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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