Saturday Crossword — April 16, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/16/1977. By Samuel H. Barkan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Forty buses in ___" (4)
AROW
5 Across: Land's end (5)
SHORE
10 Across: D'Artagnan specialty (4)
DUEL
14 Across: ___ Alto (4)
PALO
15 Across: Draw or stud (5)
POKER
16 Across: ___ facto (4)
IPSO
17 Across: Scotch landscape sight (4)
BRAE
18 Across: Kind of flu (5)
ASIAN
19 Across: Helper: Abbr. (4)
ASST
20 Across: Brought about (8)
EFFECTED
22 Across: Confidantes, in Calais (5)
AMIES
23 Across: Cousin of a "gee-tar" (3)
UKE
24 Across: ___ in the wood (4)
AGED
25 Across: Out of work (4)
IDLE
27 Across: Passé (8)
OUTDATED
31 Across: Fuss (3)
ADO
32 Across: Caused to cool down (6)
DAMPED
34 Across: Churchill's successor (4)
EDEN
36 Across: Uses a needle (4)
SEWS
38 Across: Sioux shelter (5)
TEPEE
39 Across: Funambulist's surface (4)
ROPE
40 Across: Block of stamps (4)
PANE
41 Across: Program (6)
AGENDA
43 Across: Make a pitch for (3)
WOO
44 Across: Rent collector (8)
LANDLADY
46 Across: Omar's product (4)
TENT
48 Across: Predicament (4)
NODE
49 Across: Suffix with super (3)
IOR
50 Across: Core group (5)
CADRE
52 Across: Get the better of (8)
OUTSMART
57 Across: Parisian's "Help!" (4)
AMOI
58 Across: Merman role (5)
ANNIE
59 Across: Miffed (4)
SORE
61 Across: Chawbacon (4)
LOUT
62 Across: Telephone-relay device (5)
CODER
63 Across: Not jaggy (4)
EVEN
64 Across: Nick and Nora's pet (4)
ASTA
65 Across: Decay by degrees (5)
ERODE
66 Across: Oboist's purchase (4)
REED

Down Answers

1 Down: Police call: Abbr. (3)
APB
2 Down: Cooked slightly (4)
RARE
3 Down: Norwegian king (4)
OLAF
4 Down: Deplorable (6)
WOEFUL
5 Down: Modern frontier (5)
SPACE
6 Down: Talk-show person (4)
HOST
7 Down: Migrant farm worker (4)
OKIE
8 Down: Use a book (4)
READ
9 Down: Bald eagle's relative (3)
ERN
10 Down: Circle divider (8)
DIAMETER
11 Down: Topsy-turvy (10)
UPSIDEDOWN
12 Down: Being, Roman style (4)
ESSE
13 Down: Quite a bit (4)
LOTS
21 Down: Made do (with "out") (4)
EKED
22 Down: ___ Khan (3)
AGA
24 Down: Tacked on (5)
ADDED
25 Down: Perfect (5)
IDEAL
26 Down: On skid row (10)
DOWNANDOUT
27 Down: Alpha's antithesis (5)
OMEGA
28 Down: Raised, as an ante (5)
UPPED
29 Down: Very small (5)
TEENY
30 Down: Bus terminal (5)
DEPOT
31 Down: Cleo's way out (3)
ASP
33 Down: "Thereby hangs ___" (5)
ATALE
35 Down: Prefix for lithic or plastic (3)
NEO
37 Down: Lass from León (8)
SENORITA
42 Down: Molecular part (4)
ATOM
45 Down: H.S.T. follower (3)
DDE
47 Down: Utensil on a pencil (6)
ERASER
49 Down: Rhone feeder (5)
ISERE
50 Down: Picnic ham (4)
CALA
51 Down: Andy's partner (4)
AMOS
52 Down: ___ about (a certain date) (4)
ONOR
53 Down: Disassemble (4)
UNDO
54 Down: Deadlocked (4)
TIED
55 Down: Spatiate (4)
ROVE
56 Down: Bay or bring to bay (4)
TREE
58 Down: Casino point (3)
ACE
60 Down: Tackle's neighbor (3)
END

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