Wednesday Crossword — April 20, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 4/20/1977. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Vigor (4)
DASH
5 Across: City on the Missouri (5)
OMAHA
10 Across: Modified organism (4)
ECAD
14 Across: Outer: Prefix (4)
ECTO
15 Across: "Day of the Locust" actress (10)
KARENBLACK
17 Across: Flowers-of-an-hour (15)
BLACKEYEDSUSANS
19 Across: Show-biz bomb (6)
TURKEY
20 Across: Marine corridor (7)
SEALANE
21 Across: Wood for skis (3)
ASH
23 Across: Elec. units (4)
RELS
24 Across: In a flutter (4)
AGOG
28 Across: Hirt and Smith (3)
ALS
30 Across: Winner over A.E.S. (3)
DDE
33 Across: Where ambiguities exist (8)
GRAYAREA
36 Across: Be disloyal to (6)
BETRAY
39 Across: Failing to be clear-cut (15)
NOTBLACKORWHITE
41 Across: Merman and Waters (6)
ETHELS
42 Across: Redone (8)
MADEOVER
43 Across: Unseld of the N.B.A. (3)
WES
44 Across: "___ Alte" (Adenauer) (3)
DER
45 Across: Lipstick shades (4)
REDS
46 Across: White ___ (4)
SALE
49 Across: Belgian resort (3)
SPA
52 Across: Engines, at times (7)
WHINERS
55 Across: Ukrainian seaport (6)
ODESSA
60 Across: Forest denizen (15)
WHITETAILEDDEER
62 Across: Light shades (10)
MILKWHITES
63 Across: 15.432 grains (4)
GRAM
64 Across: Greek portico (4)
STOA
65 Across: Melancholy poem (5)
ELEGY
66 Across: Hard to hold (4)
EELY

Down Answers

1 Down: Obligation (4)
DEBT
2 Down: Rights org (4)
ACLU
3 Down: Headliner (4)
STAR
4 Down: Pork cut (4)
HOCK
5 Down: Go-aheads: Var. (5)
OKEYS
6 Down: Spring time (3)
MAY
7 Down: War god (4)
ARES
8 Down: Jewish elementary schools (6)
HEDERS
9 Down: Handles for Hadrian (5)
ANSAE
10 Down: "___ Dream" (5)
ELSAS
11 Down: Brian in "Brian's Song" (4)
CAAN
12 Down: Skin problem (4)
ACNE
13 Down: Wharves: Abbr. (3)
DKS
16 Down: China-shop menace (4)
BULL
18 Down: Mauna ___, Hawaii's highest point (3)
KEA
22 Down: Between hic and hoc (4)
HAEC
24 Down: V.P. before Ford (5)
AGNEW
25 Down: Seaver's receiver (5)
GROTE
26 Down: Imprecatory remarks (5)
OATHS
27 Down: Sudden shift, in sailing (4)
GYBE
29 Down: Delibes opus (5)
LAKME
30 Down: Tee shot (5)
DRIVE
31 Down: Like all U.S. coins (5)
DATED
32 Down: Witnesses (5)
EYERS
34 Down: Nothing's antithesis (3)
ALL
35 Down: Headland (3)
RAS
36 Down: Lumber piece: Abbr. (3)
BRD
37 Down: Ram's dam (3)
EWE
38 Down: U.S. missile (4)
THOR
40 Down: Regatta crew (4)
OARS
44 Down: Throw off course (6)
DERAIL
46 Down: Capital of former Russian America (5)
SITKA
47 Down: Once again (4)
ANEW
48 Down: River of forgetfulness (5)
LETHE
50 Down: Keats's art (5)
POESY
51 Down: Append (3)
ADD
52 Down: Iota (4)
WHIT
53 Down: Hawaiian city (4)
HILO
54 Down: Locale (4)
SITE
56 Down: Brink (4)
EDGE
57 Down: "Meadows brown and ___": Bryant (4)
SERE
58 Down: Circus performer (4)
SEAL
59 Down: Host (4)
ARMY
60 Down: Holden and Windom: Abbr. (3)
WMS
61 Down: Underpinning (3)
LEG

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