Friday Crossword — December 2, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 12/2/1977. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Waxed (4)
- GREW
- 5 Across: Fine cigar (5)
- CLARO
- 10 Across: Loci (6)
- PLACES
- 12 Across: Branchlike (6)
- RAMOUS
- 14 Across: Victor Herbert operetta (15)
- NAUGHTYMARIETTA
- 17 Across: Bone: Prefix (5)
- OSTEO
- 18 Across: Wrangler's territory (5)
- RANGE
- 19 Across: ___ Lanka (Ceylon) (3)
- SRI
- 20 Across: 1 and 66 (4)
- RTES
- 21 Across: "In hoc ___ vinces" (5)
- SIGNO
- 22 Across: Comedian Conway (3)
- TIM
- 23 Across: ___ culpa (3)
- MEA
- 24 Across: Nader's "Unsafe ___ Speed" (5)
- ATANY
- 25 Across: Pancake (5)
- CREPE
- 27 Across: Berlin hit: 1924 (8)
- ALLALONE
- 29 Across: Like an escarpment (6)
- SLOPED
- 30 Across: Twists the facts (9)
- MISSTATES
- 32 Across: S.A. serpents (6)
- ABOMAS
- 35 Across: Grafts, as a plant (8)
- INARCHES
- 39 Across: Gogol's "___ Bulba" (5)
- TARAS
- 40 Across: ___ Mountains, in three states (5)
- OZARK
- 41 Across: Name meaning "high" (3)
- ELI
- 42 Across: Mauna ___ (3)
- LOA
- 43 Across: Grudge (5)
- SPITE
- 44 Across: Partisan: Suffix (4)
- CRAT
- 45 Across: Opening trio (3)
- ABC
- 46 Across: Durable fabric (5)
- CHINO
- 47 Across: Hit a golf ball with the heel of the club (5)
- SHANK
- 48 Across: Aussie song (15)
- WALTZINGMATILDA
- 51 Across: Mid-March advice to Caesar (6)
- BEWARE
- 52 Across: Gives up (6)
- YIELDS
- 53 Across: Alphabetizes, e.g. (5)
- SORTS
- 54 Across: Iowa college town (4)
- AMES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pertaining to buttock muscles (7)
- GLUTEAL
- 2 Down: Tantrums (5)
- RAGES
- 3 Down: Iterate (4)
- ECHO
- 4 Down: All ___ (in error) (3)
- WET
- 5 Down: Small slit (6)
- CRANNY
- 6 Down: Composition by Handel (5)
- LARGO
- 7 Down: Gallic girlfriend (4)
- AMIE
- 8 Down: Caviar (3)
- ROE
- 9 Down: Stride beyond (7)
- OUTSTEP
- 10 Down: Delicate; light (6)
- PASTEL
- 11 Down: People of Aleppo (7)
- SYRIANS
- 13 Down: Lane marker (6)
- STRIPE
- 14 Down: Shearer or Talmadge (5)
- NORMA
- 15 Down: Circe's forte (11)
- MAGNETIZING
- 16 Down: Intended (5)
- AIMED
- 21 Down: German sculptor-painter (5)
- STOSS
- 24 Down: A.k.a. (5)
- ALIAS
- 25 Down: Scribe (5)
- CLERK
- 26 Down: Irish county: Abbr. (4)
- ROSC
- 28 Down: Abbess (4)
- AMMA
- 29 Down: Gawk (5)
- STARE
- 31 Down: One of da Vinci's interests (7)
- ANATOMY
- 32 Down: Attorney ___ (5)
- ATLAW
- 33 Down: Broad-trunked tree (6)
- BAOBAB
- 34 Down: Sources of wisdom (7)
- ORACLES
- 36 Down: Publicizes (7)
- HERALDS
- 37 Down: Veldt beasts (6)
- ELANDS
- 38 Down: Naval base in Alaska (5)
- SITKA
- 40 Down: Airs a view (6)
- OPINES
- 43 Down: Camise (5)
- SHIRT
- 44 Down: Drake raided its coasts (5)
- CHILE
- 46 Down: Man of great power (4)
- CZAR
- 47 Down: Spinach part (4)
- STEM
- 49 Down: Brace (3)
- TWO
- 50 Down: Building-planners' org. (3)
- AIA
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