Tuesday Crossword — May 10, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/10/1977. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Guys' partners (4)
GALS
5 Across: Flowers, for short (5)
GLADS
10 Across: Vessel for amontillado (4)
CASK
14 Across: "___ plenty of . . . " (4)
IGOT
15 Across: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
RELEE
16 Across: Draft status (4)
ONEA
17 Across: Comforter of a sort (15)
SECURITYBLANKET
20 Across: Spears for Neptune (8)
TRIDENTS
21 Across: Break free (6)
ESCAPE
22 Across: Hippie dwellings (4)
PADS
23 Across: Drug acronym (4)
ACTH
24 Across: Execrates (6)
ABHORS
27 Across: Soprano Hunter of the Met (4)
RITA
28 Across: Basic principle (3)
ABC
31 Across: Seismologist's concern (5)
QUAKE
32 Across: Spanish surrealist (4)
MIRO
33 Across: Obi accessory (4)
INRO
34 Across: C.I.A., for one (15)
UNDERCOVERGROUP
37 Across: Abdominal acidity (4)
ACOR
38 Across: Done with (4)
OVER
39 Across: Speechify (5)
ORATE
40 Across: "Dombey and ___" (3)
SON
41 Across: Struck, in days of yore (4)
SMIT
42 Across: Spring blooms (6)
IRISES
43 Across: Film extra, for short (4)
SUPE
44 Across: Basic quantity (4)
UNIT
45 Across: Two-timer's liaison (6)
AFFAIR
48 Across: Arouse approval in (8)
APPEALTO
52 Across: Kinds of bees (15)
QUILTINGPARTIES
54 Across: Open knots (4)
UNDO
55 Across: More inflamed (5)
SORER
56 Across: Mayan and Mundane (4)
ERAS
57 Across: Take ___ the lam (flee) (4)
ITON
58 Across: William ___ Gladstone (5)
EWART
59 Across: Between Walter and Mare (4)
DELA

Down Answers

1 Down: The heart of the matter (4)
GIST
2 Down: Antiquing device (4)
AGER
3 Down: Places (4)
LOCI
4 Down: Card game (9)
STUDPOKER
5 Down: Uses a millstone (6)
GRINDS
6 Down: Riga natives (5)
LETTS
7 Down: Khan et al. (4)
ALYS
8 Down: Junior Leaguer (3)
DEB
9 Down: Part of a radio set (8)
SELECTOR
10 Down: Relative of a whelk (5)
CONCH
11 Down: Singer Paul (4)
ANKA
12 Down: Trickle through (4)
SEEP
13 Down: Higham's book on Hepburn (4)
KATE
18 Down: Skittish steed (6)
REARER
19 Down: Dog star (4)
ASTA
23 Down: Frame for drying clothes (5)
AIRER
24 Down: Greenish blues (5)
AQUAS
25 Down: Con man's game (5)
BUNCO
26 Down: Wore (5)
HADON
27 Down: Metal bolt (5)
RIVET
28 Down: Celebes oxen (5)
ANOAS
29 Down: Beastly one (5)
BRUTE
30 Down: Handles successfully (5)
COPES
32 Down: Bergman product (5)
MOVIE
33 Down: Nettled (9)
IRRITATED
35 Down: Include or contain (8)
COMPRISE
36 Down: More gruesome (6)
GORIER
41 Down: Deuce to ace (4)
SUIT
42 Down: To a certain extent (6)
INPART
43 Down: Drawing room (5)
SALON
44 Down: Kind of cut or crust (5)
UPPER
45 Down: Here, in Honduras (4)
AQUI
46 Down: "Candid" cameraman (4)
FUNT
47 Down: Rover's colleague (4)
FIDO
48 Down: Taj Mahal city (4)
AGRA
49 Down: Cambio money (4)
LIRE
50 Down: River duck (4)
TEAL
51 Down: Pelion's legendary supporter (4)
OSSA
53 Down: At present (3)
NOW

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