NY TIMES, MON, JUN 06, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 6/6/1977. By Dorothy Cannan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cheese coated with red wax (4)
EDAM
5 Across: Alms box (4)
ARCA
9 Across: Word with bag or board (5)
EMERY
14 Across: Fuddy-duddy (4)
DODO
15 Across: Famous couturier (4)
DIOR
16 Across: Lowest point (5)
NADIR
17 Across: Chaucer's travelers (15)
GROUPOFPILGRIMS
20 Across: Like some winds (8)
EASTERLY
21 Across: Type size (5)
ELITE
22 Across: Sharpen (4)
HONE
23 Across: "___ Town" (Boston) (4)
BEAN
24 Across: Twirls (5)
SPINS
26 Across: Hot under the collar (8)
BURNEDUP
30 Across: Fake (5)
PHONY
31 Across: Reliable (5)
SOLID
32 Across: "___ got sixpence" (3)
IVE
33 Across: Boxer's square (4)
RING
34 Across: Mournful music (5)
DIRGE
35 Across: Picnic pest (4)
GNAT
36 Across: Killer whale (3)
ORC
37 Across: Actress Singleton (5)
PENNY
38 Across: Winged (5)
ALATE
39 Across: Least expensive quarters at sea (8)
STEERAGE
41 Across: Kind of drum (5)
SNARE
42 Across: Knowledge (4)
LORE
43 Across: Miner's nail (4)
SPAD
44 Across: Urbane (5)
SUAVE
46 Across: One of Chaucer's travelers (8)
MERCHANT
50 Across: Chaucer poem (15)
CANTERBURYTALES
52 Across: Prefix with mingle or mix (5)
INTER
53 Across: French heavenly being (4)
ANGE
54 Across: Columbus caravel (4)
NINA
55 Across: Aromas (5)
ODORS
56 Across: Row (4)
TIER
57 Across: Hart or axis (4)
DEER

Down Answers

1 Down: "The Razor's ___" (4)
EDGE
2 Down: Copperfield's first wife (4)
DORA
3 Down: Troubles (4)
ADOS
4 Down: Grimacing with the lips (8)
MOUTHING
5 Down: Embellishes (6)
ADORNS
6 Down: Ransack and rob (5)
RIFLE
7 Down: Transcript (4)
COPY
8 Down: Former shipping magnate (3)
ARI
9 Down: Locale of 50 Across (7)
ENGLAND
10 Down: "Leatherneck" (6)
MARINE
11 Down: Revise (4)
EDIT
12 Down: Hoarfrost (4)
RIME
13 Down: Time periods: Abbr. (3)
YRS
18 Down: Garden bloomer (5)
PEONY
19 Down: Stevenson's lamplighter (6)
LEERIE
23 Down: Protuberant (5)
BULGY
24 Down: Haberdashery item (5)
SHIRT
25 Down: Explorer de Léon (5)
PONCE
26 Down: Carried (5)
BORNE
27 Down: Money in Baghdad (5)
DINAR
28 Down: Conserve of grapes (5)
UVATE
29 Down: Jazzman Fountain (4)
PETE
30 Down: P.G.A. members (4)
PROS
31 Down: Beauty-shop treatment (5)
SINGE
34 Down: More precious (6)
DEARER
35 Down: Warm welcome (8)
GLADHAND
37 Down: Their motto is "Q.E.D." (7)
PROVERS
38 Down: Put on ___ (pretend) (5)
ANACT
40 Down: Click beetle (6)
ELATER
41 Down: More agile (6)
SPRYER
43 Down: Suit fabric (5)
SERGE
44 Down: Grit (4)
SAND
45 Down: "___ Caesar shalt thou go" (4)
UNTO
46 Down: Star who played Pasteur (4)
MUNI
47 Down: "It's a Sin to Tell ___" (4)
ALIE
48 Down: Goose, in Hilo (4)
NENE
49 Down: Ivan, for one (4)
TSAR
50 Down: Labor-union initials (3)
CIO
51 Down: Club (3)
BAT

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