NY TIMES, MON, NOV 07, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/7/1977. By James.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Food fish (4)
SHAD
5 Across: Retinue (5)
STAFF
10 Across: Pant violently (4)
GASP
14 Across: Sunken fence (4)
HAHA
15 Across: Like fate, often (5)
CRUEL
16 Across: Daytona entry (4)
AUTO
17 Across: Oriental nurse (4)
AMAH
18 Across: Norse chieftain (5)
ROLLO
19 Across: British submachine gun (4)
BREN
20 Across: Hollywood pair of yore (15)
GABLEANDLOMBARD
23 Across: Golfers' org. (3)
PGA
24 Across: Senior members of diplomatic corps (6)
DOYENS
25 Across: Southwestern dwellings (6)
ADOBES
29 Across: Alexis or C. Aubrey (5)
SMITH
31 Across: Indian currency (5)
RUPEE
32 Across: Word for comparisons (4)
THAN
33 Across: Omar Sharif, for one (4)
ARAB
37 Across: "I never do swing ___": Dickens (4)
ACAT
38 Across: Active; busy (5)
DOING
39 Across: Crimson foe (4)
YALE
40 Across: Defrost (4)
MELT
41 Across: Arm bone (4)
ULNA
42 Across: Lofty retreat (5)
AERIE
43 Across: Kind of bird or show (5)
EARLY
45 Across: Black-ink entries (6)
ASSETS
46 Across: Evangeline's turf (6)
ACADIA
49 Across: Alphonse, to Gaston (3)
AMI
50 Across: Hollywood pair of yore (15)
BOGARTANDBACALL
57 Across: European monarch (4)
OLAV
58 Across: "Oh, ___ from Alabama . . . " (5)
ICOME
59 Across: Sills's specialty (4)
ARIA
60 Across: Hindu goddess (4)
DEVI
61 Across: What a waiter waits for (5)
ORDER
62 Across: British actor Oliver (4)
REED
63 Across: Norman seasons (4)
ETES
64 Across: Store signs (5)
NEONS
65 Across: Photography pioneer Edwin (4)
LAND

Down Answers

1 Down: Catch flies (4)
SHAG
2 Down: Syrian city (4)
HAMA
3 Down: Demented whaler (4)
AHAB
4 Down: Actress Arlene (4)
DAHL
5 Down: Scrawny creatures (6)
SCRAGS
6 Down: Gray-white mineral (5)
TRONA
7 Down: New Year's word (4)
AULD
8 Down: Hew yews (4)
FELL
9 Down: Awash (8)
FLOODING
10 Down: Actor from Wellsville, N.Y.: 1885–1969 (10)
GABBYHAYES
11 Down: Subtle stimuli (5)
AURAE
12 Down: Like a martinet (5)
STERN
13 Down: Small lakes (5)
PONDS
21 Down: Sword of a sort (4)
EPEE
22 Down: Saw of a sort (3)
MOT
25 Down: Thomas Hood's "Eugene ___" (4)
ARAM
26 Down: Fascist title (4)
DUCE
27 Down: Girasol (4)
OPAL
28 Down: Oscar winner: 1935, 1938 (10)
BETTEDAVIS
29 Down: Polished (5)
SHINY
30 Down: "Give a ___ horse he can ride" (4)
MANA
32 Down: Levy (4)
TOLL
34 Down: Like some birds (4)
RARE
35 Down: Landed (4)
ALIT
36 Down: Apiary inmates (4)
BEES
38 Down: Length (8)
DURATION
42 Down: Land mass beyond the date line (4)
ASIA
44 Down: Mixture that is mostly nitrogen (3)
AIR
45 Down: Nightclub spotlights (6)
AMBERS
46 Down: Home (5)
ABODE
47 Down: English humanist (5)
COLET
48 Down: Century plant (5)
AGAVE
49 Down: Account execs (5)
ADMEN
51 Down: Realty unit (4)
ACRE
52 Down: Knot, in Napoli (4)
NODO
53 Down: Former Speaker Albert (4)
CARL
54 Down: Neighborhood (4)
AREA
55 Down: Legal claim (4)
LIEN
56 Down: He was Shane (4)
LADD

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