NY TIMES, MON, MAY 23, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/23/1977. By John Prytz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dwindle (3)
EBB
4 Across: Top fighter pilots (4)
ACES
8 Across: "Help Wanted" item (3)
JOB
11 Across: Swindle (4)
ROOK
13 Across: Bank draft (5)
CHECK
15 Across: Ship's officer (4)
MATE
16 Across: Make use of a hock shop (4)
PAWN
17 Across: Garden flower, for short (5)
HELIO
18 Across: Step ___ (hurry) (4)
ONIT
19 Across: Cuts up (6)
SLICES
21 Across: Certain oil producers (6)
OLIVES
23 Across: "___ in his heaven" (4)
GODS
24 Across: Questionnaire item (4)
NAME
25 Across: Reverberation (4)
ECHO
27 Across: Greek letters (3)
MUS
29 Across: Schools like Groton, for short (5)
PREPS
33 Across: Babbles (8)
PRATTLES
35 Across: State strongly (6)
ASSERT
36 Across: Help (3)
AID
37 Across: Make into law (5)
ENACT
39 Across: Creek (3)
RIA
40 Across: Swarmed (6)
TEEMED
43 Across: Ciao or aloha (8)
GREETING
46 Across: Bar legally (5)
ESTOP
47 Across: Little pollinator (3)
BEE
48 Across: Brooke or Field (4)
POET
49 Across: Arnaz (4)
DESI
51 Across: Pass over lightly (4)
SKIM
53 Across: Part of the Big Apple (6)
QUEENS
55 Across: Locust (6)
CICADA
58 Across: One kind of budget (4)
FUSS
59 Across: W. German mfg. city (5)
AHLEN
61 Across: Apple shooter (4)
TELL
63 Across: Soapbox harangue (4)
RANT
64 Across: On the way out (5)
GOING
65 Across: Bread spread (4)
OLEO
66 Across: Nabokov novel (3)
ADA
67 Across: Cats, dogs, goldfish, etc. (4)
PETS
68 Across: Permit (3)
LET

Down Answers

1 Down: Marshall Plan initials (3)
ERP
2 Down: Noted anthropologist (4)
BOAS
3 Down: Gridiron setting (4)
BOWL
4 Down: Hurt all over (5)
ACHED
5 Down: Hidden items in this puzzle (8)
CHESSMEN
6 Down: Moray (3)
EEL
7 Down: Offshoots (6)
SCIONS
8 Down: Tarzan's friend (4)
JANE
9 Down: Elevator magnate (4)
OTIS
10 Down: Venture at Vegas (3)
BET
12 Down: Gawain or Galahad (6)
KNIGHT
14 Down: Nut containing caffeine (4)
KOLA
15 Down: They have van, will lift (6)
MOVERS
20 Down: Aquatic bird (4)
COOT
22 Down: Little demons (4)
IMPS
25 Down: Iroquoian group (5)
ERIES
26 Down: West Pointer (5)
CADET
28 Down: Treatment (5)
USAGE
30 Down: Weird (5)
EERIE
31 Down: Publish (5)
PRINT
32 Down: Male social gathering (4)
STAG
33 Down: Crown of the head (4)
PATE
34 Down: Guided (3)
LED
35 Down: Partook of food (3)
ATE
38 Down: Turkish emblem (8)
CRESCENT
41 Down: Far from forward (6)
MODEST
42 Down: Dueling sword (4)
EPEE
44 Down: Poetic form (4)
EPIC
45 Down: Love apple (6)
TOMATO
47 Down: Prelate (6)
BISHOP
50 Down: Drawback (4)
SNAG
52 Down: Book of the Bible (5)
KINGS
53 Down: Oxford courtyard, for short (4)
QUAD
54 Down: Inst. at Annapolis (4)
USNA
56 Down: Spot between hills (4)
DELL
57 Down: On the sheltered side (4)
ALEE
58 Down: ___ Lippo Lippi (3)
FRA
60 Down: Deceive (3)
LIE
62 Down: Realty unit (3)
LOT

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