Thursday Crossword — July 21, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/21/1977. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Blood fluid (6)
PLASMA
7 Across: Study hard, but late (4)
CRAM
11 Across: Fit ___ fiddle (3)
ASA
14 Across: Be authorized to proceed (15)
HAVEAGREENLIGHT
17 Across: "Proceed" (15)
EVERYTHINGISAOK
18 Across: "We made ___ the end": Clemenceau (5)
WARTO
19 Across: The Reo was named for him (4)
OLDS
20 Across: Space (4)
AREA
21 Across: Neil Simon's favorite letters (3)
SRO
23 Across: O. Henry concoction: Abbr. (3)
STO
25 Across: Eureka! (3)
AHA
28 Across: "Able ___ I . . . " (3)
WAS
31 Across: Catch, spider style (6)
ENTRAP
36 Across: Slanders (9)
CALUMNIES
40 Across: Bull: Comb. form (5)
TAURO
41 Across: "Proceed!" (15)
ALLSYSTEMSAREGO
43 Across: More cunning (5)
SLIER
44 Across: Trampled (9)
STEPPEDON
45 Across: Achilles' ___ (hamstring) (6)
TENDON
47 Across: "___ the ramparts we watched . . . " (3)
OER
48 Across: Greek vowel (3)
ETA
49 Across: Collar (3)
NAB
51 Across: Kyoodle (3)
YAP
54 Across: Neighbor of Algeria (4)
MALI
58 Across: Swing off course (4)
VEER
61 Across: 100 kopecks (5)
RUBLE
65 Across: "Proceed!" (15)
THECOASTISCLEAR
68 Across: Signal to proceed (15)
GIVETHEHIGHSIGN
69 Across: Porker's place (3)
STY
70 Across: The sandbox set (4)
TOTS
71 Across: Redundant fly (6)
TSETSE

Down Answers

1 Down: "Is it hot!" (4)
PHEW
2 Down: Vesuvian outflow (4)
LAVA
3 Down: State peremptorily (4)
AVER
4 Down: José María's murals (5)
SERTS
5 Down: Bradley of L.A. (5)
MAYOR
6 Down: G-man or T-man: Abbr. (3)
AGT
7 Down: Wainscot (4)
CEIL
8 Down: Tears out or away (5)
RENDS
9 Down: Feelings of anxiety (6)
ANGSTE
10 Down: Date in the 11th century (3)
MLI
11 Down: He wrote "A Time for Greatness" (4)
AGAR
12 Down: Nursery-rhyme abode (4)
SHOE
13 Down: Aleutian island (4)
ATKA
15 Down: Between pi and sigma (3)
RHO
16 Down: "This ___ recording" (3)
ISA
22 Down: Has rightful title to (4)
OWNS
24 Down: Ready for use (5)
ONTAP
25 Down: "___ of thousands" (5)
ACAST
26 Down: Handel's birthplace (5)
HALLE
27 Down: Exhausted (5)
ALLIN
29 Down: Islets (4)
AITS
30 Down: Look after (5)
SEETO
32 Down: Darnel (4)
TARE
33 Down: ___ la Paix (5)
RUEDE
34 Down: Vernacular (5)
ARGOT
35 Down: City SE of Bombay (5)
POONA
37 Down: Secondhand (4)
USED
38 Down: Comedian Cohen (5)
MYRON
39 Down: Barrie pirate (4)
SMEE
42 Down: Nimble (4)
SPRY
46 Down: Blanket or Indian (6)
NAVAHO
50 Down: Fall upon (5)
BESET
52 Down: Prelates: Abbr. (5)
ARCHS
53 Down: Throb (5)
PULSE
54 Down: Assemblies: Abbr. (4)
MTGS
55 Down: "___, a very palpable . . . ": "Hamlet" (4)
AHIT
56 Down: Tax (4)
LEVY
57 Down: Bar need (3)
ICE
59 Down: Suffixes with Biblical verbs (4)
ETHS
60 Down: Canals of Venezia (3)
RII
62 Down: "___ ever so humble . . . " (4)
BEIT
63 Down: Dallies (4)
LAGS
64 Down: White-tailed bird (4)
ERNE
66 Down: N.Y. Giant slugger (3)
OTT
67 Down: N.C.O. (3)
SGT

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