Wednesday Crossword — May 25, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 5/25/1977. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Revile (6)
RAILAT
7 Across: Frenchman's wherewithal (6)
FRANCS
13 Across: Shine, as leather (7)
BURNISH
14 Across: Vacation spot (6)
RESORT
15 Across: ___ cordiale (7)
ENTENTE
16 Across: Breakfast fare (7)
OATMEAL
18 Across: Roman 52 (3)
LII
19 Across: Horned problem (7)
DILEMMA
21 Across: Actress Joanne (3)
DRU
22 Across: "Meet Me ___ Louis, Louis" (4)
INST
24 Across: Monthly payments (5)
RENTS
25 Across: Latvian (4)
LETT
26 Across: Feminine endings (5)
ETTES
28 Across: Ziegfeld (3)
FLO
29 Across: "Inferno" poet (5)
DANTE
30 Across: "Crime ___ pay" (7)
DOESNOT
32 Across: Magicians' words (7)
PRESTOS
34 Across: Josip Broz (4)
TITO
35 Across: Cables: Abbr. (4)
TELS
36 Across: Fully informed (7)
ONTOPOF
39 Across: "Ship ___": Porter (7)
OFFOOLS
43 Across: ___ Caesar (Caligula) (5)
CAIUS
44 Across: Windy City player (3)
CUB
46 Across: Principle (5)
TENET
47 Across: Intimation (4)
HINT
48 Across: Terminal (5)
DEPOT
50 Across: Expensive (4)
DEAR
51 Across: Dec. 24, e.g. (3)
EVE
52 Across: Bennett Cerf was one (7)
PUNSTER
54 Across: Bikini part (3)
BRA
55 Across: Laboratory chemical (7)
REAGENT
57 Across: A horse was their undoing (7)
TROJANS
59 Across: Medium's somnolent state (6)
TRANCE
60 Across: Processes of diffusion (7)
OSMOSES
61 Across: King Ahasuerus's queen (6)
ESTHER
62 Across: Scant (6)
MEAGER

Down Answers

1 Down: Meet by chance (7)
RUNINTO
2 Down: Skillful dancer (7)
ARTISTE
3 Down: Beethoven's "Third ___ Flat Major" (3)
INE
4 Down: Soprano Jenny (4)
LIND
5 Down: Moving (5)
ASTIR
6 Down: Place in which this entry appears (15)
THELEFTOFCENTER
7 Down: How this entry runs (15)
FROMTOPTOBOTTOM
8 Down: Oodles (5)
REAMS
9 Down: Thin Man's dog (4)
ASTA
10 Down: ___ de plume (3)
NOM
11 Down: Confiding; believing (7)
CREDENT
12 Down: From ___ finish (completely) (7)
STARTTO
13 Down: Misrepresented (6)
BELIED
17 Down: Pear-shaped instruments (5)
LUTES
20 Down: Made bigger: Abbr. (3)
ENL
23 Down: Make a trial run (7)
TESTOUT
25 Down: Caught a dogie (7)
LASSOED
27 Down: Cuts the hedges (5)
SNIPS
29 Down: Glazed pottery (5)
DELFT
31 Down: Siouan (3)
OTO
33 Down: Third man in the ring (3)
REF
36 Down: Yellow pigment (5)
OCHER
37 Down: Artlessness (7)
NAIVETE
38 Down: Nonlisteners' afflictions (7)
TINEARS
40 Down: Advance on a balk (7)
ONEBASE
41 Down: Apprentice (7)
LEARNER
42 Down: Jeweler's paste (6)
STRASS
45 Down: High times (3)
UPS
48 Down: Corner stander (5)
DUNCE
49 Down: Succinct (5)
TERSE
52 Down: Phnom ___, Cambodian capital (4)
PENH
53 Down: City in Italia (4)
ROMA
56 Down: Mobster's rod (3)
GAT
58 Down: Engage in a popular exercise (3)
JOG

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