Thursday Crossword — January 29, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/29/1976. By DeWitt Anderson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Brainstorm (4)
IDEA
5 Across: Aspersion (4)
SLUR
9 Across: Mother of Pollux (4)
LEDA
13 Across: Hard or soft (4)
SELL
14 Across: Scottish island (4)
IONA
15 Across: Antitoxin (5)
SERUM
16 Across: U. S. writer (9)
HEMINGWAY
18 Across: Asian capital (5)
LHASA
19 Across: "A ___," work by 16 Across (13)
MOVEABLEFEAST
21 Across: Saarinen (4)
EERO
22 Across: "___ the ramparts . . . " (3)
OER
23 Across: Regulatory comm. (3)
ICC
26 Across: Composer Harris (3)
ROY
27 Across: Jungfrau, e.g. (3)
ALP
28 Across: N.Y.C. police org. (3)
PBA
31 Across: London district (4)
SOHO
33 Across: Exclaimed (8)
CRIEDOUT
35 Across: Work by 16 Across (15)
THESUNALSORISES
39 Across: Cognomen (8)
LASTNAME
40 Across: Hawaiian goose (4)
NENE
41 Across: Print measures (3)
ENS
42 Across: Map routes: Abbr. (3)
RDS
43 Across: Knicks' org. (3)
NBA
46 Across: ___ good deed (3)
DOA
47 Across: Merry, in Paris (3)
GAI
48 Across: Ages (4)
EONS
50 Across: Paris friend of 16 Across (13)
GERTRUDESTEIN
56 Across: Volcano (5)
PELEE
57 Across: Memorable (9)
REDLETTER
59 Across: Blackened (5)
INKED
60 Across: Take out (4)
DELE
61 Across: Beneficiary in a suit (4)
USEE
62 Across: Kind of tube (4)
TEST
63 Across: U. S. chemist (4)
UREY
64 Across: Name for 16 Across (4)
PAPA

Down Answers

1 Down: Somewhat: Suffix (3)
ISH
2 Down: Judge (4)
DEEM
3 Down: Actor Lincoln (4)
ELMO
4 Down: Teeming (5)
ALIVE
5 Down: Stogie, in Siena (6)
SIGARO
6 Down: Chest of drawers (6)
LOWBOY
7 Down: Single (4)
UNAL
8 Down: Martha of show biz (4)
RAYE
9 Down: Operetta man (5)
LEHAR
10 Down: Paleozoic et al. (4)
ERAS
11 Down: Dry-mop's target (4)
DUST
12 Down: Doctors' org. (3)
AMA
15 Down: Van Winkle, e.g. (7)
SLEEPER
17 Down: ___-do-well (4)
NEER
20 Down: Page number (5)
FOLIO
23 Down: Cordage fiber (5)
ISTLE
24 Down: Joel Grey portrayal (5)
COHAN
25 Down: Fischer's forte (5)
CHESS
27 Down: ___ poetica (3)
ARS
28 Down: Presented, as a problem (5)
POSED
29 Down: Ex-tennis star Maria (5)
BUENO
30 Down: On the briny (5)
ATSEA
32 Down: East, to Germans (3)
OST
33 Down: Little one: Suffix (3)
CLE
34 Down: Tumult (3)
DIN
36 Down: Not seeded (7)
UNRATED
37 Down: Low point (5)
NADIR
38 Down: Times of day: Abbr. (3)
AMS
43 Down: Cleopatra's ___ (6)
NEEDLE
44 Down: Critic Crowther (6)
BOSLEY
45 Down: Stake (4)
ANTE
47 Down: Perform a hostess's duty (5)
GREET
49 Down: Arrangement (5)
SETUP
50 Down: Autry or Kelly (4)
GENE
51 Down: Wapitis (4)
ELKS
52 Down: Indic language (4)
URDU
53 Down: Stag or hart (4)
DEER
54 Down: "___ deal!" (4)
ITSA
55 Down: Turnip, in Scotland (4)
NEEP
56 Down: Alternative in Poe story (3)
PIT
58 Down: Cartoonist Gardner (3)
REA

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