Thursday Crossword — February 12, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/12/1976. By Evelyn Benshoof.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ to (confronted) (7)
- FACEDUP
- 8 Across: Ape or monkey (7)
- PRIMATE
- 15 Across: Try to outdo (7)
- EMULATE
- 16 Across: In a row (7)
- LINEDUP
- 17 Across: English reformer (7)
- LATIMER
- 18 Across: Fawn over (7)
- ADULATE
- 19 Across: Burden (4)
- ONUS
- 20 Across: Stunning defeat (5)
- FACER
- 22 Across: French street (3)
- RUE
- 23 Across: Be off guard (3)
- NAP
- 24 Across: Bathed (8)
- SHOWERED
- 27 Across: Like most churches (6)
- SPIRED
- 28 Across: Collar (4)
- ETON
- 32 Across: Holds under a spell (8)
- BECHARMS
- 35 Across: Mountain separator (6)
- RAVINE
- 37 Across: Chafes (7)
- ABRADES
- 38 Across: Explains (7)
- DEFINES
- 39 Across: Longed for (6)
- CRAVED
- 40 Across: People who scold (8)
- REVILERS
- 41 Across: Japanese port (4)
- KOBE
- 42 Across: Bannister and Ryun (6)
- MILERS
- 43 Across: Deride (8)
- RIDICULE
- 46 Across: Play starring the Wallachs (3)
- LUV
- 49 Across: Plane (3)
- SST
- 52 Across: Nuzzled (5)
- NOSED
- 53 Across: Auld lang ___ (4)
- SYNE
- 54 Across: Sustains (7)
- UPHOLDS
- 56 Across: Intensify (7)
- ENHANCE
- 59 Across: Impression taken at a crime scene (7)
- MOULAGE
- 60 Across: Assemble (7)
- ROUNDUP
- 61 Across: Scattered (7)
- STREWED
- 62 Across: Main or Della (7)
- STREETS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Prison inmate (5)
- FELON
- 2 Down: Iowa community (5)
- AMANA
- 3 Down: Misbehave (5)
- CUTUP
- 4 Down: Eastern collegians (4)
- ELIS
- 5 Down: Block up (3)
- DAM
- 6 Down: Western Indian (3)
- UTE
- 7 Down: Carries out (8)
- PERFORMS
- 8 Down: Came in second (6)
- PLACED
- 9 Down: Jockey (5)
- RIDER
- 10 Down: Toughen (5)
- INURE
- 11 Down: Torme (3)
- MEL
- 12 Down: Jewish month (4)
- ADAR
- 13 Down: Dancer's skirt (4)
- TUTU
- 14 Down: Sword (4)
- EPEE
- 21 Down: Frightens (4)
- AWES
- 24 Down: Garden tool (5)
- SPADE
- 25 Down: Kind of hand (5)
- HIRED
- 26 Down: Fiends (6)
- DEVILS
- 27 Down: Youngster (6)
- SHAVER
- 29 Down: Sharp point (4)
- TINE
- 30 Down: Unusual person (4)
- ONER
- 31 Down: Loch ___ (4)
- NESS
- 32 Down: Football player (4)
- BACK
- 33 Down: Spanish river (4)
- EBRO
- 34 Down: Grouch (4)
- CRAB
- 35 Down: Make merry (5)
- REVEL
- 36 Down: Like a house ___ (5)
- AFIRE
- 38 Down: Tricky people (8)
- DELUDERS
- 40 Down: Wedding missile (4)
- RICE
- 42 Down: Shot wide of the target (6)
- MISSED
- 44 Down: Relative (5)
- INLAW
- 45 Down: Duck (5)
- DODGE
- 46 Down: Comedian Paul (5)
- LYNDE
- 47 Down: Not abridged (5)
- UNCUT
- 48 Down: Barkley et al. (5)
- VEEPS
- 49 Down: Amounts (4)
- SUMS
- 50 Down: Word for a non-face card (4)
- SPOT
- 51 Down: Day: Abbr. (4)
- THUR
- 53 Down: Logical (4)
- SANE
- 55 Down: Spanish cheer (3)
- OLE
- 57 Down: ___ care a rap (3)
- NOT
- 58 Down: Ben ___ (3)
- HUR
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