Saturday Crossword — December 3, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/3/1977. By Hallie & Gerald Parsons.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Emmy's cousin (4)
- OBIE
- 5 Across: Cape's locale (5)
- COAST
- 10 Across: Arrive (4)
- COME
- 14 Across: Gudok, e.g. (4)
- VIOL
- 15 Across: Lunar feature (5)
- RILLE
- 16 Across: Son of Ruth and Boaz (4)
- OBED
- 17 Across: Prewar (10)
- ANTEBELLUM
- 19 Across: Companion of the radius (4)
- ULNA
- 20 Across: "So I turn the ___ of Fancy": Riley (6)
- LEAVES
- 21 Across: Marketplace (8)
- EMPORIUM
- 23 Across: Stake (4)
- ANTE
- 25 Across: Shrine Bowl team (4)
- EAST
- 26 Across: Illegal pitch (7)
- SPITTER
- 29 Across: Thinks highly of (7)
- ESTEEMS
- 32 Across: Lacking zest (4)
- TAME
- 33 Across: Checks (6)
- DRAFTS
- 35 Across: Jerboa's relative (3)
- RAT
- 36 Across: Ophidians (4)
- ASPS
- 37 Across: Sore mouth: Brit (3)
- ORF
- 38 Across: Raspberry stem (4)
- CANE
- 39 Across: Japanese statesman (3)
- ITO
- 40 Across: Less lenient (6)
- FIRMER
- 43 Across: Perched on (4)
- ATOP
- 44 Across: Picaresque fellows (7)
- RASCALS
- 46 Across: Wavers on the brink (7)
- TEETERS
- 48 Across: Canvas (4)
- SAIL
- 49 Across: What aquafortists do (4)
- ETCH
- 50 Across: Supports for Shoemaker (8)
- STIRRUPS
- 54 Across: Kitchen emanations (6)
- AROMAS
- 58 Across: Mixer's frozen asset (4)
- CUBE
- 59 Across: Doctor (10)
- MANIPULATE
- 61 Across: Palindrome starter (4)
- ABLE
- 62 Across: Decay by degrees (5)
- ERODE
- 63 Across: Bear or Mare (4)
- ISLE
- 64 Across: Numerical suffix (4)
- TEEN
- 65 Across: ___ up (in the bag) (5)
- SEWED
- 66 Across: Chastity's mother (4)
- CHER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Place for a race (4)
- OVAL
- 2 Down: Tendril (4)
- BINE
- 3 Down: Smidgen (4)
- IOTA
- 4 Down: Improves spiritually (8)
- ELEVATES
- 5 Down: Reached a peak (7)
- CRESTED
- 6 Down: Midnight fuel (3)
- OIL
- 7 Down: Herr's "All gone!" (4)
- ALLE
- 8 Down: Warren (4)
- SLUM
- 9 Down: "The ___," Shakespeare's last complete play (7)
- TEMPEST
- 10 Down: Route (6)
- COURSE
- 11 Down: Expunge (10)
- OBLITERATE
- 12 Down: Maître d'hôtel's concern (4)
- MENU
- 13 Down: Cheese in a red wrapping (4)
- EDAM
- 18 Down: Inclination (4)
- BENT
- 22 Down: Stable staple (4)
- OATS
- 24 Down: Scoreboard recording (6)
- ERRORS
- 26 Down: Word with case or well (5)
- STAIR
- 27 Down: Ravioli or macaroni (5)
- PASTA
- 28 Down: "It's ___," Perry Como hit (10)
- IMPOSSIBLE
- 29 Down: Unfruitful (6)
- EFFETE
- 30 Down: House and land of a lord (5)
- MANOR
- 31 Down: Rome's Spanish ___ (5)
- STEPS
- 34 Down: Kind of chair or rest (3)
- ARM
- 38 Down: Universal in extent (8)
- CATHOLIC
- 40 Down: Comely (4)
- FAIR
- 41 Down: Lights up (7)
- ILLUMES
- 42 Down: Made a new recording (7)
- RETAPED
- 45 Down: Lurch (6)
- CAREEN
- 47 Down: Light tan (4)
- ECRU
- 50 Down: Begone! (4)
- SCAT
- 51 Down: Snorkel (4)
- TUBE
- 52 Down: "Father of French Surgery" (4)
- PARE
- 53 Down: "Strangers and Brothers" author (4)
- SNOW
- 55 Down: Hit film in 1970 (4)
- MASH
- 56 Down: Salt tree (4)
- ATLE
- 57 Down: Melampus was the first one (4)
- SEER
- 60 Down: Fish or suffix (3)
- IDE
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