Saturday Crossword — September 10, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 9/10/1977. By Jack Luzzatto.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Beach houses (7)
CABANAS
8 Across: Improper (5)
AMISS
13 Across: Seasoning mint (7)
OREGANO
14 Across: ___ land (6)
NOMANS
16 Across: Discount sources for shoppers (15)
MONEYOFFCOUPONS
19 Across: Goner's name (3)
MUD
20 Across: Penned, as pigs (5)
STIED
21 Across: Drench (4)
SOAK
22 Across: Benefit from (3)
USE
23 Across: Franks' accompaniment (5)
BEANS
24 Across: Pandowdy (3)
PIE
25 Across: ___ incognita (5)
TERRA
27 Across: One of Adam's boys (4)
SETH
29 Across: Ki-yi (4)
YELP
30 Across: Belles-lettres, perhaps (6)
ESSAYS
32 Across: Soccer players (7)
BOOTERS
34 Across: Monks for the commissary (9)
CELLARERS
36 Across: Less prepossessing (7)
SEEDIER
38 Across: Isabel Perón, e.g. (6)
SENORA
42 Across: Remain unsettled (4)
PEND
43 Across: Start of a 1928 song title (4)
DIGA
45 Across: More affronted (5)
SORER
46 Across: Varnish ingredient (3)
LAC
47 Across: Lateens and Genoas (5)
SAILS
49 Across: Summer time: Abbr. (3)
EDT
50 Across: Excited (4)
AGOG
52 Across: Twenty-four sheets of paper (5)
QUIRE
53 Across: Amin (3)
IDI
54 Across: Containers that create litter (15)
NORETURNBOTTLES
58 Across: Hon (6)
DEARIE
59 Across: Little ring (7)
ANNULET
60 Across: Unpleasant company (5)
DRIPS
61 Across: Obtainers (7)
GETTERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Travel to and from the job (7)
COMMUTE
2 Down: Stimulates (7)
AROUSES
3 Down: Wingdings (7)
BENDERS
4 Down: Wharton's "The ___ of Innocence" (3)
AGE
5 Down: No (3)
NAY
6 Down: "Plain as ___ in a man's face": Rabelais (5)
ANOSE
7 Down: As ___ silk (6)
SOFTAS
8 Down: Kunta Kinte, to Haley (8)
ANCESTOR
9 Down: Disposition (4)
MOOD
10 Down: Hawaiian baking pit (3)
IMU
11 Down: Blackjacks (4)
SAPS
12 Down: Prying one (7)
SNOOPER
15 Down: Escargots (6)
SNAILS
17 Down: A good deal (11)
FINEBARGAIN
18 Down: Beehive made of straw (4)
SKEP
23 Down: Howled at the moon (5)
BAYED
26 Down: Whizzed (5)
RACED
28 Down: Farm tools (4)
HOES
29 Down: Hedging on a question (5)
YESNO
31 Down: Slithered (4)
SLID
33 Down: Lock of hair (5)
TRESS
35 Down: Idle hours (8)
LEISURES
36 Down: Neptune or Poseidon (6)
SEAGOD
37 Down: Called for another song (7)
ENCORED
39 Down: Pend ___ (river, peak or lake in Idaho) (7)
OREILLE
40 Down: Whitetail in summer (7)
REDDEER
41 Down: Cassatt, Chagall et al. (7)
ARTISTS
42 Down: Strategy (4)
PLAN
44 Down: Car safety-device (6)
AIRBAG
48 Down: Sierra ___ (5)
LEONE
51 Down: Transmission item (4)
GEAR
52 Down: Witticism (4)
QUIP
55 Down: Three-way: Prefix (3)
TRI
56 Down: Blasting material (3)
TNT
57 Down: Pooh! (3)
TUT

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