Friday Crossword — October 28, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/28/1977. By Brown.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mil. rank (4)
CAPT
5 Across: Speed-checking device (5)
RADAR
10 Across: Esau's land (4)
EDOM
14 Across: Engage (4)
HIRE
15 Across: Run away (5)
ELOPE
16 Across: Cape Cod sight (4)
DUNE
17 Across: The Old Sod (4)
ERIN
18 Across: Spokesman (10)
MOUTHPIECE
20 Across: Adorant's action (8)
REVERING
22 Across: Spring event (6)
EASTER
23 Across: Mixed with (5)
AMONG
24 Across: He said: "Who steals my purse steals trash" (4)
IAGO
25 Across: Look after (6)
ATTEND
27 Across: TV rods (8)
ANTENNAS
31 Across: Aspects (5)
MIENS
32 Across: Digs ore (5)
MINES
33 Across: Grampus (3)
ORC
34 Across: Root vegetable (4)
BEET
35 Across: Patronized a casino (5)
GAMED
36 Across: Continent (4)
ASIA
37 Across: Actress Myrna (3)
LOY
38 Across: Modify (5)
ALTER
39 Across: Propagate (5)
BREED
40 Across: Rev up (8)
ENERGIZE
42 Across: Lippmann's "A Preface to ___" (6)
MORALS
43 Across: Double preposition (4)
INTO
44 Across: Photo colorer (5)
TONER
45 Across: Ready (6)
ALLSET
48 Across: Exhausts (8)
BURNSOUT
51 Across: Listens (10)
GIVESEARTO
53 Across: Bachrach offering (4)
TUNE
54 Across: Turkish title (4)
EMIR
55 Across: Haley's best seller (5)
ROOTS
56 Across: Geraint's wife (4)
ENID
57 Across: Speaker's stand (4)
DAIS
58 Across: "If You Knew ___" (5)
SUSIE
59 Across: Banned insecticides: Abbr. (4)
DDTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Sonny's ex (4)
CHER
2 Down: Yorkshire river (4)
AIRE
3 Down: Nero Wolfe, for one (10)
PRIVATEEYE
4 Down: Urban building (8)
TENEMENT
5 Down: Jog the memory (6)
REMIND
6 Down: Lengthwise (5)
ALONG
7 Down: Fairbanks (4)
DOUG
8 Down: Likely (3)
APT
9 Down: Warmed over (8)
REHEATED
10 Down: Kinetoscope inventor (6)
EDISON
11 Down: Siegmund-Sieglinde number (4)
DUET
12 Down: "___ Upon a Mattress" (4)
ONCE
13 Down: Lake, to Hans (4)
MEER
19 Down: Book parts (5)
PAGES
21 Down: Nessen and Ziegler (4)
RONS
24 Down: Word with ear or tube (5)
INNER
25 Down: Mosey along (5)
AMBLE
26 Down: Attach (5)
TIEON
27 Down: Evangelist McPherson (5)
AIMEE
28 Down: Seek info secretly (10)
NOSEAROUND
29 Down: Shakespeare's blithe spirit (5)
ARIEL
30 Down: Oodles (5)
SCADS
32 Down: Passover bread (5)
MATZO
35 Down: Sparkles (8)
GLITTERS
36 Down: Apprehended (8)
ARRESTED
38 Down: Choreographer DeMille (5)
AGNES
39 Down: West German capital (4)
BONN
41 Down: Step sections (6)
RISERS
42 Down: Down in the dumps (6)
MOROSE
44 Down: For all players: Mus. (5)
TUTTI
45 Down: Mellowed (4)
AGED
46 Down: Kind of bean (4)
LIMA
47 Down: Caesar's 57 (4)
LVII
48 Down: Business abbr. (4)
BROS
49 Down: Single item (4)
UNIT
50 Down: Kennedy and Williams (4)
TEDS
52 Down: Birdwatchers' org. (3)
AOU

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