Thursday Crossword — October 27, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/27/1977. By Jeanette K. Brill.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tree growth (4)
- BURL
- 5 Across: Bogged down (5)
- MIRED
- 10 Across: Staid (4)
- PRIM
- 14 Across: Seaman's word (4)
- ALEE
- 15 Across: Julius Caesar's early post (5)
- EDILE
- 16 Across: "___ and the Swan": Yeats (4)
- LEDA
- 17 Across: First to draw Santa as he looks today (4)
- NAST
- 18 Across: Retailer's come-on (10)
- LOSSLEADER
- 20 Across: This once gave a free view of the diamond (8)
- KNOTHOLE
- 22 Across: Yellow flags (6)
- IRISES
- 23 Across: English wool-manufacturing city (5)
- LEEDS
- 24 Across: Scrutinize (4)
- SCAN
- 25 Across: Step on it (6)
- SCURRY
- 27 Across: Apply the paddle (8)
- CHASTISE
- 31 Across: Toned down (5)
- MUTED
- 32 Across: Cite (5)
- QUOTE
- 33 Across: The heart of the matter (3)
- NUB
- 34 Across: Needing irrigation (4)
- ARID
- 35 Across: Dipsy doodle (5)
- CURVE
- 36 Across: Try (4)
- STAB
- 37 Across: Rita or Grande (3)
- RIO
- 38 Across: Watered silk (5)
- MOIRE
- 39 Across: Eydie's man (5)
- STEVE
- 40 Across: Drift (8)
- TENDENCY
- 42 Across: In rows (6)
- TIERED
- 43 Across: Frame for toting hay (4)
- RACK
- 44 Across: Bellhop's beat (5)
- HOTEL
- 45 Across: Cenobite of ancient Palestine (6)
- ESSENE
- 48 Across: Become exhausted (8)
- PETEROUT
- 51 Across: Antonym for freedom (10)
- CONSTRAINT
- 53 Across: Place for a bishop's throne (4)
- APSE
- 54 Across: Is penitent (4)
- RUES
- 55 Across: Harness strap (5)
- TRACE
- 56 Across: Met baritone Boucher (4)
- GENE
- 57 Across: Discoverer of heavy hydrogen (4)
- UREY
- 58 Across: It's sometimes irrefusable (5)
- OFFER
- 59 Across: Cicero's "I was" (4)
- ERAM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Deposit money (4)
- BANK
- 2 Down: ___ Ude, U.S.S.R. city (4)
- ULAN
- 3 Down: It's often broken on Jan. 2 (10)
- RESOLUTION
- 4 Down: Describing scholars (8)
- LETTERED
- 5 Down: "Broadway ___": 1929 (6)
- MELODY
- 6 Down: Baal and Mammon (5)
- IDOLS
- 7 Down: Bullish period (4)
- RISE
- 8 Down: Kays' followers (3)
- ELS
- 9 Down: Albee's "A ___ Balance" (8)
- DELICATE
- 10 Down: Lamentation (6)
- PLAINT
- 11 Down: Seaver's colleagues (4)
- REDS
- 12 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 13 Down: God for whom a month was named (4)
- MARS
- 19 Down: Expunge (5)
- ERASE
- 21 Down: Rancher's charges (4)
- HERD
- 24 Down: Rush-hour discourtesy (5)
- SHOVE
- 25 Down: Sting (5)
- SMART
- 26 Down: Pierre or Marie (5)
- CURIE
- 27 Down: Treat leather (5)
- CURRY
- 28 Down: Meddlesome one (10)
- INTERLOPER
- 29 Down: Blandly urbane (5)
- SUAVE
- 30 Down: Waned (5)
- EBBED
- 32 Down: Mentally agile (5)
- QUICK
- 35 Down: "Emperor" or "Brandenburg" (8)
- CONCERTO
- 36 Down: "Bargain basement" on a cruise (8)
- STEERAGE
- 38 Down: Intended (5)
- MEANT
- 39 Down: Location (4)
- SITE
- 41 Down: Stylish (6)
- DRESSY
- 42 Down: Actress Audrey (6)
- TOTTER
- 44 Down: Ergo (5)
- HENCE
- 45 Down: Beige (4)
- ECRU
- 46 Down: Whiskey or Scotch (4)
- SOUR
- 47 Down: Dirk of yore (4)
- SNEE
- 48 Down: Memorable chanteuse (4)
- PIAF
- 49 Down: Middies study here (4)
- USNA
- 50 Down: Come down in buckets (4)
- TEEM
- 52 Down: Sandy's response (3)
- ARF
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