Friday Crossword — May 27, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/27/1977. By Harriet Gilson Rosenberg.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fellow, in London (4)
- CHAP
- 5 Across: Saber mark (5)
- SLASH
- 10 Across: Afternoons: Abbr. (3)
- PMS
- 13 Across: Kind of duck or excuse (4)
- LAME
- 14 Across: One of a famous trio (5)
- PINTA
- 15 Across: QB Tarkenton (4)
- FRAN
- 16 Across: Athletes in blue (4)
- ELIS
- 17 Across: Welcoming word (5)
- ENTER
- 18 Across: Punjab potentate (4)
- RANA
- 19 Across: Temporarily (15)
- FORTHETIMEBEING
- 22 Across: Youngster (3)
- LAD
- 23 Across: "Easy ___ it" (4)
- DOES
- 24 Across: Palette pigment (5)
- OCHER
- 27 Across: Spanish Mrs. (3)
- SRA
- 30 Across: Lime and lemon (4)
- ADES
- 32 Across: King: Fr. (3)
- ROI
- 33 Across: Beethoven's Third (6)
- EROICA
- 36 Across: Stenchy (4)
- OLID
- 38 Across: Behrman play about a playwright (15)
- NOTIMEFORCOMEDY
- 41 Across: Elects (4)
- OPTS
- 42 Across: ___-order (custom-tailored) (6)
- MADETO
- 43 Across: Japanese coin (3)
- SEN
- 44 Across: Sandaled (4)
- SHOD
- 46 Across: In medias ___ (3)
- RES
- 47 Across: En ___ (in a body) (5)
- MASSE
- 49 Across: Feathered six-footers (4)
- EMUS
- 51 Across: Police-alert initials (3)
- APB
- 52 Across: Possible cause of ennui (15)
- TIMEONONESHANDS
- 60 Across: Simba's sound (4)
- ROAR
- 61 Across: Prevent (5)
- AVERT
- 62 Across: Catastrophic (4)
- DIRE
- 63 Across: Raison d'___ (4)
- ETRE
- 64 Across: Valley in N.Y. (artists' mecca) (5)
- KEENE
- 65 Across: Astronaut Bean (4)
- ALAN
- 66 Across: "Mirthquake" (3)
- YAK
- 67 Across: Word with tail or bitter (5)
- ENDER
- 68 Across: Salamander (4)
- NEWT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Musical symbol (4)
- CLEF
- 2 Down: Aura (4)
- HALO
- 3 Down: Asian noble (4)
- AMIR
- 4 Down: Tool for pounding (6)
- PESTLE
- 5 Down: Kind of demon (5)
- SPEED
- 6 Down: Scourge of serge (4)
- LINT
- 7 Down: Con (4)
- ANTI
- 8 Down: Flower part (4)
- STEM
- 9 Down: Ran (5)
- HARED
- 10 Down: Meriting no accolades (10)
- PRAISELESS
- 11 Down: Educator Horace (4)
- MANN
- 12 Down: Fisherman's bane (4)
- SNAG
- 15 Down: Nat Turner's quest (7)
- FREEDOM
- 20 Down: Odalisques' abode (5)
- HAREM
- 21 Down: ___ constrictor (3)
- BOA
- 24 Down: "Yes ___!" (4)
- ORNO
- 25 Down: Condominiums' kin (5)
- COOPS
- 26 Down: Be on target (10)
- HITTHEMARK
- 27 Down: "___, so good!" (5)
- SOFAR
- 28 Down: ___ Janeiro (5)
- RIODE
- 29 Down: Lots of land (5)
- ACRES
- 31 Down: Contesting teams (5)
- SIDES
- 34 Down: Radiation dosage (3)
- REM
- 35 Down: Stamp or Volstead (3)
- ACT
- 37 Down: Unit of force (4)
- DYNE
- 39 Down: Corresponding part (7)
- ISOMERE
- 40 Down: Pizzazz (5)
- OOMPH
- 45 Down: Twosome (3)
- DUO
- 48 Down: Oil center in Iran (6)
- ABADAN
- 50 Down: Anaconda (5)
- SNAKE
- 51 Down: Flower of fall (5)
- ASTER
- 52 Down: Three-spot (4)
- TREY
- 53 Down: Letter after theta (4)
- IOTA
- 54 Down: Place to prepare a pizza (4)
- OVEN
- 55 Down: Requirement (4)
- NEED
- 56 Down: Sea-going flier (4)
- ERNE
- 57 Down: River at Memphis (4)
- NILE
- 58 Down: Sketch (4)
- DRAW
- 59 Down: Mailed (4)
- SENT
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