NY TIMES, MON, AUG 01, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/1/1977. By Terry Healy.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Twist; swerve (4)
SKEW
5 Across: D-Day craft (4)
LSTS
9 Across: Substances used by etchers (5)
ACIDS
14 Across: French composer (4)
LALO
15 Across: Roman emperor (4)
OTHO
16 Across: Young hog (5)
SHOAT
17 Across: Collection from a congregation (9)
OFFERTORY
19 Across: Bright (5)
SUNNY
20 Across: Enjoy Jay Peak (3)
SKI
21 Across: Yeats's homeland (4)
EIRE
22 Across: Staple in the Far East (4)
RICE
23 Across: Former frog, possibly (14)
HANDSOMEPRINCE
28 Across: Zwei's precursor (3)
EIN
29 Across: Uri (4)
LEON
30 Across: Cooked in hot fat (5)
FRIED
33 Across: State flower of Tenn. (4)
IRIS
34 Across: Eliza crossed it (3)
ICE
37 Across: Name to guess (15)
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
41 Across: Elec. word (3)
AMP
42 Across: Undiluted (4)
NEAT
43 Across: Leading the pack (5)
AHEAD
44 Across: Compartment (4)
CELL
45 Across: Emulated Horner (3)
ATE
46 Across: Heroine's tormentor (14)
UGLYSTEPSISTER
53 Across: ___ Domini (4)
ANNO
54 Across: Playing piece for Fischer (4)
PAWN
55 Across: Spanish cheer (3)
OLE
56 Across: Unreliable people (5)
LIARS
58 Across: Softens (9)
MITIGATES
60 Across: Kind of singer (5)
TORCH
61 Across: Rock of ___ (4)
AGES
62 Across: Narrow route (4)
LANE
63 Across: Buhlwork or mosaic (5)
INLAY
64 Across: Underling of 1066 (4)
ESNE
65 Across: Punctured tire (4)
FLAT

Down Answers

1 Down: Slog through mud (5)
SLOSH
2 Down: "Amerika" author (5)
KAFKA
3 Down: Puckish or dwarfish (5)
ELFIN
4 Down: Misfortune (3)
WOE
5 Down: Item for hair care (6)
LOTION
6 Down: Tempest (5)
STORM
7 Down: Housebuilders (15)
THREELITTLEPIGS
8 Down: Kind of sauce (3)
SOY
9 Down: Beast of burden (3)
ASS
10 Down: Dairymaid's device (5)
CHURN
11 Down: Column style (5)
IONIC
12 Down: Ball (5)
DANCE
13 Down: Eyelid disorder: Var. (4)
STYE
18 Down: Medical-training period (9)
RESIDENCY
24 Down: Like most artesian wells (4)
DEEP
25 Down: Prefix for meter or scope (4)
PERI
26 Down: Stir up (4)
ROIL
27 Down: Activity on Inauguration Day (9)
INSTATING
30 Down: Angelico, e.g. (3)
FRA
31 Down: Jamaican export (3)
RUM
32 Down: Young scamp (3)
IMP
34 Down: Nickname for D.D.E. (3)
IKE
35 Down: Hush-hush org. (3)
CIA
36 Down: Pass-catcher (3)
END
38 Down: Sediment (4)
LEES
39 Down: Season (4)
SALT
40 Down: "The Liner ___ a lady" (4)
SHES
45 Down: ___ as an owl (6)
ASWISE
46 Down: Sherman's side (5)
UNION
47 Down: Contort; distort (5)
GNARL
48 Down: Spanish poet-dramatist (5)
LORCA
49 Down: Eucharistic plate (5)
PATEN
50 Down: Add up (5)
TOTAL
51 Down: Mezzo-soprano Obraztsova (5)
ELENA
52 Down: Freshly adjusted (5)
RESET
53 Down: Height: Prefix (4)
ALTI
57 Down: Reserved (3)
SHY
58 Down: West (3)
MAE
59 Down: Landon (3)
ALF

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