NY TIMES, MON, JULY 25, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/25/1977. By Virginia Schneider.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Assuage (4)
EASE
5 Across: "Snug as ___ in a rug" (4)
ABUG
9 Across: ___ force (4)
TASK
13 Across: Shower season (5)
APRIL
14 Across: Peter, the pianist (4)
NERO
15 Across: Its mouthpiece has a double reed (4)
OBOE
16 Across: Well-known trio (15)
TOMDICKANDHARRY
19 Across: Abstract being (4)
ESSE
20 Across: Einstein's birthplace (3)
ULM
21 Across: Les ___-Unis (U.S.A.) (5)
ETATS
22 Across: River duck (4)
SMEE
24 Across: Awful (4)
DIRE
26 Across: Singer Johnny ___ (6)
MATHIS
29 Across: Conceals (8)
SECRETES
33 Across: Chef's tear-jerker (5)
ONION
34 Across: Utah state flower (4)
SEGO
35 Across: Site in Tyrol (3)
ALP
36 Across: Well-known trio (15)
REDWHITEANDBLUE
40 Across: Nay neutralizer (3)
AYE
41 Across: McAuliffe's famous reply (4)
NUTS
42 Across: Wear away (5)
ERODE
43 Across: Hedger's answer (8)
YESANDNO
46 Across: Did the hedges (6)
PRUNED
47 Across: Neighbor of Vietnam (4)
LAOS
48 Across: Coop group (4)
HENS
49 Across: Alcoholic heaters (5)
ETNAS
52 Across: School vehicle (3)
BUS
53 Across: Gleeful response (4)
HAHA
57 Across: Well-known trio (15)
THETHREESTOOGES
61 Across: Verboten (4)
TABU
62 Across: Coalition in 1941 (4)
AXIS
63 Across: Blazing (5)
AFIRE
64 Across: God of love (4)
EROS
65 Across: Liqueur glass (4)
PONY
66 Across: Flying saucers (4)
UFOS

Down Answers

1 Down: Poetry of a people (4)
EPOS
2 Down: Fortifies (4)
ARMS
3 Down: Barker's locale (8)
SIDESHOW
4 Down: Whitney (3)
ELI
5 Down: Skater's weak spot (5)
ANKLE
6 Down: Word with laser or radar (4)
BEAM
7 Down: Copper server (3)
URN
8 Down: "O ___, our help in ages past" (3)
GOD
9 Down: Right on target (6)
TOATEE
10 Down: Canyon mouth (4)
ABRA
11 Down: Kind; type (4)
SORT
12 Down: "Seven ___ to Baldpate" (4)
KEYS
13 Down: Ingested (3)
ATE
17 Down: Implements for Minnesota Fats (4)
CUES
18 Down: Frau's spouse (4)
HERR
23 Down: Ho Chi ___ (4)
MINH
24 Down: Associate of Renoir (5)
DEGAS
25 Down: Portrait, as of a saint (4)
ICON
26 Down: Dangerous eel (5)
MORAY
27 Down: Start of a Biblical maxim (5)
ANEYE
28 Down: Flood, neap, etc. (5)
TIDES
29 Down: Take care of (5)
SEETO
30 Down: Claw (5)
TALON
31 Down: Outfox, in a way (5)
ELUDE
32 Down: M.p.h. or r.p.m. (5)
SPEED
34 Down: Stupefies (5)
STUNS
37 Down: ___-Aryan (4)
INDO
38 Down: Bruce of films (4)
DERN
39 Down: The cold shoulder (8)
BRUSHOFF
44 Down: Winged: Lat. (6)
ALATUS
45 Down: Whimsical poet (4)
NASH
46 Down: Nuisance (4)
PEST
48 Down: Brazen woman (5)
HUSSY
49 Down: Diminutive suffix (4)
ETTE
50 Down: "___ she blows!" (4)
THAR
51 Down: Mount whence Moses viewed the Promised Land (4)
NEBO
52 Down: "Oh, to ___ England . . . " (4)
BEIN
54 Down: Money-changing fee (4)
AGIO
55 Down: Towel title (4)
HERS
56 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
ASE
58 Down: Chat, mod style (3)
RAP
59 Down: Prefix with sphere or spore (3)
EXO
60 Down: Org. for African solidarity (3)
OAU

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