Thursday Crossword — September 15, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 9/15/1977. By Dorothea E. Shipp.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Yokel (6)
- RUSTIC
- 7 Across: Deceive or drug (5)
- HOCUS
- 12 Across: Eastern sovereign's wife (7)
- SULTANA
- 13 Across: Alters the shape of (7)
- RECASTS
- 15 Across: Charms (7)
- AMULETS
- 16 Across: Obliteration (7)
- ERASURE
- 17 Across: Game played on land or in water (4)
- POLO
- 18 Across: Hi-fi buff's concern (4)
- TONE
- 20 Across: Ginkgo or baobab (4)
- TREE
- 21 Across: ___ pro nobis (3)
- ORA
- 22 Across: Quick-witted (5)
- SMART
- 24 Across: Dealt with trouble (5)
- COPED
- 25 Across: No longer working: Abbr. (3)
- RET
- 26 Across: Suffix with battle or settle (4)
- MENT
- 27 Across: Proofreaders' inverted v's (6)
- CARETS
- 28 Across: Tenth of a century (6)
- DECADE
- 30 Across: National flag (6)
- COLORS
- 31 Across: Dismounted (4)
- ALIT
- 32 Across: "Volsunga Saga" villain (4)
- ATLI
- 33 Across: Magnetic-induction units (6)
- TESLAS
- 35 Across: Moonshiners' vessels (6)
- STILLS
- 38 Across: Of a spring period (6)
- LENTEN
- 39 Across: School founded by Henry VI (4)
- ETON
- 40 Across: "Let's Call ___ Day," 1932 song (3)
- ITA
- 42 Across: Potok's "My Name Is ___ Lev" (5)
- ASHER
- 43 Across: Creature (5)
- BEING
- 44 Across: Tom, Dick and Harry (3)
- MEN
- 45 Across: Romance lang. (4)
- ITAL
- 46 Across: Put up wallpaper (4)
- HANG
- 47 Across: Fender bender (4)
- DENT
- 48 Across: "Flicks" (7)
- CINEMAS
- 50 Across: Mean (7)
- AVERAGE
- 53 Across: Quarters (7)
- SECTORS
- 54 Across: Screeds (7)
- TIRADES
- 55 Across: Change the type (5)
- RESET
- 56 Across: Gloss (6)
- ENAMEL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bruited (7)
- RUMORED
- 2 Down: Wail (7)
- ULULATE
- 3 Down: Town destroyed in 1944 (4)
- STLO
- 4 Down: Menlo Park monogram (3)
- TAE
- 5 Down: Bank term: Abbr. (3)
- INT
- 6 Down: Spanish dancer's clickers (9)
- CASTANETS
- 7 Down: On this earth (4)
- HERE
- 8 Down: Edible root (3)
- OCA
- 9 Down: Medicine or lubricant (9)
- CASTOROIL
- 10 Down: Seizer like Caesar (7)
- USURPER
- 11 Down: "Back" and "Angel" (7)
- STREETS
- 12 Down: Flavor (5)
- SAPOR
- 13 Down: Landlord's due (4)
- RENT
- 14 Down: Caraway produce (5)
- SEEDS
- 19 Down: Scrap for Spot (3)
- ORT
- 22 Down: Not so large (7)
- SMALLER
- 23 Down: Strip in the middle of a highway (6)
- MEDIAN
- 24 Down: Vocation (7)
- CALLING
- 27 Down: Pima, for one (6)
- COTTON
- 29 Down: Little strongholds (9)
- CASTELETS
- 30 Down: Criticize severely (9)
- CASTIGATE
- 33 Down: More snappish (7)
- TESTIER
- 34 Down: Magnify (7)
- ENHANCE
- 36 Down: Summer refresher (7)
- LIMEADE
- 37 Down: A Casey who once went to bat (7)
- STENGEL
- 38 Down: Those not in the clergy (5)
- LAICS
- 39 Down: Yet, to Shakespeare (3)
- EEN
- 41 Down: Puts a stake into the pot (5)
- ANTES
- 43 Down: Pinza was one (4)
- BASS
- 46 Down: One of Rodgers's partners (4)
- HART
- 47 Down: Small measure (4)
- DRAM
- 49 Down: Simian space pioneer (3)
- MOE
- 51 Down: ___ rosé (3)
- VIN
- 52 Down: Age (3)
- ERA
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