NY TIMES, MON, NOV 14, 1977 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/14/1977. By Rickert.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mil. wheeler-dealer (3)
BTO
4 Across: "Sore labour's ___" (Shakespearean sleep) (4)
BATH
8 Across: Cattleman's gear (4)
PROD
12 Across: Refuse material (4)
SLAG
13 Across: For this case only (5)
ADHOC
15 Across: No longer here (4)
GONE
16 Across: Went "lickety-split" (4)
TORE
17 Across: Sports palace (5)
ARENA
18 Across: Cain's victim (4)
ABEL
19 Across: Escapes imperceptibly (5)
OOZES
21 Across: Auguries (5)
OMENS
23 Across: Word with pick or pack (3)
ICE
24 Across: F.D.R. measure (3)
WPA
25 Across: Eye defect: Comb. form (4)
OPIA
27 Across: Official stamp (6)
SIGNET
29 Across: Diminutive suffix meaning "dear one" (3)
EEN
30 Across: Part of TNT (5)
NITRO
32 Across: Lying face down (5)
PRONE
33 Across: Visit unannounced (6)
DROPIN
35 Across: Pocket-sized violin (3)
KIT
37 Across: Triton (3)
EFT
38 Across: Ipso ___ (5)
FACTO
40 Across: Shoe ties (5)
LACES
42 Across: Lawyer: Abbr. (3)
ATT
43 Across: Theater sign (3)
SRO
45 Across: Froth (6)
LATHER
48 Across: Very pale (5)
ASHEN
50 Across: Frequently (5)
OFTEN
52 Across: Soprano Marton of the Met (3)
EVA
53 Across: Kind of salad (6)
CAESAR
55 Across: Gusto (4)
ZEST
56 Across: Capet was one (3)
ROI
57 Across: Novelist Levin (3)
IRA
58 Across: Nickel figure (5)
BISON
60 Across: Wails (5)
YOWLS
62 Across: Gull (4)
DUPE
64 Across: Reef material (5)
CORAL
66 Across: Secluded hollow (4)
COVE
67 Across: Holm oak (4)
ILEX
68 Across: Lena or Marilyn (5)
HORNE
69 Across: Halluces (4)
TOES
70 Across: ___ à dire (that is to say): Fr. (4)
CEST
71 Across: Memo (4)
NOTE
72 Across: Queer (3)
ODD

Down Answers

1 Down: Announcer's flub (7)
BLOOPER
2 Down: Burroughs book: 1914 (15)
TARZANOFTHEAPES
3 Down: Curved molding (4)
OGEE
4 Down: Flock sound (3)
BAA
5 Down: Dexterous (6)
ADROIT
6 Down: With 44 Down, Z (7)
THEMARK
7 Down: Sharpen (4)
HONE
8 Down: Golf org. (3)
PGA
9 Down: Old English hero (15)
ROBINOFSHERWOOD
10 Down: Words on a copper (7)
ONECENT
11 Down: Cross out (6)
DELETE
12 Down: Tucked away (6)
STOWED
14 Down: Supermarket lineup (4)
CANS
20 Down: Type of boom (5)
SONIC
22 Down: Drink slowly (3)
SIP
26 Down: Pub orders (5)
PINTS
28 Down: "___ the unseen with a cheer!": Browning (5)
GREET
31 Down: Arab commodity (3)
OIL
34 Down: Head tops (5)
PATES
36 Down: Supplementary jury group (5)
TALES
39 Down: Loot for Cortés (3)
ORO
41 Down: Pauper Tom, in a Twain tale (5)
CANTY
42 Down: For the most part (7)
ASARULE
44 Down: See 6 Down (7)
OFZORRO
46 Down: Developed gradually (7)
EVOLVED
47 Down: Brings up (6)
RAISES
48 Down: Forming a sour compound (6)
ACIDIC
49 Down: Catch (3)
NAB
51 Down: Renter (6)
TENANT
54 Down: Like Croesus (4)
RICH
59 Down: At any time now (4)
SOON
61 Down: Tetra doubled (4)
OCTO
63 Down: Second phone: Abbr. (3)
EXT
65 Down: D.S. Freeman subject (3)
LEE

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