NY TIMES, MON, OCT 10, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/10/1977. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Current unit, for short (3)
AMP
4 Across: Asian land, G.I. style (3)
NAM
7 Across: Jones and ten others (5)
COLTS
12 Across: Sal, in song (3)
GAL
13 Across: Strikers' nemeses (5)
SCABS
16 Across: "Louise" or "Norma" (5)
OPERA
17 Across: ___ pro nobis (3)
ORA
18 Across: Architect Wren (11)
CHRISTOPHER
20 Across: Foch or Simone (4)
NINA
22 Across: Like some careers (9)
CHECKERED
23 Across: Chews the rag (4)
YAKS
24 Across: ___ mater (3)
PIA
25 Across: Prefix with chance and adventure (3)
PER
26 Across: Smithies (6)
SHOERS
29 Across: Leading unit (3)
VAN
32 Across: Grands (6)
PIANOS
35 Across: Queen called "the Catholic" (8)
ISABELLA
39 Across: Fall time (7)
OCTOBER
41 Across: Shakespeare's "___ Night" (7)
TWELFTH
42 Across: Huxley's "Brave ___" (8)
NEWWORLD
44 Across: Soviet seaport (6)
ODESSA
45 Across: Highway warning (3)
SLO
46 Across: Hollow; recessed (6)
SUNKEN
48 Across: Demolition supply (3)
TNT
51 Across: Richard ___ (3)
ROE
52 Across: Buy ___ in a poke (4)
APIG
56 Across: Waxed (9)
INCREASED
60 Across: Flank (4)
SIDE
61 Across: Name for a certain second Monday in 34 states (11)
COLUMBUSDAY
64 Across: Writer Anais (3)
NIN
65 Across: Clean the board (5)
ERASE
66 Across: River to the Rhone (5)
ISERE
67 Across: Excessively (3)
TOO
68 Across: With 2 Down, city in Brazil (5)
SANTA
69 Across: Morning deposit (3)
DEW
70 Across: "I ___ Camera" (3)
AMA

Down Answers

1 Down: Ecstasy's literary partner (5)
AGONY
2 Down: See 68 Across (5)
MARIA
3 Down: Convention adoption (5)
PLANK
4 Down: Defense planners in Wash. (3)
NSC
5 Down: German exclamation (3)
ACH
6 Down: "Peanuts" girl (6)
MARCIE
7 Down: American cardinal (5)
COOKE
8 Down: "Happy Hooligan" cartoonist (5)
OPPER
9 Down: Glassware oven (4)
LEHR
10 Down: "Liberty ___," ballad by Thomas Paine (4)
TREE
11 Down: Gemstone (4)
SARD
14 Down: Ganges-valley native (6)
BIHARI
15 Down: Compass point (3)
SSE
19 Down: Gasoline additive: Abbr. (3)
TCP
21 Down: "Its fleece was white ___" (6)
ASSNOW
24 Down: Knotty problem (5)
POSER
27 Down: King of the road (4)
HOBO
28 Down: Beak-nosed plane (3)
SST
29 Down: Certain wave bands: Abbr. (4)
VLFS
30 Down: Hts. (4)
ALTS
31 Down: Okinawa's capital (4)
NAHA
32 Down: Soprano born in Cannes (4)
PONS
33 Down: Reykjavik's land: Abbr. (4)
ICEL
34 Down: " . . . sharp as ___-edged sword" (4)
ATWO
36 Down: Started the day (5)
AWOKE
37 Down: "The Venerable ___," early historian (4)
BEDE
38 Down: Singers Obraztsova and Cernei (6)
ELENAS
40 Down: Literary monogram (3)
RLS
43 Down: Coercion (6)
DURESS
47 Down: Gestured yes (6)
NODDED
48 Down: Keep the faith (5)
TRUST
49 Down: Greek valley (5)
NEMEA
50 Down: Indexing aid (3)
TAB
53 Down: Spot; mark: Sp. (5)
PINTA
54 Down: Language style (5)
IDIOM
55 Down: Famed birthplace, circa 1446 (5)
GENOA
56 Down: Assures victory (4)
ICES
57 Down: Charles or Helmer (4)
NORA
58 Down: Tribe of a sort (4)
CLAN
59 Down: ___ generis (3)
SUI
62 Down: "___ You Lonesome Tonight?" (3)
ARE
63 Down: Evergreen (3)
YEW

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