Friday Crossword — March 18, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/18/1977. By James A. Brussel.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Axillary (4)
ALAR
5 Across: Whales (5)
CETES
10 Across: Borders (4)
HEMS
14 Across: Faction (4)
SIDE
15 Across: Catkin (5)
AMENT
16 Across: Solemnly pledge (4)
AVOW
17 Across: "On your ___!" (4)
TOES
18 Across: Climbing plant (5)
LIANA
19 Across: Pineapple drink (4)
PINA
20 Across: Easy-payment scheme (15)
INSTALLMENTPLAN
23 Across: Do as told (4)
OBEY
24 Across: John or Bambi (3)
DOE
25 Across: N.Y.S.E. units (6)
SHARES
28 Across: Lose capacity for growth (8)
STAGNATE
33 Across: Prepared, as baking apples (5)
CORED
34 Across: Golfer Baugh (5)
LAURA
35 Across: Deferred-payment plan: Abbr. (3)
COD
36 Across: Olympian hawk (4)
ARES
37 Across: Repaired shoes (5)
SOLED
38 Across: Adjust a piano (4)
TUNE
39 Across: Operated (3)
RAN
40 Across: Hari and Hale (5)
SPIES
41 Across: Eucharistic plate (5)
PATEN
42 Across: Blinking devices on cars (8)
FLASHERS
44 Across: Rhythms (6)
METERS
45 Across: Adjective suffix (3)
IAL
46 Across: Rialto (4)
MART
47 Across: How 20 Across is redeemed (15)
MONTHLYPAYMENTS
55 Across: Dele (4)
OMIT
56 Across: Kind of oil from Africa (5)
ISANO
57 Across: Hard to find (4)
RARE
58 Across: Former (4)
ONCE
59 Across: Father of logarithms (5)
NEPER
60 Across: Balanced (4)
EVEN
61 Across: Row (4)
TIER
62 Across: Fescue (5)
GRASS
63 Across: Legal paper (4)
DEED

Down Answers

1 Down: Italian wine center (4)
ASTI
2 Down: Leo (4)
LION
3 Down: Fruit drinks (4)
ADES
4 Down: Touches up old masters (8)
RESTORES
5 Down: Spanish streets (6)
CALLES
6 Down: "Our Town" girl (5)
EMILY
7 Down: Tigers or Cubs (4)
TEAM
8 Down: Nine: Prefix (4)
ENNE
9 Down: ___ & Poor's (8)
STANDARD
10 Down: Occur (6)
HAPPEN
11 Down: Sinful (4)
EVIL
12 Down: Leonardo lady (4)
MONA
13 Down: Symbol of grace (4)
SWAN
21 Down: In the crib (4)
ABED
22 Down: Pompey's mufti (4)
TOGA
25 Down: Ascot (5)
SCARF
26 Down: Hourly (5)
HORAL
27 Down: Hippodrome (5)
ARENA
28 Down: Kind of slip (5)
SALES
29 Down: Calendar abbr. (4)
TUES
30 Down: Keen (5)
ACUTE
31 Down: Paint tester (5)
TONER
32 Down: Idyllic retreats (5)
EDENS
34 Down: Dormouse (4)
LOIR
37 Down: Grammar-school subject (8)
SPELLING
38 Down: Ragged (8)
TATTERED
40 Down: Iranian chief (4)
SHAH
41 Down: Wave, for short (4)
PERM
43 Down: Child tender (6)
SITTER
44 Down: Beame, White et al. (6)
MAYORS
46 Down: Equine features (5)
MANES
47 Down: Debatable (4)
MOOT
48 Down: All: Comb. form (4)
OMNI
49 Down: Riviera resort (4)
NICE
50 Down: Belgian river (4)
YSER
51 Down: The Pope, in Rome (4)
PAPA
52 Down: Church section (4)
NAVE
53 Down: Corner (4)
TREE
54 Down: Dispatch (4)
SEND

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