Thursday Crossword — January 8, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/8/1976. By Frank Geary.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: African stockade (4)
- BOMA
- 5 Across: Utmost degree (4)
- ACME
- 9 Across: Feudal lord (5)
- LIEGE
- 14 Across: Magnetites (4)
- ORES
- 15 Across: Checkroom fixture (10)
- COATHANGER
- 17 Across: Body english, in a way (15)
- WISHFULTHINKING
- 19 Across: City-map unit (3)
- LOT
- 20 Across: East, in Madrid (4)
- ESTE
- 21 Across: Lets (6)
- LEASES
- 22 Across: Kind of drum (5)
- SNARE
- 24 Across: Bridge bid: Abbr. (3)
- DBL
- 26 Across: Crimean river (4)
- ALMA
- 29 Across: Pledges (7)
- ASSURES
- 35 Across: Place for a token (4)
- SLOT
- 38 Across: Port of Arabia (4)
- ADEN
- 40 Across: Pointless (5)
- INANE
- 41 Across: Gambler's dream (15)
- TOHITTHEJACKPOT
- 44 Across: The vowels (5)
- AEIOU
- 45 Across: Asteroid (4)
- EROS
- 46 Across: "___ long, long way to . . . " (4)
- ITSA
- 47 Across: Kind of general (7)
- TWOSTAR
- 49 Across: Full extent (4)
- SPAN
- 51 Across: Gardner of cartoons (3)
- REA
- 53 Across: Golden calf et al. (5)
- IDOLS
- 57 Across: Moat's protégé, in a way (6)
- CASTLE
- 62 Across: Kettle or snare (4)
- DRUM
- 65 Across: ___ Testament (3)
- NEW
- 66 Across: Kaufman-Hart play (15)
- ONCEINALIFETIME
- 69 Across: Get out of the way (10)
- STANDASIDE
- 70 Across: Cross (4)
- ROOD
- 71 Across: Pastries (5)
- TARTS
- 72 Across: Biblical priest (4)
- EBER
- 73 Across: Miss Bancroft (4)
- ANNE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Rose, Cotton, etc. (5)
- BOWLS
- 2 Down: Hunter of the sky (5)
- ORION
- 3 Down: Hostess Perle (5)
- MESTA
- 4 Down: Cinder (3)
- ASH
- 5 Down: Needle, in old Rome (4)
- ACUS
- 6 Down: Belmont entry (4)
- COLT
- 7 Down: Matched (5)
- MATED
- 8 Down: Ordinal suffix (3)
- ETH
- 9 Down: Highway unit (4)
- LANE
- 10 Down: "___ Dinka Doo" (4)
- INKA
- 11 Down: Shield (4)
- EGIS
- 12 Down: Hackman or Tierney (4)
- GENE
- 13 Down: Work units (4)
- ERGS
- 16 Down: Quirinal and Bunker, e.g. (5)
- HILLS
- 18 Down: Sense (4)
- FEEL
- 23 Down: Fractions (6)
- RATIOS
- 25 Down: Minstrel-show instruments (6)
- BANJOS
- 27 Down: Doorstep fixture (3)
- MAT
- 28 Down: Cling to (6)
- ADHERE
- 30 Down: "___ transit gloria . . . " (3)
- SIC
- 31 Down: Harsh (6)
- UNKIND
- 32 Down: Engrossed (4)
- RAPT
- 33 Down: Seth's son (4)
- ENOS
- 34 Down: Bristle (4)
- SETA
- 35 Down: Photocopy (4)
- STAT
- 36 Down: Movie-chain name (4)
- LOEW
- 37 Down: Louisville's river (4)
- OHIO
- 39 Down: Poetic word (3)
- EER
- 42 Down: Mild rebuke (3)
- TUT
- 43 Down: Viper (3)
- ASP
- 48 Down: Sports place (5)
- ARENA
- 50 Down: Love, in France (4)
- AIME
- 52 Down: Improvise (5)
- ADLIB
- 54 Down: Kind of ring (5)
- ONION
- 55 Down: Kind of ade (5)
- LEMON
- 56 Down: Bjorn Borg, e.g. (5)
- SWEDE
- 57 Down: Expense (4)
- COST
- 58 Down: Wall pier (4)
- ANTA
- 59 Down: Unpleasant aftermath (4)
- SCAR
- 60 Down: Omar's product (4)
- TENT
- 61 Down: Covers (4)
- LIDS
- 63 Down: ___ out (endure) (4)
- RIDE
- 64 Down: Shore, in Bonn (4)
- UFER
- 67 Down: Enzyme suffix (3)
- ASE
- 68 Down: ___-la (3)
- TRA
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