Thursday Crossword — June 9, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/9/1977. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Coal scuttles (4)
HODS
5 Across: Machine tool (5)
LATHE
10 Across: Garbed (4)
CLAD
14 Across: Biblical shepherd (4)
ABEL
15 Across: Assumed name (5)
ALIAS
16 Across: Circle of light (4)
HALO
17 Across: ___-me-tangere (4)
NOLI
18 Across: Heavy reinforcing seams (5)
WELTS
19 Across: Say confidently (4)
AVER
20 Across: Suburban sign (15)
KEEPOFFTHEGRASS
23 Across: Positive factor (4)
PLUS
24 Across: Eggy drink (3)
NOG
25 Across: Article XXI of the Constitution (6)
REPEAL
28 Across: Deserter (8)
RECREANT
33 Across: Highway sign (5)
UTURN
34 Across: New Orleans sight (5)
LEVEE
35 Across: Spring time in Paris (3)
MAI
36 Across: Numerous (4)
MANY
37 Across: Meadowlands events (5)
PACES
38 Across: British statesman (4)
PITT
39 Across: Choose (3)
OPT
40 Across: Like Perry's expedition (5)
POLAR
41 Across: Rudimentary (5)
BASAL
42 Across: Road sign (8)
RESTSTOP
44 Across: Heated argument (6)
HASSLE
45 Across: Inlet (3)
RIA
46 Across: Lion's share (4)
MOST
47 Across: Park sign (15)
PEDESTRIANSONLY
55 Across: Well informed about (4)
UPON
56 Across: Fraction of a pound (5)
OUNCE
57 Across: Meander (4)
ROAM
58 Across: Sower's flower grower (4)
SEED
59 Across: ___ Park, Colo. (5)
ESTES
60 Across: Poker stake (4)
ANTE
61 Across: Towel monogram (4)
HERS
62 Across: Curt (5)
SHORT
63 Across: Lupine look (4)
LEER

Down Answers

1 Down: Aaron or Bauer (4)
HANK
2 Down: "An ill wind that nobody blows good" (4)
OBOE
3 Down: Opposite of stet (4)
DELE
4 Down: Bridge sign (8)
SLIPPERY
5 Down: Licit (6)
LAWFUL
6 Down: Hebrew letters (5)
ALEFS
7 Down: Joust (4)
TILT
8 Down: "What ___ God wrought!" (4)
HATH
9 Down: Perfumes (8)
ESSENCES
10 Down: Put on the cuff (6)
CHARGE
11 Down: Pompeii covering: A.D. 79 (4)
LAVA
12 Down: English country festivals (4)
ALES
13 Down: Buzzing insects (4)
DORS
21 Down: Pearl Buck heroine (4)
OLAN
22 Down: Author Vidal (4)
GORE
25 Down: On dit (5)
RUMOR
26 Down: Storehouse (5)
ETAPE
27 Down: Fourth-down plays (5)
PUNTS
28 Down: Made-over tire (5)
RECAP
29 Down: Incessantly (4)
EVER
30 Down: Off-target (5)
AMISS
31 Down: Relating to birth (5)
NATAL
32 Down: Pugilistic pinnacle (5)
TITLE
34 Down: French composer (4)
LALO
37 Down: Stew ingredients (8)
POTATOES
38 Down: Idyllic (8)
PASTORAL
40 Down: Greek letters (4)
PSIS
41 Down: Quartet member (4)
BASS
43 Down: Vogues (6)
TRENDS
44 Down: Upright (6)
HONEST
46 Down: Scottish court officer (5)
MACER
47 Down: Door sign (4)
PUSH
48 Down: Fencing sword (4)
EPEE
49 Down: Activist (4)
DOER
50 Down: Marsh plant (4)
RUSH
51 Down: Division word (4)
INTO
52 Down: Not a bit (4)
NONE
53 Down: "The ___ George Apley" (4)
LATE
54 Down: Norse giant of myth (4)
YMER

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