NY TIMES, MON, AUG 29, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/29/1977. By Scully.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Do a gym exercise (4)
CHIN
5 Across: Become weary (4)
TIRE
9 Across: Bye-bye (4)
TATA
13 Across: Socks (4)
HOSE
14 Across: Harrow's cricket rival (4)
ETON
15 Across: Soft drinks (5)
COLAS
16 Across: "There ought to be ___" (4)
ALAW
17 Across: Certain publications (10)
NEWSPAPERS
19 Across: "It's ___!" (first I've heard) (8)
NEWSTOME
21 Across: Sprung up (6)
ARISEN
22 Across: Gym items (4)
BARS
23 Across: Acronym for an oil group (4)
OPEC
24 Across: ___-the-board bet (6)
ACROSS
27 Across: Workers in paper hats (8)
PRESSMEN
31 Across: Carts (5)
DRAYS
32 Across: Wild hogs (5)
BOARS
33 Across: ___-horse town (3)
ONE
34 Across: Clamors (4)
DINS
35 Across: Afresh (5)
NEWLY
36 Across: Closing chords (4)
CODA
37 Across: Flightless bird (3)
EMU
38 Across: Uses blacktop (5)
PAVES
39 Across: Proverbial weeper (5)
LOSER
40 Across: Journalist (8)
REPORTER
42 Across: Humans, e.g. (6)
BIPEDS
43 Across: Item in the Shah's treasury (4)
RIAL
44 Across: Impose a tax (4)
LEVY
45 Across: Region in Spain (6)
ARAGON
48 Across: Section of an editorial office (8)
CITYDESK
52 Across: Sports or payroll (10)
DEPARTMENT
54 Across: Vassal of yore (4)
ESNE
55 Across: British noble family (5)
EDENS
56 Across: Impulse (4)
URGE
57 Across: Remain (4)
STAY
58 Across: "Even Homer ___" (4)
NODS
59 Across: Word with knob or mat (4)
DOOR
60 Across: Small casks (4)
KEGS

Down Answers

1 Down: Charlie, the sleuth (4)
CHAN
2 Down: Doughnut feature (4)
HOLE
3 Down: "The Last Time ___ Paris" (4)
ISAW
4 Down: Young vendors (8)
NEWSBOYS
5 Down: Melchior et al. (6)
TENORS
6 Down: Newsy bits (5)
ITEMS
7 Down: Poet laureate: 1715–18 (4)
ROWE
8 Down: Printers' measures (3)
ENS
9 Down: Themes (6)
TOPICS
10 Down: Malt liquors (4)
ALES
11 Down: Weight allowance (4)
TARE
12 Down: Y.M.C.A. or Y.M.H.A. (4)
ASSN
15 Down: Fondle (6)
CARESS
18 Down: Flimsy (6)
PAPERY
20 Down: Russian medium (4)
TASS
23 Down: Ordeals for would-be Ph.D.'s (5)
ORALS
24 Down: Snake or machine (5)
ADDER
25 Down: Headline story, at times (5)
CRIME
26 Down: Erected hastily (5)
RANUP
27 Down: "Knowledge is ___" (5)
POWER
28 Down: Member of a Loyal Order (5)
MOOSE
29 Down: Over (5)
ENDED
30 Down: Comes close to (5)
NEARS
32 Down: Cut on a slant (5)
BEVEL
35 Down: Swimming (6)
NATANT
36 Down: Where headlines are written (8)
COPYDESK
38 Down: Group next below abbots (6)
PRIORS
39 Down: Roman historian (4)
LIVY
41 Down: Periodicals (6)
ORGANS
42 Down: Improve (6)
BETTER
44 Down: Jargon (5)
LINGO
45 Down: Arabian port (4)
ADEN
46 Down: Change drastically (4)
REDO
47 Down: Copied (4)
APED
48 Down: Sport fish (4)
CERO
49 Down: Princely house of Italy (4)
ESTE
50 Down: Stumbling block (4)
SNAG
51 Down: Islets (4)
KEYS
53 Down: What pernicious pols sling (3)
MUD

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