NY TIMES, MON, OCT 17, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/17/1977. By Herb L. Risteen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Blue Book girl (3)
DEB
4 Across: Start of a book (5)
PARTI
9 Across: Porgy's woman (4)
BESS
13 Across: Clean a pipe (4)
REAM
15 Across: Attraction at Uxmal (5)
RUINS
16 Across: Relative of a cat's-eye (4)
OPAL
17 Across: Everywhere (15)
ALLALONGTHELINE
20 Across: Nadia and Olga, e.g. (8)
GYMNASTS
21 Across: Fastened (5)
LACED
22 Across: Currier's partner (4)
IVES
23 Across: Tiny drinks (4)
SIPS
25 Across: More expeditious (6)
FASTER
28 Across: Heroic tale (4)
SAGA
29 Across: Turkish title (3)
AGA
32 Across: Folk singer Guthrie (4)
ARLO
33 Across: Goes into a skid (5)
SLUES
34 Across: Word with annum or capita (3)
PER
35 Across: Caused to conform (15)
BROUGHTINTOLINE
39 Across: Splash against (3)
LAP
40 Across: Body passage (5)
AORTA
41 Across: Global area (4)
ASIA
42 Across: Storm center (3)
EYE
43 Across: Grazing lands (4)
LEAS
44 Across: Hiding places (6)
CACHES
46 Across: Prying (4)
NOSY
47 Across: Pro ___ publico (4)
BONO
48 Across: Arabian bigwig (5)
EMEER
51 Across: Relative of a Creek (8)
SEMINOLE
55 Across: Where to read for implications (15)
BETWEENTHELINES
58 Across: Interdicts (4)
BANS
59 Across: Word after potato or macaroni (5)
SALAD
60 Across: Horn of the crescent moon (4)
CUSP
61 Across: Check (4)
STAY
62 Across: Wood for 36 piano keys (5)
EBONY
63 Across: Porker's pad (3)
STY

Down Answers

1 Down: Hindrance (4)
DRAG
2 Down: Slithery (4)
EELY
3 Down: ___ of Gilead (4)
BALM
4 Down: Bore on the dais (6)
PROSER
5 Down: Baby sitters, at times (5)
AUNTS
6 Down: Manipulates, as prices (4)
RIGS
7 Down: Nobel product (3)
TNT
8 Down: Suffix with boy or girl (3)
ISH
9 Down: Gaucho gear (5)
BOLAS
10 Down: "Paradise Lost" is one (4)
EPIC
11 Down: Sensible (4)
SANE
12 Down: Vehicle on runners (4)
SLED
14 Down: Great Spirit (7)
MANITOU
18 Down: Bathe (4)
LAVE
19 Down: City opposite Juarez (6)
ELPASO
23 Down: Finnish steam bath (5)
SAUNA
24 Down: "___ a Kick Out of You" (4)
IGET
25 Down: Aesop specialty (5)
FABLE
26 Down: Impressive grouping (5)
ARRAY
27 Down: Snow bunny's milieu (5)
SLOPE
28 Down: Cracks (5)
SLITS
29 Down: Silly (5)
APISH
30 Down: Lamp dweller (5)
GENIE
31 Down: Regions (5)
AREAS
33 Down: Ranch roamer (5)
STRAY
36 Down: In profusion (6)
GALORE
37 Down: Does farm work (4)
HOES
38 Down: Terse (7)
LACONIC
44 Down: Shakespeare's "___ of Errors" (6)
COMEDY
45 Down: Indigo source (4)
ANIL
46 Down: Full of fresh tidings (5)
NEWSY
47 Down: "Borstal Boy" playwright (5)
BEHAN
48 Down: Flows out, as the tide (4)
EBBS
49 Down: Vegetarian's taboo (4)
MEAT
50 Down: Explosive peak (4)
ETNA
51 Down: Normandy town (4)
STLO
52 Down: Burden (4)
ONUS
53 Down: For fear that (4)
LEST
54 Down: Perceive (4)
ESPY
56 Down: Compass point (3)
ESE
57 Down: Seize (3)
NAB

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