Wednesday Crossword — December 28, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/28/1977. By Raymond F. Eisner.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Hit sign (3)
SRO
4 Across: Parisian recreation areas (5)
PARCS
9 Across: Took in a show (3)
SAW
12 Across: City vehicle (3)
CAB
13 Across: Visigoth king who sacked Rome (6)
ALARIC
15 Across: "And ___ bed" (4)
SOTO
16 Across: Swiss canton (3)
URI
17 Across: Belvedere (6)
GAZEBO
18 Across: Roman statesman (4)
CATO
19 Across: Seesawed (8)
TEETERED
21 Across: "A ___ Line" (6)
CHORUS
23 Across: L.A. athlete (3)
RAM
24 Across: Group of eight singers (5)
OCTET
26 Across: Ormandy and O'Neill (7)
EUGENES
30 Across: Correspondence (7)
LETTERS
34 Across: Driving hazard (5)
SLEET
35 Across: Brainstorm (4)
IDEA
37 Across: Rugged vehicle (4)
JEEP
38 Across: Two years in the House (4)
TERM
39 Across: Chilean concert pianist (5)
ARRAU
40 Across: Caen's river (4)
ORNE
41 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
ENDO
42 Across: Balance (4)
REST
43 Across: Circus barker's pitch (5)
SPIEL
44 Across: Understudy (7)
STANDIN
46 Across: Most uninteresting (7)
STALEST
48 Across: That is: Lat. (5)
IDEST
50 Across: Finial (3)
EPI
51 Across: "___ Boulevard," Swanson film (6)
SUNSET
54 Across: "___ Family" (8)
ALLINTHE
59 Across: Jacob's wife (4)
LEAH
60 Across: Hot item (6)
TAMALE
62 Across: Play's potential (3)
RUN
63 Across: Late Queen of Jordan (4)
ALIA
64 Across: Famed fashion photographer (6)
AVEDON
65 Across: Pulitzer winner, "The ___ Maid": 1935 (3)
OLD
66 Across: Film producer Brooks (3)
MEL
67 Across: Sir Anthony's family (5)
EDENS
68 Across: "___ Kapital" (3)
DAS

Down Answers

1 Down: Rabbit's tail (4)
SCUT
2 Down: Exceptional (4)
RARE
3 Down: Theater award (4)
OBIE
4 Down: Theatrical spectacle (7)
PAGEANT
5 Down: Sudden fear: Fr. (6)
ALARME
6 Down: Demolish (4)
RAZE
7 Down: Set of beliefs (5)
CREDO
8 Down: Kinsman (3)
SIB
9 Down: Fly high (4)
SOAR
10 Down: Aleutian island (4)
ATTU
11 Down: Emulates Romeo (4)
WOOS
14 Down: "The Typewriter" playwright (7)
COCTEAU
15 Down: Ragtime composer (11)
SCOTTJOPLIN
20 Down: Work by 15 Down (11)
TREEMONISHA
22 Down: All ___ up (excited) (3)
HET
25 Down: Ground grippers (6)
CLEATS
26 Down: Creator of the Moffats (5)
ESTES
27 Down: Suffix for fraud (5)
ULENT
28 Down: Frey's consort (5)
GERDA
29 Down: Vamps (6)
SIRENS
31 Down: Weird (5)
EERIE
32 Down: Clair and Descartes (5)
RENES
33 Down: Species of wheat (5)
SPELT
36 Down: Faustus and Kildare (3)
DRS
39 Down: Short solo (7)
ARIETTA
43 Down: Homo ___ (7)
SAPIENS
45 Down: H.S.T. follower (3)
DDE
47 Down: Play the informer (6)
TELLON
49 Down: Used Petruchio's methods (5)
TAMED
51 Down: Grand or little coup (4)
SLAM
52 Down: African river (4)
UELE
53 Down: Word with polish or file (4)
NAIL
55 Down: Fill the hull (4)
LADE
56 Down: ___ the boards (acted) (4)
TROD
57 Down: Luau dance (4)
HULA
58 Down: Concludes (4)
ENDS
61 Down: Hail! (3)
AVE

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