Thursday Crossword — June 23, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/23/1977. By Evelyn Benshoof.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Pitch indicator (4)
- CLEF
- 5 Across: Not barefoot (4)
- SHOD
- 9 Across: Duffers' golf strokes (5)
- BAFFS
- 14 Across: Bullish bellow (4)
- ROAR
- 15 Across: Bare (4)
- MERE
- 16 Across: Kukla's friend (5)
- OLLIE
- 17 Across: Ancient strongbox (4)
- ARCA
- 18 Across: Russian range (4)
- URAL
- 19 Across: Kind of alley (5)
- BLIND
- 20 Across: Secretly (14)
- BEHINDONESBACK
- 23 Across: Lincoln Center seat (4)
- LOGE
- 24 Across: Slight (4)
- THIN
- 25 Across: Word with band or box (3)
- HAT
- 28 Across: Mercenary of '76 (7)
- HESSIAN
- 30 Across: Audit maker (3)
- CPA
- 33 Across: Whodunit feature (5)
- ALIBI
- 35 Across: Droop (3)
- LOP
- 36 Across: Roderick Dhu's group (4)
- CLAN
- 37 Across: Gratify by favors (15)
- SCRATCHONESBACK
- 41 Across: Spenser or Spender (4)
- POET
- 42 Across: School dance (3)
- HOP
- 43 Across: Familiar (5)
- USUAL
- 44 Across: Dismal (3)
- SAD
- 45 Across: Modern eavesdropper's method (7)
- WIRETAP
- 48 Across: Compass point (3)
- SSE
- 49 Across: Chumps (4)
- SAPS
- 50 Across: Angers (4)
- IRES
- 52 Across: Faultfinding passenger (14)
- BACKSEATDRIVER
- 58 Across: Kayak (5)
- CANOE
- 59 Across: Eight furlongs (4)
- MILE
- 60 Across: Valley (4)
- DALE
- 61 Across: Embellish (5)
- ADORN
- 62 Across: Seaport or gulf (4)
- ADEN
- 63 Across: In ___ (actually existing) (4)
- ESSE
- 64 Across: Famed colonial family (5)
- PENNS
- 65 Across: Scottish lake in the news (4)
- NESS
- 66 Across: Look for (4)
- SEEK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: King or hermit (4)
- CRAB
- 2 Down: Wisdom of the ages (4)
- LORE
- 3 Down: Every's partner (4)
- EACH
- 4 Down: Delicate (5)
- FRAIL
- 5 Down: Smear (6)
- SMUDGE
- 6 Down: Protagonists (6)
- HEROES
- 7 Down: Algerian seaport (4)
- ORAN
- 8 Down: Erasure (8)
- DELETION
- 9 Down: Spool for winding thread (6)
- BOBBIN
- 10 Down: Edgar ___ Poe (5)
- ALLAN
- 11 Down: Parisian cop (4)
- FLIC
- 12 Down: Slang word after rat (4)
- FINK
- 13 Down: But, to Brutus (3)
- SED
- 21 Down: Like some of Koufax's games (5)
- NOHIT
- 22 Down: Mold (5)
- SHAPE
- 25 Down: Trunk fasteners (5)
- HASPS
- 26 Down: Tennessee city (5)
- ALCOA
- 27 Down: Weary (5)
- TIRED
- 29 Down: Incline (5)
- SLOPE
- 30 Down: Rudolph's driver (5)
- CLAUS
- 31 Down: S.A. rodents (5)
- PACAS
- 32 Down: Tarsus (5)
- ANKLE
- 34 Down: Slugger's weapon (3)
- BAT
- 36 Down: Network monogram (3)
- CBS
- 38 Down: Fish and ___ (5)
- CHIPS
- 39 Down: Irving's "headless" one (8)
- HORSEMAN
- 40 Down: First-rate (5)
- SUPER
- 45 Down: Rouses (6)
- WAKENS
- 46 Down: Decisions for authors (6)
- TITLES
- 47 Down: Elizabeth and Eve (6)
- ARDENS
- 49 Down: Disdain (5)
- SCORN
- 51 Down: What partisans take (5)
- SIDES
- 52 Down: Commanded (4)
- BADE
- 53 Down: By and by (4)
- ANON
- 54 Down: Military officer (4)
- AIDE
- 55 Down: Urn (4)
- VASE
- 56 Down: Besides (4)
- ELSE
- 57 Down: Emit fumes (4)
- REEK
- 58 Down: Biggin (3)
- CAP
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