Wednesday Crossword — March 30, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/30/1977. By Evelyn B. Rosenthal.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Salts (4)
TARS
5 Across: Partisan (5)
SIDER
10 Across: Book of the Bible (4)
ACTS
14 Across: Iliad, e.g. (4)
EPIC
15 Across: Obliterate (5)
ERASE
16 Across: Marksman (4)
SHOT
17 Across: Verne character (4)
NEMO
18 Across: Salamanders (5)
NEWTS
19 Across: French author (1802–1885) (4)
HUGO
20 Across: Decay (3)
ROT
22 Across: Negations (4)
NOTS
24 Across: Durant or Essex (3)
CAR
25 Across: Anthem author (15)
FRANCISSCOTTKEY
30 Across: Vehicle used on the moon (3)
LEM
31 Across: Head, in Le Havre (4)
TETE
32 Across: Sandy's denial (3)
NAE
33 Across: Magnum ___ (4)
OPUS
35 Across: Ham's father (4)
NOAH
37 Across: Pert lad (5)
GAMIN
41 Across: Anthem words (15)
ROCKETSREDGLARE
44 Across: Gamboling (5)
ASKIP
45 Across: Do in (4)
SLAY
46 Across: Rebuff (4)
SLAP
47 Across: Title of respect: Abbr. (3)
ESQ
49 Across: Saint Laurent (4)
YVES
51 Across: Relative of TNT (3)
TNA
52 Across: 1943 war movie (15)
SOPROUDLYWEHAIL
57 Across: ___ pro nobis (3)
ORA
58 Across: Part: Prefix (4)
MERI
59 Across: Greek vowel (3)
ETA
60 Across: "Gosh darn it!" (4)
RATS
62 Across: G.I.'s alarm clock (5)
BUGLE
64 Across: Modern Mesopotamia (4)
IRAQ
68 Across: Western Indians (4)
UTES
69 Across: High priest's vestment (5)
EPHOD
70 Across: Lead or bit (4)
ROLE
71 Across: Dry (4)
SERE
72 Across: Constellation (the Whale) (5)
CETUS
73 Across: Gardener's purchase (4)
SEED

Down Answers

1 Down: Base of decimal system (3)
TEN
2 Down: Zoo attraction (3)
APE
3 Down: Edge (3)
RIM
4 Down: Contempt (5)
SCORN
5 Down: Having feeling (8)
SENTIENT
6 Down: Wrath (3)
IRE
7 Down: Anthem words (15)
DAWNSEARLYLIGHT
8 Down: Old sword (5)
ESTOC
9 Down: Noted columnist (6)
RESTON
10 Down: Light gray (3)
ASH
11 Down: Meat for hamburgers (5)
CHUCK
12 Down: Caesar's robes (5)
TOGAE
13 Down: O. Henry product (5)
STORY
21 Down: Month: Abbr. (3)
OCT
23 Down: Grand old man of football (5)
STAGG
25 Down: Fauna's partner (5)
FLORA
26 Down: Rest, in Rennes (5)
REPOS
27 Down: Run ___ (go wild) (5)
AMUCK
28 Down: Facing a glacier (5)
STOSS
29 Down: Ducks (5)
TEALS
34 Down: Kanone (5)
SKIER
36 Down: Ponderous (5)
HEAVY
38 Down: Gozo's neighbor (5)
MALTA
39 Down: Modern Persian (5)
IRANI
40 Down: One of Sikkim's neighbors (5)
NEPAL
42 Down: Salts or Downs (5)
EPSOM
43 Down: Shrubs with yellow flowers (8)
DYEWEEDS
48 Down: Where Montgomery died: 1775 (6)
QUEBEC
50 Down: Fixed (3)
SET
52 Down: Spore cluster of a fern (5)
SORUS
53 Down: Make a speech (5)
ORATE
54 Down: Eton boy's father (5)
PATER
55 Down: Peach or plum, e.g. (5)
DRUPE
56 Down: Split ___ (5)
HAIRS
61 Down: Compass direction (3)
SSE
63 Down: McGrew's gal (3)
LOU
65 Down: Fish eggs (3)
ROE
66 Down: Wassail drink (3)
ALE
67 Down: Math proof (3)
QED

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