Wednesday Crossword — August 10, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/10/1977. By Herb L. Risteen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Bumpkin (4)
- CLOD
- 5 Across: Chief aquatic plant life (5)
- ALGAE
- 10 Across: Dip and throw (4)
- BAIL
- 14 Across: Author of "The Man Without a Country" (4)
- HALE
- 15 Across: Swindle (5)
- GOUGE
- 16 Across: Noun suffix (4)
- ENCE
- 17 Across: Eagerly expectant (4)
- ATIP
- 18 Across: Nazi's "Nordic" (5)
- ARYAN
- 19 Across: Porch in Athens (4)
- STOA
- 20 Across: Went round and round (8)
- REVOLVED
- 22 Across: Dos Passos and Steinbeck (5)
- JOHNS
- 23 Across: Canal in a song (4)
- ERIE
- 24 Across: Nanook of the North (6)
- ESKIMO
- 27 Across: Magna ___ (5)
- CARTA
- 29 Across: Covering at Camelot (4)
- 30 Across: Digits: Abbr. (3)
- NOS
- 33 Across: He wrote "Ragged Dick" (5)
- ALGER
- 34 Across: Besmirch (5)
- TAINT
- 35 Across: Kennel sound (3)
- YIP
- 36 Across: Plumlike fruit (4)
- SLOE
- 37 Across: Lump (5)
- CHUNK
- 38 Across: Normandy town (4)
- STLO
- 39 Across: ___ Aviv (3)
- TEL
- 40 Across: "Washington ___ here" (5)
- SLEPT
- 41 Across: Proofreading mark (5)
- CARET
- 42 Across: Sinclair's "World's ___" (3)
- END
- 43 Across: Scene in Margaret Mitchell's book (4)
- TARA
- 44 Across: At that time: Fr. (5)
- ALORS
- 45 Across: "The ___ of night . . . ": Longfellow (6)
- SHADES
- 47 Across: "___ M for Murder" (4)
- DIAL
- 48 Across: Arthur Miller hero (5)
- LOMAN
- 50 Across: Pins on record players (8)
- SPINDLES
- 54 Across: Site of first Olympic games (4)
- ELIS
- 55 Across: In any way (5)
- ATALL
- 57 Across: Tree trunk (4)
- BOLE
- 58 Across: Lowest female voice (4)
- ALTO
- 59 Across: Kind of code or colony (5)
- PENAL
- 60 Across: Church section (4)
- APSE
- 61 Across: Author of "The Boys of Summer" (4)
- KAHN
- 62 Across: Cheap; vulgar (5)
- TATTY
- 63 Across: Pearl Buck's "The Living ___" (4)
- REED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Scorch (4)
- CHAR
- 2 Down: "The ___ George Apley" (4)
- LATE
- 3 Down: Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" (15)
- OLIVERGOLDSMITH
- 4 Down: Banished one (8)
- DEPORTEE
- 5 Down: Desert plant (5)
- AGAVE
- 6 Down: Knowledge (4)
- LORE
- 7 Down: French author ("The Necklace") (15)
- GUYDEMAUPASSANT
- 8 Down: Turkish title (3)
- AGA
- 9 Down: Yet, to Shakespeare (3)
- EEN
- 10 Down: Twig broom (5)
- BESOM
- 11 Down: Victorian novelist ("Barchester Towers") (15)
- ANTHONYTROLLOPE
- 12 Down: Church item (4)
- ICON
- 13 Down: Farmlands (4)
- LEAS
- 21 Down: Munchausen, e.g. (4)
- LIAR
- 22 Down: Cast off a lover (4)
- JILT
- 25 Down: Author ___-Exupéry (5)
- SAINT
- 26 Down: Possibly a pain in the neck (4)
- KINK
- 27 Down: Brahman or Sudra (5)
- CASTE
- 28 Down: Poet Ginsberg (5)
- ALLEN
- 31 Down: Engine tender (5)
- OILER
- 32 Down: What leopards can't alter (5)
- SPOTS
- 34 Down: "Hey ___" (1954 song) (5)
- THERE
- 37 Down: Attired (4)
- CLAD
- 38 Down: Do-it-yourself cafe area (8)
- SALADBAR
- 40 Down: Kowalski in "Streetcar . . . " (4)
- STAN
- 41 Down: Mildred Pierce's creator (4)
- CAIN
- 46 Down: Is wearing (5)
- HASON
- 47 Down: Lalapalooza (5)
- DILLY
- 48 Down: Security breach (4)
- LEAK
- 49 Down: Stewpot (4)
- OLLA
- 51 Down: Map of a town (4)
- PLAT
- 52 Down: Differently (4)
- ELSE
- 53 Down: Pearl Buck's "Dragon ___" (4)
- SEED
- 55 Down: Like a quick study (3)
- APT
- 56 Down: "___ and Sympathy" (3)
- TEA
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