Patrick did, they say (14)
DROVEOUTSNAKES
19 Across: "___ Paul" Kruger (3)
OOM
20 Across: Diminish (7)
CUTINTO
21 Across: Grad. degree for an Aggie (3)
MSA
23 Across: Treaty (4)
PACT
25 Across: Conjunction (3)
NOR
26 Across: One of the Yalies (4)
COED
27 Across: Squanders (6)
WASTES
29 Across: Letter sign-off (7)
REGARDS
31 Across: Wild ox (4)
ANOA
32 Across: Gets the word (5)
HEARS
33 Across: What St. P. also did, they say (15)
CONTESTEDDRUIDS
40 Across: "___ an arrow . . . " (5)
ISHOT
41 Across: Concerning (4)
INRE
42 Across: Sully (7)
BESMEAR
45 Across: Small finch (6)
SISKIN
47 Across: Dam on the Missouri (4)
OAHE
48 Across: ___ culpa (3)
MEA
50 Across: Book of the Bible (4)
ACTS
51 Across: N.H.L.'s Bobby (3)
ORR
52 Across: Holy war (7)
CRUSADE
54 Across: Tic-___-toe (3)
TAC
57 Across: St. P.'s title (14)
BISHOPOFARMAGH
60 Across: Relating to oil (5)
OLEIC
61 Across: Cole or Turner (3)
NAT
62 Across: Name on a green stamp (4)
EIRE
63 Across: Expressionless (5)
BLANK
64 Across: Tongue-tied sounds (3)
ERS
65 Across: Emulate beavers (4)
GNAW

Down Answers

1 Down: Dumb as a ___ (4)
DODO
2 Down: Other, in Barcelona (4)
OTRO
3 Down: He wrote "The Hound of Heaven" (8)
THOMPSON
4 Down: Soho coin (3)
SOV
5 Down: Clothing-store section (6)
STOUTS
6 Down: In ___ (stagnating) (4)
ARUT
7 Down: Cicero's tongue (5)
LATIN
8 Down: "Why Johnny ___": Flesch (8)
CANTREAD
9 Down: Hamitic language (4)
AGAO
10 Down: Seoul soldier (3)
ROK
11 Down: Quake (6)
TREMOR
12 Down: Talked back (6)
SASSED
17 Down: ___ homo (4)
ECCE
18 Down: Breathed harshly (6)
SNORED
22 Down: Classified items (3)
ADS
24 Down: One ___ (7)
ATATIME
26 Down: Specious debater (7)
CASUIST
27 Down: G.I. Jane (3)
WAC
28 Down: Up: Prefix (3)
ANO
30 Down: Angry-dog sound (3)
GRR
32 Down: Excited (with "up") (3)
HET
34 Down: Map letters (3)
ESE
35 Down: St. P.'s Trinity symbol (8)
SHAMROCK
36 Down: Destroyed (6)
TOREUP
37 Down: Mark on a scribe's finger (8)
INKSTAIN
38 Down: Bacheller hero (3)
DRI
39 Down: Oriental coin (3)
SEN
42 Down: Bravo's opposite (3)
BOO
43 Down: Jewelry item (6)
EARBOB
44 Down: Like a calliope (6)
SHRILL
45 Down: Anwar and family (6)
SADATS
46 Down: Champagne bucket (4)
ICER
49 Down: In unison (5)
ASONE
52 Down: Double feature, at times (4)
CHIN
53 Down: At a distance (4)
AFAR
55 Down: Taj Mahal site (4)
AGRA
56 Down: Masticate (4)
CHEW
58 Down: Marmara, e.g. (3)
SEA
59 Down: Nickname at Buckingham (3)
MEG

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