NY TIMES, MON, JAN 24, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/24/1977. By Henry Hook.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Gate City of the West" (5)
OMAHA
6 Across: Encino's locale: Abbr. (3)
CAL
9 Across: Nero's drink (4)
AQUA
13 Across: Helen's love (5)
PARIS
14 Across: Western Indian (3)
UTE
15 Across: Diamond successes (4)
RUNS
16 Across: Dire (6)
TRAGIC
18 Across: Diner order, for short (3)
BLT
19 Across: First N.T. book (4)
MATT
20 Across: Cain's brother (4)
SETH
21 Across: ___ Street (well off) (6)
ONEASY
24 Across: "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" (3)
SIE
25 Across: Norse letter (4)
RUNE
27 Across: Heap onions on a steak (7)
SMOTHER
29 Across: Char (6)
SCORCH
31 Across: Scarlett's acres (4)
TARA
32 Across: Defunct magazine (8)
COLLIERS
34 Across: Tea need (6)
KETTLE
38 Across: U.S.S.R. sea (4)
ARAL
39 Across: Nightingale, for one (5)
NURSE
41 Across: Noun ending (4)
TION
42 Across: Evangelist's cry (6)
REPENT
44 Across: Some actresses (8)
STARLETS
46 Across: Steak order (4)
RARE
48 Across: Cow parts (6)
UDDERS
49 Across: Futuristic kind of ball (7)
CRYSTAL
52 Across: Student's hurdle (4)
TEST
53 Across: Triumphant cry (3)
AHA
54 Across: Several lines (6)
STANZA
56 Across: Actor John (4)
AGAR
60 Across: Tailor's concern (4)
SIZE
62 Across: Antony's trio (3)
III
63 Across: Nabokov girl (6)
LOLITA
65 Across: James ___ Polk (4)
KNOX
66 Across: Toronto's prov. (3)
ONT
67 Across: Groucho sports one (5)
BERET
68 Across: Santa's laundry problem (4)
SOOT
69 Across: Teachers' org. (3)
NEA
70 Across: British ___ (5)
ISLES

Down Answers

1 Down: Chooses (4)
OPTS
2 Down: Filly's future status (4)
MARE
3 Down: "I smell ___!" (4)
ARAT
4 Down: Some dice players (11)
HIGHROLLERS
5 Down: "___ was saying . . . " (3)
ASI
6 Down: Sugar serving (4)
CUBE
7 Down: Ultimately (6)
ATLAST
8 Down: Swapper's suggestion (13)
LETSMAKEADEAL
9 Down: Soldiers do it (3)
ARM
10 Down: Suppress (5)
QUASH
11 Down: Loosen (5)
UNTIE
12 Down: Garden bloomer (5)
ASTER
17 Down: Puzzle-solving asset (13)
CONCENTRATION
22 Down: Hindu V.I.P. (5)
NEHRU
23 Down: Past (4)
YORE
26 Down: Geller of psychic claims (3)
URI
28 Down: Betrayers of a sort (11)
TATTLETALES
29 Down: Achy (4)
SORE
30 Down: Audiences do it (4)
CLAP
32 Down: Highway sight (3)
CAR
33 Down: Grads-to-be: Abbr. (3)
SRS
35 Down: Wedding-cake part (4)
TIER
36 Down: Realtors' wares (4)
LOTS
37 Down: Type measures (3)
ENS
40 Down: Bear Cat's maker (5)
STUTZ
43 Down: Turner and Cole (4)
NATS
45 Down: Hwys. (3)
RDS
47 Down: Miss May (6)
ELAINE
49 Down: Vats (5)
CASKS
50 Down: Jungle creature (5)
RHINO
51 Down: Mississippi tributary (5)
YAZOO
55 Down: Actress Naldi (4)
NITA
57 Down: Daughter (4)
GIRL
58 Down: Suit to ___ (4)
ATEE
59 Down: "Peanuts" expletive (4)
RATS
61 Down: No longer existing: Abbr. (3)
EXT
64 Down: Sash (3)
OBI

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