Friday Crossword — July 8, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 7/8/1977. By Young.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Soviet wire service (4)
TASS
5 Across: Scrubs (6)
SCOURS
11 Across: Vehicle for A. J. Foyt (3)
CAR
14 Across: Lath (4)
SLAT
15 Across: Part of 34 Across (6)
CORNEA
16 Across: Twelve months, in Mexico (3)
ANO
17 Across: Like "Pilgrim's Progress" (11)
ALLEGORICAL
19 Across: M.I.T. room (3)
LAB
20 Across: Go back to (6)
REVERT
21 Across: Like the oaken bucket (3)
OLD
22 Across: Info (4)
DOPE
23 Across: Silly (5)
INANE
24 Across: Corrida sound (3)
OLE
25 Across: One hitting the books (5)
PORER
26 Across: Dress a stone (3)
NIG
27 Across: Specialist in certain roots (11)
GENEALOGIST
30 Across: Chemical in nail-polish removers (7)
ACETONE
32 Across: Widows (7)
RELICTS
33 Across: MOMA offering (3)
ART
34 Across: Oculist's specialty (3)
EYE
35 Across: Torments (7)
HARRIES
39 Across: Chair a meeting (7)
PRESIDE
43 Across: State of being undivided (11)
UNITARINESS
45 Across: Snare (3)
NET
46 Across: Family vehicle (5)
SEDAN
47 Across: Witticism (3)
MOT
48 Across: Armistice (5)
TRUCE
50 Across: Counterfeiter's nemesis (4)
TMAN
51 Across: Dakar or Danzig: Abbr. (3)
SPT
52 Across: Gender (6)
NEUTER
53 Across: Riggs's best stroke (3)
LOB
54 Across: Gov. Brown is one (11)
CALIFORNIAN
56 Across: Like some soldiers: Abbr. (3)
ENL
57 Across: Chicken ___ (Louisiana dish) (6)
CREOLE
58 Across: Wagner heroine (4)
ELSA
59 Across: Diocese (3)
SEE
60 Across: Fleshy (6)
CARNAL
61 Across: Close a falcon's eyes (4)
SEEL

Down Answers

1 Down: Alexandra was one (7)
TSARINA
2 Down: Like a hydrocarbon (7)
ALLENIC
3 Down: Save from ruin (7)
SALVAGE
4 Down: Dutch painter (5)
STEEN
5 Down: Carlyle, e.g. (4)
SCOT
6 Down: Heart, to Hadrian (3)
COR
7 Down: Word with Baltimore or golden (6)
ORIOLE
8 Down: Cloudy (7)
UNCLEAR
9 Down: Scan (4)
READ
10 Down: Maglie or Mineo (3)
SAL
11 Down: Relating to heat (7)
CALORIC
12 Down: Metrical foot (7)
ANAPEST
13 Down: "Northwest Passage" author (7)
ROBERTS
18 Down: Calendar or chant (9)
GREGORIAN
22 Down: Motherless calves (6)
DOGIES
24 Down: "___ for the money" (3)
ONE
25 Down: Synthetic fiber (9)
POLYESTER
28 Down: Become a member (5)
ENTER
29 Down: Casts evil glances (5)
LEERS
31 Down: Plaid (6)
TARTAN
35 Down: Shakes a leg (7)
HUSTLES
36 Down: Springtime wild flower (7)
ANEMONE
37 Down: Unlike a bucking bronco (7)
RIDABLE
38 Down: Less complicated (7)
SIMPLER
39 Down: Caress (3)
PET
40 Down: Useless (7)
INUTILE
41 Down: Go to the Great Beyond (7)
DECEASE
42 Down: "Hope springs ___" (7)
ETERNAL
44 Down: Opinion; view (6)
NOTION
49 Down: Old letters (5)
RUNES
51 Down: Poet Teasdale (4)
SARA
52 Down: Coward of England (4)
NOEL
54 Down: F.D.R. measure (3)
CCC
55 Down: Ga. neighbor (3)
FLA

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