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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