NY TIMES, MON, MAY 09, 1977 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/9/1977. By Evelyn Benshoof.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Clusters of plants (6)
- CLUMPS
- 7 Across: Like Galahad (6)
- CHASTE
- 13 Across: High-school non-finisher (7)
- DROPOUT
- 14 Across: Mention briefly (7)
- TOUCHON
- 15 Across: Ornament resembling a flower (7)
- ROSETTE
- 16 Across: Second (7)
- INSTANT
- 17 Across: Concerning (5)
- ANENT
- 18 Across: "Sticks float; they wood" is one (3)
- PUN
- 20 Across: Device on a door (5)
- HINGE
- 21 Across: Senator from Va. or W.Va. (4)
- BYRD
- 22 Across: Sharpened (5)
- HONED
- 24 Across: Something to lend (3)
- EAR
- 25 Across: "Sock exchange" (4)
- BOUT
- 26 Across: Soldier in gray (3)
- REB
- 29 Across: Approach gradually (8)
- LEADUPTO
- 33 Across: Appetite rousers (6)
- AROMAS
- 37 Across: Warrant (6)
- INSURE
- 38 Across: "Delightful" in hippie jargon (6)
- GROOVY
- 39 Across: Interest (6)
- BEHALF
- 40 Across: Took offense (8)
- RESENTED
- 42 Across: Baton Rouge sch. (3)
- LSU
- 43 Across: "Amores" poet (4)
- OVID
- 44 Across: Begin to flower (3)
- BUD
- 47 Across: Inexpensive fur (5)
- LAPIN
- 49 Across: Convert the chips (4)
- CASH
- 53 Across: ___ on (continuously) (5)
- ONAND
- 56 Across: Big ___ (3)
- BEN
- 57 Across: Quebec peninsula (5)
- GASPE
- 58 Across: Ineffectual (7)
- OFNOUSE
- 60 Across: Visits (7)
- CALLSON
- 62 Across: Bridge boo-boo (7)
- MISDEAL
- 63 Across: Ousters of a sort (7)
- EXILERS
- 64 Across: Hard as nails (6)
- STEELY
- 65 Across: Carter vs. Ford on TV: 1976 (6)
- DEBATE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sidekick (5)
- CRONY
- 2 Down: Burgoyne at Saratoga (5)
- LOSER
- 3 Down: Beat; defeat (5)
- UPEND
- 4 Down: Grove on a prairie (4)
- MOTT
- 5 Down: "Polly, ___ the kettle on" (3)
- PUT
- 6 Down: Socialize (7)
- STEPOUT
- 7 Down: Swindle (3)
- CON
- 8 Down: Muffle (4)
- HUSH
- 9 Down: Playbill heading (4)
- ACTI
- 10 Down: Met soprano (5)
- SHANE
- 11 Down: Polynesian kingdom (5)
- TONGA
- 12 Down: Pierce (5)
- ENTER
- 13 Down: Part of o.d. (4)
- DRAB
- 14 Down: Prong (4)
- TINE
- 19 Down: "Render therefore ___ Caesar . . . " (4)
- UNTO
- 22 Down: Sanguine (7)
- HOPEFUL
- 23 Down: Voices irrelevant arguments (7)
- DRAGSIN
- 25 Down: Tree-trunk growths (5)
- BURLS
- 27 Down: Misjudged (5)
- ERRED
- 28 Down: Blessing (4)
- BOON
- 29 Down: Women's ___ (3)
- LIB
- 30 Down: Compass point (3)
- ENE
- 31 Down: Blonde shade (3)
- ASH
- 32 Down: Binary (4)
- DUAL
- 34 Down: Bright saying (3)
- MOT
- 35 Down: Hail! (3)
- AVE
- 36 Down: One of the Chaplins (3)
- SYD
- 40 Down: Lasso (4)
- ROPE
- 41 Down: Showed clearly (7)
- EVINCED
- 44 Down: Flourishes (5)
- BOOMS
- 45 Down: Incapable (5)
- UNFIT
- 46 Down: "___ Macabre" (5)
- DANSE
- 48 Down: Labor leader (4)
- ABEL
- 49 Down: Lily (5)
- CALLA
- 50 Down: Charisma, e.g. (5)
- ASSET
- 51 Down: Seed (5)
- SPORE
- 52 Down: Coop group (4)
- HENS
- 54 Down: Predicament or knot (4)
- NODE
- 55 Down: Burr vs. Hamilton (4)
- DUEL
- 57 Down: Smooth-talking (4)
- GLIB
- 59 Down: Declare (3)
- SAY
- 61 Down: Tool for Bunyan (3)
- AXE
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