NY TIMES, MON, JUL 04, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/4/1977. By Dorothy Cannan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Indian princes (5)
RAJAS
6 Across: Skeet feats (4)
HITS
10 Across: Creator of Tobacco Rhoda (4)
CAPP
14 Across: Ooze out slowly (5)
EXUDE
15 Across: Tale: Abbr. (4)
ANEC
16 Across: Cohan's "___ There" (4)
OVER
17 Across: Apportion (5)
ALLOT
18 Across: Inactive (4)
IDLE
19 Across: Name meaning "black" (4)
NERO
20 Across: Alfonso XIII, e.g. (3)
REY
21 Across: Marching instruments (11)
FIFEANDDRUM
24 Across: Winter headgear (6)
FURCAP
26 Across: Perfect score on a test (3)
IOO
27 Across: Floor of a building (6)
STOREY
29 Across: Builds slopes around a fort (7)
ESCARPS
33 Across: Something to fight for (5)
CAUSE
34 Across: Kind of attack (5)
SNEAK
35 Across: Landon (3)
ALF
37 Across: Distinctive air (4)
AURA
38 Across: Foot lever (5)
PEDAL
39 Across: Cap-___ (from head to foot) (4)
APIE
40 Across: Nobel product (3)
TNT
41 Across: Kilmer poem (5)
TREES
42 Across: ___ de menthe (5)
CREME
43 Across: Nickname for Chile's cape (7)
THEHORN
45 Across: Plume: Var. (6)
AIGRET
46 Across: Adage (3)
SAW
47 Across: Habitual practice (6)
CUSTOM
49 Across: French counterpart of 7 Down (11)
BASTILLEDAY
53 Across: Pussy-cat's shipmate (3)
OWL
56 Across: Clarinet's cousin (4)
OBOE
57 Across: Judge, in Baghdad (4)
CADI
58 Across: Obsession (5)
MANIA
60 Across: Unerring (4)
SURE
61 Across: "Give ___ a horse . . . " (4)
AMAN
62 Across: Expert (5)
ADEPT
63 Across: Prow of a ship (4)
STEM
64 Across: Comedienne from Butte (4)
RAYE
65 Across: Receiver of a check (5)
PAYEE

Down Answers

1 Down: With 2 Down, car part (4)
REAR
2 Down: See above (4)
AXLE
3 Down: Today (10)
JULYFOURTH
4 Down: What the Stamp Act caused (3)
ADO
5 Down: No longer dependent (7)
SETFREE
6 Down: Israeli port (5)
HAIFA
7 Down: Today (15)
INDEPENDENCEDAY
8 Down: Brain tissue (4)
TELA
9 Down: Picturesque, as a stage performance (8)
SCENICAL
10 Down: American vulture (6)
CONDOR
11 Down: State firmly (4)
AVER
12 Down: Seat of the Inca empire (4)
PERU
13 Down: Gym dance, at times (4)
PROM
22 Down: Kind of stare (3)
ICY
23 Down: Walker of football fame (4)
DOAK
25 Down: Minor or Major (4)
URSA
27 Down: Ailurophobe's cry (4)
SCAT
28 Down: Gibe (5)
TAUNT
30 Down: Magellan's milieus (4)
SEAS
31 Down: Currency of a sort (10)
PAPERMONEY
32 Down: Sticky mud (5)
SLIME
34 Down: Clairvoyant (4)
SEER
36 Down: A mile has 5,280 (4)
FEET
38 Down: Police vehicle (8)
PROWLCAR
39 Down: Jason's ship (4)
ARGO
41 Down: Siamese (4)
THAI
42 Down: Town plat (7)
CITYMAP
44 Down: Regard highly (6)
ESTEEM
45 Down: Fresh ___ daisy (3)
ASA
48 Down: Neighbor of Trieste (5)
UDINE
49 Down: Office bigwig (4)
BOSS
50 Down: Be adjacent (4)
ABUT
51 Down: In a pique (4)
SORE
52 Down: Tibetan priest (4)
LAMA
54 Down: Rub clean (4)
WIPE
55 Down: Behind schedule (4)
LATE
59 Down: Political org. (3)
ADA

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