Wednesday Crossword — August 17, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/17/1977. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Marsh bird (4)
- RAIL
- 5 Across: Pigeon's extinct relative (4)
- DODO
- 9 Across: Louis from Louisiana (5)
- PRIMA
- 14 Across: Fire: Comb. form (4)
- IGNI
- 15 Across: Ending for cell or gland (4)
- ULAR
- 16 Across: Gaseous element (5)
- RADON
- 17 Across: Bird symbolic of gluttony (9)
- CORMORANT
- 19 Across: Domed hut (5)
- IGLOO
- 20 Across: Bermudas of old (9)
- KNEEPANTS
- 21 Across: Severe (5)
- STERN
- 22 Across: ___ blue (indigo) (4)
- INDE
- 23 Across: Nonflying bird of yore (3)
- MOA
- 24 Across: Acquaint, as a freshman (6)
- ORIENT
- 28 Across: Nonflying bird (7)
- PENGUIN
- 32 Across: Intuit (5)
- SENSE
- 33 Across: Cowboy gear (5)
- BOOTS
- 35 Across: After L (3)
- MNO
- 36 Across: Eight-track item (4)
- TAPE
- 37 Across: Respite (5)
- PAUSE
- 38 Across: Plaster; smear (4)
- DAUB
- 39 Across: Nonflying bird (3)
- EMU
- 40 Across: Vigorous (5)
- LUSTY
- 41 Across: Hermann ___, German poet-novelist (5)
- HESSE
- 42 Across: Nonflying bird (7)
- OSTRICH
- 44 Across: Maiden (6)
- DAMSEL
- 45 Across: First mate (3)
- EVE
- 46 Across: West German region (4)
- SAAR
- 48 Across: Emulate Dorothy Hamill (5)
- SKATE
- 51 Across: Diametrically opposite (9)
- ANTIPODAL
- 56 Across: Bay at the mouth of a river (5)
- LIMAN
- 57 Across: Nonflying bird (9)
- CASSOWARY
- 58 Across: Attentive; vigilant (5)
- AWAKE
- 59 Across: Brown creepers creep on this (4)
- TREE
- 60 Across: Star: Comb. form (4)
- ASTR
- 61 Across: "Eagle-squeezer" (5)
- MISER
- 62 Across: "Pigeons on the grass ___": Stein (4)
- ALAS
- 63 Across: Nonflying bird (4)
- RHEA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Haystack (4)
- RICK
- 2 Down: Dramatic conflict (4)
- AGON
- 3 Down: Concerning (4)
- INRE
- 4 Down: Mortar ingredient (4)
- LIME
- 5 Down: Historian Will or Ariel (6)
- DURANT
- 6 Down: Chan, in films (5)
- OLAND
- 7 Down: "Divina Commedia" poet (5)
- DANTE
- 8 Down: Scraps (4)
- ORTS
- 9 Down: Attica and Newgate (7)
- PRISONS
- 10 Down: Motley crowd (6)
- RAGTAG
- 11 Down: Groundless (4)
- IDLE
- 12 Down: Anchor (4)
- MOOR
- 13 Down: Shortly (4)
- ANON
- 18 Down: Give one's views (5)
- OPINE
- 23 Down: Measure out (4)
- METE
- 24 Down: Bone: Comb. form (5)
- OSTEO
- 25 Down: Scads (5)
- REAMS
- 26 Down: Data fed to a computer (5)
- INPUT
- 27 Down: Dir. from Paris to Troyes (3)
- ESE
- 28 Down: Small bunch of blossoms (4)
- POSY
- 29 Down: N. E. campus (5)
- UMASS
- 30 Down: Operating, as radar (5)
- INUSE
- 31 Down: Prize won by 41 Across: 1946 (5)
- NOBEL
- 33 Down: Wingding, British style (4)
- BASH
- 34 Down: No longer encaged (3)
- OUT
- 37 Down: Dark red (4)
- PUCE
- 38 Down: Rival of a Rep. (3)
- DEM
- 40 Down: Party pooper's opposite (7)
- LIVENER
- 41 Down: "Coconuts" name (5)
- HARPO
- 43 Down: One more try on the set (6)
- RETAKE
- 44 Down: Platforms (6)
- DAISES
- 46 Down: Mix-up (5)
- SNARL
- 47 Down: Where to see a petrel (5)
- ATSEA
- 48 Down: Bridge thrill (4)
- SLAM
- 49 Down: Nonflying bird (4)
- KIWI
- 50 Down: Between amo and amat (4)
- AMAS
- 51 Down: Church records (4)
- ACTA
- 52 Down: Man ___ (famed race horse) (4)
- OWAR
- 53 Down: Destroy, as hopes (4)
- DASH
- 54 Down: Comedian Johnson (4)
- ARTE
- 55 Down: Type of glockenspiel (4)
- LYRA
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