Friday Crossword — September 9, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/9/1977. By Henry Hook.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sirs' counterparts (6)
- MADAMS
- 7 Across: Parseghian (3)
- ARA
- 10 Across: "Life ___ jest": Gay (3)
- ISA
- 13 Across: Exhausts (6)
- USESUP
- 14 Across: Commander of a regiment (7)
- COLONEL
- 16 Across: This was cinematically blue (14)
- DIETRICHSANGEL
- 18 Across: Western jamboree (5)
- RODEO
- 19 Across: Nevada or Madre (6)
- SIERRA
- 20 Across: G.I. mail drop (3)
- APO
- 23 Across: Architectural features (4)
- ELLS
- 25 Across: Parliament, in Japan (4)
- DIET
- 26 Across: Sex (6)
- GENDER
- 29 Across: Boxer or husky (3)
- DOG
- 31 Across: Use a calculator (3)
- ADD
- 32 Across: Moving (5)
- ASTIR
- 33 Across: Golfer Jones (5)
- BOBBY
- 35 Across: It was blue in 1933 (15)
- ROOSEVELTSEAGLE
- 41 Across: Truman played it (5)
- PIANO
- 42 Across: Segment of a flight (5)
- STAIR
- 43 Across: Lingerie purchase (3)
- BRA
- 45 Across: Sgt. (3)
- NCO
- 46 Across: Emulates Scrooge (6)
- HOARDS
- 47 Across: Contrite one (4)
- RUER
- 48 Across: Sidle (4)
- EDGE
- 50 Across: John or Jane (3)
- DOE
- 51 Across: Thought, but not spoken (6)
- UNSAID
- 54 Across: Makes one's salt (5)
- EARNS
- 57 Across: They're musically blue (14)
- SCOTLANDSBELLS
- 61 Across: Duds (7)
- THREADS
- 62 Across: Outcast (6)
- PARIAH
- 63 Across: Still (3)
- YET
- 64 Across: Veer, as a ship in a storm (3)
- YAW
- 65 Across: Like Oscar in "The Odd Couple" (6)
- SLOPPY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Kind of pie (3)
- MUD
- 2 Down: "___ was saying . . . " (3)
- ASI
- 3 Down: Pronghorn (4)
- DEER
- 4 Down: Concerning (4)
- ASTO
- 5 Down: "___ most foul . . . ": "Hamlet" (6)
- MURDER
- 6 Down: Line of a sort (5)
- SPIEL
- 7 Down: German exclamation (3)
- ACH
- 8 Down: First woman director of U.S. Mint (4)
- ROSS
- 9 Down: Jai ___ (4)
- ALAI
- 10 Down: Bergman (6)
- INGRID
- 11 Down: Fly off the handle (6)
- SEERED
- 12 Down: ___ sea (bewildered) (5)
- ALLAT
- 15 Down: TV's "___ Time" (9)
- ONEDAYATA
- 17 Down: Unfeeling (11)
- COLDBLOODED
- 20 Down: Actor John (4)
- AGAR
- 21 Down: Dollar, in Durango (4)
- PESO
- 22 Down: Aware of (4)
- ONTO
- 24 Down: Santa's laundry problem (4)
- SOOT
- 27 Down: Unequal (9)
- DISPARATE
- 28 Down: " . . . ___ saw Elba" (4)
- EREI
- 30 Down: "Pygmalion" monogram (3)
- GBS
- 34 Down: Kiss from a señorita (4)
- BESO
- 36 Down: Home on the road, maybe (3)
- VAN
- 37 Down: Noun ending (4)
- ENCE
- 38 Down: French department (4)
- GARD
- 39 Down: Island near Venice (4)
- LIDO
- 40 Down: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 43 Down: Nobelist for peace: 1950 (6)
- BUNCHE
- 44 Down: Getaway spot (6)
- RESORT
- 46 Down: Book in which plants are named (6)
- HERBAL
- 47 Down: Out of practice (5)
- RUSTY
- 49 Down: Catches one's breath (5)
- GASPS
- 52 Down: "Now ___ me down . . . " (4)
- ILAY
- 53 Down: Word in baby's vocabulary (4)
- DADA
- 55 Down: Fiery fiddler (4)
- NERO
- 56 Down: Lapse (4)
- SLIP
- 58 Down: Where Sydney is: Abbr. (3)
- NSW
- 59 Down: Seat for a baby (3)
- LAP
- 60 Down: Skittish (3)
- SHY
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