Wednesday Crossword — December 7, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 12/7/1977. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Certainly didn't emote (10)
UNDERACTED
11 Across: Distaff links org. (4)
LPGA
15 Across: Wimbledon champ: 1959, 1960, 1964 (10)
MARIABUENO
16 Across: Cheap magazine material (4)
PULP
17 Across: Illusory (10)
PHANTASMAL
18 Across: Hog feed (4)
SLOP
19 Across: Partner of hem or hee (3)
HAW
20 Across: Otherwise (4)
ELSE
21 Across: On the: It. (3)
SUL
22 Across: Richard and Preacher (4)
ROES
23 Across: Vandalize, in a way (6)
DEFACE
26 Across: Unseld of the N.B.A. (3)
WES
29 Across: Long Island or Puget: Abbr. (3)
SND
30 Across: Takes down a peg (7)
DEMOTES
31 Across: Fire dept. device (3)
EXT
32 Across: "Star Trek" craft (10)
ENTERPRISE
34 Across: Sudden outburst (5)
SPATE
37 Across: Marine flier (3)
ERN
38 Across: "He arose, and ___ the Philistines" (5)
SMOTE
39 Across: The "vast wasteland" (10)
TELEVISION
42 Across: Browning's "___ Bratts" (3)
NED
43 Across: Menlo Park family (7)
EDISONS
44 Across: Former Mideast initials (3)
UAR
46 Across: Grads-to-be: Abbr. (3)
SRS
47 Across: Gets the soap out (6)
RINSES
48 Across: Whale (4)
CETE
49 Across: Underpinning (3)
LEG
50 Across: Deity at Thebes: Var. (4)
AMUN
51 Across: New Deal agcy. (3)
WPA
54 Across: Japanese type of purse (4)
INRO
56 Across: Feminists' goal (10)
LIBERATION
59 Across: Plant modified by environment (4)
ECAD
60 Across: Reparations (10)
ATONEMENTS
61 Across: Santa ___ (Holy See) (4)
SEDE
62 Across: Outboxed boxer's memento (10)
BOTTLENOSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Skeptic's sound (4)
UMPH
2 Down: Okinawa's capital (4)
NAHA
3 Down: Stalemate (4)
DRAW
4 Down: German article (3)
EIN
5 Down: They appraise (6)
RATERS
6 Down: Seafood dish (7)
ABALONE
7 Down: Ornery quality (10)
CUSSEDNESS
8 Down: Serbian river to the Danube (5)
TEMES
9 Down: Queen Sofia's predecessor (3)
ENA
10 Down: Pain-intensity unit (3)
DOL
11 Down: 33? r.p.m. records (3)
LPS
12 Down: Heartbeats (10)
PULSATIONS
13 Down: Richard III's dukedom (10)
GLOUCESTER
14 Down: Pips (10)
APPLESEEDS
23 Down: "___ Alte" (Adenauer) (3)
DER
24 Down: Persian and Byzantine: Abbr. (4)
EMPS
25 Down: Create (4)
FORM
26 Down: Some winds (10)
WESTERLIES
27 Down: Self-interest or fitness (10)
EXPEDIENCE
28 Down: Scene of a turning point in W.W. II (10)
STALINGRAD
30 Down: Dramatic outcome (10)
DENOUEMENT
33 Down: Numerical prefix (3)
TRI
35 Down: Hardy heroine (4)
TESS
36 Down: Bacchanalian cry (4)
EVOE
40 Down: Election victors (3)
INS
41 Down: Au ___ (unadorned) (7)
NATUREL
45 Down: Change a title (6)
RENAME
48 Down: Discoverer of North American mainland (5)
CABOT
51 Down: Skid-row denizen (4)
WINO
52 Down: Kitchenware (4)
POTS
53 Down: Character in "As I Lay Dying" (4)
ANSE
55 Down: Literary work (3)
ODE
56 Down: Research center (3)
LAB
57 Down: Modernizer of Japan (3)
ITO
58 Down: Decadal number (3)
TEN

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