Saturday Crossword — December 10, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/10/1977. By Arthur Schulman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Curlewlike bird (6)
- GODWIT
- 7 Across: Birds' migration time (4)
- FALL
- 11 Across: Sportsmen's assn. (3)
- PGA
- 14 Across: The Australian fig-bird is one (6)
- ORIOLE
- 15 Across: Part of the iris (4)
- UVEA
- 16 Across: Beater for mixing mortar (3)
- RAB
- 17 Across: Birds without voice boxes (6)
- STORKS
- 18 Across: Birds that resemble bitterns (8)
- LIMPKINS
- 20 Across: Horse's tarsal joint (4)
- HOCK
- 21 Across: Capital of Peru (4)
- LIMA
- 23 Across: Type of velvet or satin (5)
- PANNE
- 24 Across: Porter (3)
- ALE
- 25 Across: Small finch (6)
- CANARY
- 27 Across: British gun (4)
- STEN
- 28 Across: Snappish (5)
- WASPY
- 30 Across: Nordic (5)
- ARYAN
- 32 Across: Common abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 33 Across: Patellae (8)
- KNEECAPS
- 35 Across: Raucous (6)
- HOARSE
- 37 Across: Gorge (4)
- GLUT
- 38 Across: Meccas for children (4)
- ZOOS
- 39 Across: Roué, at times (6)
- CHASER
- 42 Across: U.S. game bird (8)
- WOODCOCK
- 46 Across: Farm animal (3)
- RAM
- 47 Across: Taste (5)
- SAPOR
- 49 Across: Limber (5)
- LITHE
- 50 Across: Eagle of many puzzles (4)
- ERNE
- 52 Across: Bird that impales its prey on thorns (6)
- SHRIKE
- 54 Across: Poetic contraction (3)
- TIS
- 55 Across: Tinker's partner (5)
- EVERS
- 57 Across: King Olaf's capital (4)
- OSLO
- 58 Across: Custom (4)
- WONT
- 59 Across: Caged mimic (8)
- PARAKEET
- 61 Across: Window in an attic (6)
- DORMER
- 63 Across: "___ tu," Verdi aria (3)
- ERI
- 64 Across: Dresden's river (4)
- ELBE
- 65 Across: Resting (6)
- ATEASE
- 66 Across: Sts. (3)
- RDS
- 67 Across: Like the bills of some grebes (4)
- PIED
- 68 Across: Doghouse (6)
- KENNEL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Fast-flying bird of prey (7)
- GOSHAWK
- 2 Down: Bunting eaten as a delicacy (7)
- ORTOLAN
- 3 Down: Bishopric (7)
- DIOCESE
- 4 Down: Opus or employment (4)
- WORK
- 5 Down: Sort (3)
- ILK
- 6 Down: Wizard in electricity: 1856–1943 (5)
- TESLA
- 7 Down: Blubber-loving sea birds (7)
- FULMARS
- 8 Down: Large birdcage (6)
- AVIARY
- 9 Down: Lunar module (3)
- LEM
- 10 Down: Dweller in Nordland (4)
- LAPP
- 11 Down: Caxton or Zenger (7)
- PRINTER
- 12 Down: Fish-eating sea birds (7)
- GANNETS
- 13 Down: Item on a pupil's record (7)
- ABSENCE
- 19 Down: Dutch cupboard (3)
- KAS
- 22 Down: Not qualified (5)
- INAPT
- 25 Down: Ages (6)
- CYCLES
- 26 Down: Lout (5)
- YAHOO
- 29 Down: Croquet stakes (4)
- PEGS
- 31 Down: Piece of pasta (6)
- NOODLE
- 34 Down: Atmospheres (5)
- AURAS
- 36 Down: Spore sacs (4)
- ASCI
- 38 Down: African weasel (5)
- ZORIL
- 39 Down: Bird that climbs tree trunks (7)
- CREEPER
- 40 Down: President Bok's domain (7)
- HARVARD
- 41 Down: Aida's rival (7)
- AMNERIS
- 42 Down: Fabric such as gabardine (7)
- WORSTED
- 43 Down: Overstuffed footstool (7)
- OTTOMAN
- 44 Down: People in Pearl Buck's "Sons" (7)
- CHINESE
- 45 Down: European falcon (7)
- KESTREL
- 48 Down: Crested flycatcher (6)
- PHOEBE
- 51 Down: Proposed amendment, for short (3)
- ERA
- 53 Down: Eastman invention (5)
- KODAK
- 56 Down: Basket or beehive (4)
- SKEP
- 58 Down: Small songbird (4)
- WREN
- 60 Down: Father of Phineas (3)
- ELI
- 62 Down: Resident: Suffix (3)
- OTE
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