Saturday Crossword — January 24, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/24/1976. By Sidney Nelson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pith helmet (4)
TOPI
5 Across: Halloween choice (5)
TRICK
10 Across: Church area (4)
APSE
14 Across: N.C. College (4)
ELON
15 Across: Tidal wave (5)
EAGRE
16 Across: Fish bait (4)
CHUM
17 Across: Obvious (15)
SELFEXPLANATORY
20 Across: Trifled (5)
TOYED
21 Across: Awkward boat (3)
TUB
22 Across: Water pots of India (5)
LOTAS
23 Across: ___ and Thummim (4)
URIM
25 Across: Spanish painter (4)
MIRO
26 Across: Newspaper section: Abbr. (3)
FIN
28 Across: Asian palm (7)
TALIPOT
32 Across: Prod (3)
JAB
35 Across: Besides (4)
ALSO
37 Across: Wanderer (5)
NOMAD
38 Across: ___ de force (4)
TOUR
39 Across: Coin of Iran (4)
RIAL
40 Across: Century plant (5)
AGAVE
41 Across: Rough (4)
RUDE
42 Across: Attractive (4)
CUTE
43 Across: Roman menswear (5)
TOGAS
44 Across: Silkworm (4)
ERIA
45 Across: Ostrich's relative (3)
EMU
46 Across: Takes umbrage (7)
RESENTS
48 Across: Land of ___ (3)
NOD
49 Across: Dissolute one (4)
ROUE
51 Across: Mental discipline (4)
YOGA
53 Across: Freshwater fish (5)
ROACH
55 Across: Shinto temple (3)
SHA
58 Across: La Scala's locale (5)
MILAN
61 Across: Cannibal (15)
ANTHROPOPHAGITE
64 Across: Brain passage (4)
ITER
65 Across: Jewish festival (5)
PURIM
66 Across: One of Ibsen's homes (4)
OSLO
67 Across: Ore deposit (4)
LODE
68 Across: Indian coins (5)
ANNAS
69 Across: Feds (4)
TMEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Exam (4)
TEST
2 Down: Toast additive (4)
OLEO
3 Down: Like 2 Down (15)
POLYUNSATURATED
4 Down: Conclude (5)
INFER
5 Down: Ritter or Antoine (3)
TEX
6 Down: Transported (4)
RAPT
7 Down: Eskimo hut (4)
IGLU
8 Down: Curmudgeon (4)
CRAB
9 Down: Understanding (3)
KEN
10 Down: Performer (5)
ACTOR
11 Down: Special type of reporting (15)
PHOTOJOURNALISM
12 Down: Koran chapter (4)
SURA
13 Down: Tortoise genus (4)
EMYS
18 Down: Work on copy (4)
EDIT
19 Down: Landed (4)
ALIT
24 Down: Sea cow (7)
MANATEE
25 Down: Decorum (7)
MODESTY
26 Down: Molière's forte (5)
FARCE
27 Down: Troy, to Caesar (5)
ILIUM
29 Down: Philosophic reason (5)
LOGOS
30 Down: Reflection (5)
IMAGE
31 Down: Stately dance (5)
PAVAN
33 Down: Video's counterpart (5)
AUDIO
34 Down: Long green (5)
BREAD
36 Down: Bullring yell (3)
OLE
38 Down: Italian numeral (3)
TRE
46 Down: German area (4)
RUHR
47 Down: Body: Suffix (4)
SOMA
50 Down: Yellow earth (5)
OCHRE
52 Down: Leg of lamb (5)
GIGOT
53 Down: Marsh bird (4)
RAIL
54 Down: Hep (4)
ONTO
55 Down: Kind of sugar or silk (4)
SPUN
56 Down: Trumpet (4)
HORN
57 Down: Samoan port (4)
APIA
59 Down: Salt tree (4)
ATLE
60 Down: Sign (4)
NEON
62 Down: Agency under F.D.R. (3)
OPA
63 Down: "___ Pinafore" (3)
HMS

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