Thursday Crossword — September 8, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/8/1977. By Elaine D. Schorr.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Contraction used by servants and children (4)
MAAM
5 Across: Lyrical offerings (4)
ODES
9 Across: Rank just below marquis (4)
EARL
13 Across: O'Neill's "___ Christie" (4)
ANNA
14 Across: Chic (5)
SMART
15 Across: Author of "Q.B. VII" (4)
URIS
16 Across: Prehistoric ruin in England (10)
STONEHENGE
18 Across: Catamaran (4)
RAFT
19 Across: Shoal (8)
SANDBANK
20 Across: Where maîtres teach (6)
ECOLES
22 Across: "Present ___!" (4)
ARMS
23 Across: Literally not on the level (4)
ALOP
24 Across: Bingo look-alike (5)
LOTTO
27 Across: Says once more (8)
ITERATES
31 Across: City on a Great Lake (4)
ERIE
32 Across: Jazz opener (5)
INTRO
33 Across: Peak (3)
ALP
34 Across: Strict criterion (15)
HARDANDFASTRULE
38 Across: Filled a certain void (3)
ATE
39 Across: Man with a scepter (5)
RULER
40 Across: ___ house (4)
OPEN
41 Across: Liberator (8)
REDEEMER
43 Across: "___ a letter to my love . . . " (5)
ISENT
44 Across: Blathers (4)
GABS
45 Across: Thrashes (4)
TANS
47 Across: Lacking delicacy (6)
COARSE
50 Across: Sodium chloride factories (8)
SALTERNS
54 Across: Suffix with drink, sink and think (4)
ABLE
55 Across: The lowest point (10)
ROCKBOTTOM
57 Across: Apple-pie makers (4)
MOMS
58 Across: "We aren't no thin red ___": Kipling (5)
EROES
59 Across: Noggin, in Nantes (4)
TETE
60 Across: Carrots' partners (4)
PEAS
61 Across: Feathers (4)
DOWN
62 Across: Words to accompany a nod (4)
ISEE

Down Answers

1 Down: Leonard Bernstein opus (4)
MASS
2 Down: Theatrical acronym (4)
ANTA
3 Down: Prolific author (4)
ANON
4 Down: Administered, as a colony (8)
MANDATED
5 Down: Warning signs (5)
OMENS
6 Down: Like a medieval dungeon (4)
DANK
7 Down: Work unit (3)
ERG
8 Down: 1975 Super Bowl winners (8)
STEELERS
9 Down: Girl taken to Crete by Zeus (6)
EUROPA
10 Down: Soviet sea (4)
ARAL
11 Down: In profusion (4)
RIFE
12 Down: Landing craft (4)
LSTS
14 Down: Pseudo (4)
SHAM
17 Down: Longest river of Spain (4)
EBRO
21 Down: Painter of "Chartres Cathedral" (5)
COROT
23 Down: Rose oil (5)
ATTAR
24 Down: "Merry Widow" creator (5)
LEHAR
25 Down: Take to the podium (5)
ORATE
26 Down: Frazzled (5)
TIRED
27 Down: Take for granted (5)
INFER
28 Down: Hosiery shade (5)
TAUPE
29 Down: Terry of stage fame (5)
ELLEN
30 Down: All tuckered out (5)
SPENT
32 Down: Runs in neutral gear (5)
IDLES
35 Down: Spaces (5)
AREAS
36 Down: Like some accounts (8)
NUMBERED
37 Down: Writer of "Who Has Seen the Wind?" (8)
ROSSETTI
42 Down: A way out (6)
EGRESS
43 Down: "___ the jaws of death . . . " (4)
INTO
45 Down: Occupied, as a seat (5)
TAKEN
46 Down: Kin of amices (4)
ALBS
47 Down: David, for one (4)
CAMP
48 Down: Hautboy (4)
OBOE
49 Down: ___ mater (4)
ALMA
50 Down: Boat for refuse (4)
SCOW
51 Down: Ways to go: Abbr. (4)
RTES
52 Down: Diplomatic communication (4)
NOTE
53 Down: Duck or fictional pirate (4)
SMEE
56 Down: "___ y Plata," Montana motto (3)
ORO

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