Friday Crossword — August 19, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/19/1977. By Virginia Butler.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Magnificent (5)
- GRAND
- 6 Across: Separate (4)
- PART
- 10 Across: Boxing program (4)
- CARD
- 14 Across: Ridin' and ropin' show (5)
- RODEO
- 15 Across: Congregation response (4)
- AMEN
- 16 Across: Woodwind (4)
- OBOE
- 17 Across: Church officer (5)
- ELDER
- 18 Across: City near San Francisco (9)
- SANTAROSA
- 20 Across: "The ___ rose is brief": Swinburne (9)
- YEAROFTHE
- 22 Across: Red head: 1918–24 (5)
- LENIN
- 23 Across: Sesame; til (4)
- TEEL
- 24 Across: Norman Bel ___, stage designer (6)
- GEDDES
- 25 Across: She wept and would not be comforted (6)
- RACHEL
- 28 Across: Satirist Beerbohm (3)
- MAX
- 29 Across: James and Houdini (6)
- HARRYS
- 30 Across: English poet (8)
- DELAMARE
- 35 Across: Available (5)
- ONTAP
- 36 Across: Trouble (3)
- AIL
- 37 Across: Austen work (5)
- NOVEL
- 38 Across: Breaks ranks; scatters (8)
- DISBANDS
- 40 Across: Something strange (6)
- ODDITY
- 41 Across: " . . . pocket full of ___" (3)
- RYE
- 42 Across: Welsh-rabbit sine qua non (6)
- CHEESE
- 43 Across: Rupert, the poet: 1887–1915 (6)
- BROOKE
- 47 Across: Rabbit or Fox (4)
- BRER
- 48 Across: Hogback (5)
- RIDGE
- 49 Across: Gem weighing less than ¼ grain (9)
- SEEDPEARL
- 54 Across: Estimated too highly (9)
- OVERRATED
- 56 Across: ___ vincit amor (5)
- OMNIA
- 57 Across: Allot (4)
- METE
- 58 Across: Off one's rocker (4)
- LOCO
- 59 Across: Spike for mountain climbing (5)
- PITON
- 60 Across: God of love (4)
- EROS
- 61 Across: Scrooge's cries (4)
- BAHS
- 62 Across: Blot out (5)
- ERASE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Zane or Jane (4)
- GREY
- 2 Down: Thespian's need (4)
- ROLE
- 3 Down: Po tributary (4)
- ADDA
- 4 Down: "Two at a trade can ___ agree": Gay (4)
- NEER
- 5 Down: She said: "Brevity is the soul of lingerie" (13)
- DOROTHYPARKER
- 6 Down: Light literary sketch (6)
- PASTEL
- 7 Down: Menotti hero (5)
- AMAHL
- 8 Down: Descartes (4)
- RENE
- 9 Down: Relative of dynamite (3)
- TNT
- 10 Down: Prepared apples for baking (5)
- CORED
- 11 Down: "And take ___ of fate": Macbeth (5)
- ABOND
- 12 Down: The O'Grady girl (5)
- ROSIE
- 13 Down: Acheson and Rusk (5)
- DEANS
- 19 Down: He said: "A little learning is a dangerous thing" (13)
- ALEXANDERPOPE
- 21 Down: Patients' payments (4)
- FEES
- 24 Down: "My ___ Sal" (3)
- GAL
- 25 Down: Hindu queen (4)
- RANI
- 26 Down: Crafts' companion (4)
- ARTS
- 27 Down: Sourpuss (4)
- CRAB
- 28 Down: Allen or Torme (3)
- MEL
- 29 Down: Mason's burden (3)
- HOD
- 30 Down: Prefix with place or grace (3)
- DIS
- 31 Down: Fashion (4)
- MODE
- 32 Down: Rara ___ (4)
- AVIS
- 33 Down: Network of nerves (4)
- RETE
- 34 Down: Culbertson (3)
- ELY
- 36 Down: Humorist George ___ (3)
- ADE
- 39 Down: Louis or Bill (3)
- NYE
- 40 Down: Exclaimed (4)
- OHED
- 42 Down: Firm beliefs (6)
- CREDOS
- 43 Down: Tall grass (5)
- BROME
- 44 Down: Moon or Spoon (5)
- RIVER
- 45 Down: "___ Autumn": Keats (5)
- ODETO
- 46 Down: Fairy-tale menaces (5)
- OGRES
- 47 Down: Hardwood tree (5)
- BEECH
- 49 Down: Greek portico (4)
- STOA
- 50 Down: Middle East V.I.P. (4)
- EMIR
- 51 Down: Theater group (4)
- ANTA
- 52 Down: Grande and Rita (4)
- RIOS
- 53 Down: Byway or seaway (4)
- LANE
- 55 Down: Vestment (3)
- ALB
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