Friday Crossword — August 5, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/5/1977. By Hal R. Hollinger.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Crop up (5)
ARISE
6 Across: Island of exile (4)
ELBA
10 Across: Nibble at (4)
GNAW
14 Across: Where Pago Pago is (5)
SAMOA
15 Across: Put into motion again (9)
REACTUATE
17 Across: Old Glory (15)
STARSANDSTRIPES
19 Across: Bivouacked (6)
TENTED
20 Across: Living "teddy bears" (6)
KOALAS
21 Across: Hill's partner (4)
DALE
24 Across: Trim (3)
FIT
25 Across: Caribou's food (4)
MOSS
29 Across: Town or city: Abbr. (3)
MUN
30 Across: Dryad or naiad (5)
NYMPH
34 Across: Eight: Comb. form (4)
OCTO
35 Across: Having a handle (6)
ANSATE
38 Across: In the manner of (3)
ALA
39 Across: Hemingway novel (15)
THESUNALSORISES
42 Across: Choler (3)
IRE
43 Across: Prefix with cruiser or sphere (6)
STRATO
44 Across: Washstand item (4)
SOAP
45 Across: His goods are "hot" (5)
FENCE
47 Across: Kind of lace (3)
VAL
48 Across: Formicary occupants (4)
ANTS
49 Across: Kind of ball or Fellow (3)
ODD
51 Across: Dwindles (4)
EBBS
53 Across: Determined the value of (6)
PRICED
56 Across: Picnic or junket (6)
OUTING
61 Across: Maugham novel (with "The") (15)
MOONANDSIXPENCE
64 Across: Have relevance (9)
APPERTAIN
65 Across: Pop-singer John (5)
ELTON
66 Across: Exploit (4)
DEED
67 Across: Film dubber's concern, for short (4)
SYNC
68 Across: Chanticleer's domain (5)
ROOST

Down Answers

1 Down: Type of prof (4)
ASST
2 Down: Deserve (4)
RATE
3 Down: "___ Old Cowhand" (4)
IMAN
4 Down: Get the laundry ready (4)
SORT
5 Down: Facilitated (5)
EASED
6 Down: Sea eagle (3)
ERN
7 Down: Guided (3)
LED
8 Down: Take the sun (4)
BASK
9 Down: Phrase with God or Congress (5)
ACTOF
10 Down: Bench decree (6)
GUILTY
11 Down: Valley in California (famed for wine) (4)
NAPA
12 Down: Roscoe, the stutterer (4)
ATES
13 Down: Westrum of baseball (3)
WES
16 Down: Billy Turner, to Seattle Slew (7)
TRAINER
18 Down: Utterly unyielding (7)
ADAMANT
22 Down: Of the moon (5)
LUNAR
23 Down: Subjugate (7)
ENSLAVE
25 Down: Central theme (5)
MOTIF
26 Down: Earthy color (5)
OCHRE
27 Down: Dutch genre painter: 17th century (5)
STEEN
28 Down: Signal from the Titanic: April, 1912 (3)
SOS
31 Down: Construction worker (5)
MASON
32 Down: Fold, of a kind (5)
PLEAT
33 Down: Lid fasteners (5)
HASPS
36 Down: Take ___ at (try) (5)
ASTAB
37 Down: Plumber's chest (7)
TOOLBOX
40 Down: Kind of lot (7)
USEDCAR
41 Down: "The Lady ___ Tramp" (3)
ISA
46 Down: Originated a word (6)
COINED
50 Down: Car owners' headaches (5)
DENTS
52 Down: Part of SST (5)
SUPER
53 Down: "Wicked Wasp of Twickenham" (4)
POPE
54 Down: Manila, for one (4)
ROPE
55 Down: June 6, 1944 (4)
DDAY
57 Down: Distant: Comb. form (4)
TELO
58 Down: Two prepositions in one (4)
INTO
59 Down: Sgt. and cpl. (4)
NCOS
60 Down: Courteous bloke (4)
GENT
61 Down: Like Carroll's Hatter (3)
MAD
62 Down: Theologian's concern (3)
SIN
63 Down: Business abbr. (3)
INC

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