Friday Crossword — September 16, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/16/1977. By Ann Jenkins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Gooseneck (4)
- LAMP
- 5 Across: Sounds of sails in gales (5)
- FLAPS
- 10 Across: Side of bacon (4)
- SLAB
- 14 Across: Kazan (4)
- ELIA
- 15 Across: Job for a jeweler (5)
- RESET
- 16 Across: Hearth (4)
- HOME
- 17 Across: Food containers (4)
- TINS
- 18 Across: Where Vulcan's forges flamed (5)
- AETNA
- 19 Across: Fail to mention (4)
- OMIT
- 20 Across: Facing a crucial decision (15)
- ATTHECROSSROADS
- 23 Across: Hgt. (3)
- ALT
- 24 Across: Film like "Rocky" (3)
- HIT
- 25 Across: Toastmasters: Abbr. (3)
- MCS
- 28 Across: Sensational (5)
- LURID
- 32 Across: Shipping center in Trajan's day (5)
- OSTIA
- 36 Across: Scrap for Seattle Slew (3)
- OAT
- 37 Across: Decrees in Islam (6)
- IRADES
- 39 Across: Samovars (4)
- URNS
- 40 Across: Encountered unexpectedly (15)
- CROSSEDONESPATH
- 43 Across: Intense emotion (4)
- HEAT
- 44 Across: Like some butlers (6)
- SILENT
- 45 Across: Pique at its peak (3)
- IRE
- 46 Across: Where to store old lares and penates (5)
- ATTIC
- 48 Across: Actor Davis (5)
- OSSIE
- 49 Across: Sine qua ___ (necessity) (3)
- NON
- 50 Across: Inlet (3)
- RIA
- 52 Across: Poet's word (3)
- OER
- 54 Across: Unwittingly causing mutual frustration (15)
- ATCROSSPURPOSES
- 63 Across: "Portrait of Gala" artist (4)
- DALI
- 64 Across: Ankles (5)
- TARSI
- 65 Across: Lay open (4)
- BARE
- 66 Across: Land of the Peacock Throne (4)
- IRAN
- 67 Across: Happening (5)
- EVENT
- 68 Across: Privy to (4)
- INON
- 69 Across: Pungency (4)
- TANG
- 70 Across: Wreak vengeance (5)
- REPAY
- 71 Across: Cozy retreat (4)
- NEST
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "___ Smile Be Your Umbrella . . . " (4)
- LETA
- 2 Down: Came to rest (4)
- ALIT
- 3 Down: Great supply (4)
- MINT
- 4 Down: Titled Turk (5)
- PASHA
- 5 Down: Breaks we don't like to get (9)
- FRACTURES
- 6 Down: Lascivious look (4)
- LEER
- 7 Down: Concerning (4)
- ASTO
- 8 Down: Porkers' diggings (4)
- PENS
- 9 Down: Hide the loot (5)
- STASH
- 10 Down: Rises rapidly (8)
- SHOOTSUP
- 11 Down: Glen Gray's Casa ___ Band (4)
- LOMA
- 12 Down: In the center (4)
- AMID
- 13 Down: Casino's business (4)
- BETS
- 21 Down: N.Y. island (5)
- ELLIS
- 22 Down: Site of Sugar Loaf Mt. (3)
- RIO
- 25 Down: Arabian coffee (5)
- MOCHA
- 26 Down: Editor's mark (5)
- CARET
- 27 Down: Colorful ermine (5)
- STOAT
- 29 Down: Wireless (5)
- RADIO
- 30 Down: Lions of the theater (5)
- IDOLS
- 31 Down: British sand mounds (5)
- DENES
- 33 Down: Peacock's pride (5)
- TRAIN
- 34 Down: Musical vamp (5)
- INTRO
- 35 Down: Pale as a ghost (5)
- ASHEN
- 38 Down: Factor, at times, in promotions (9)
- SENIORITY
- 41 Down: Like a good adventure story (8)
- STIRRING
- 42 Down: Precipitous (5)
- STEEP
- 47 Down: Labor initials (3)
- CIO
- 51 Down: Michaelmas daisy (5)
- ASTER
- 53 Down: Milne boy (5)
- ROBIN
- 54 Down: Entry to a pit (4)
- ADIT
- 55 Down: "G.W.T.W." home (4)
- TARA
- 56 Down: Clique or family (4)
- CLAN
- 57 Down: Economize (4)
- SAVE
- 58 Down: Exeter or Andover, for short (4)
- PREP
- 59 Down: Service-school initials (4)
- USNA
- 60 Down: Level-headed (4)
- SANE
- 61 Down: "___ and Civilization": Marcuse (4)
- EROS
- 62 Down: Transmitted (4)
- SENT
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