Thursday Crossword — March 4, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/4/1976. By Samuel H. Barkan.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Declines (4)
- EBBS
- 5 Across: "For ___ jolly . . . " (4)
- HESA
- 9 Across: Containers (4)
- URNS
- 13 Across: Jack Sprat's choice (4)
- LEAN
- 14 Across: Sports place (5)
- ARENA
- 16 Across: ___ de soie (4)
- PEAU
- 17 Across: First, second or third (4)
- BASE
- 18 Across: Play up to the spectators (10)
- GRANDSTAND
- 20 Across: Traveler of song (8)
- ARKANSAS
- 22 Across: Cooking byproducts (6)
- AROMAS
- 23 Across: ___ out a living (3)
- EKE
- 24 Across: Ecuador's zone (6)
- TORRID
- 26 Across: Put-on (3)
- ACT
- 28 Across: Quaker word (5)
- THINE
- 30 Across: Southwest wind (4)
- AFER
- 34 Across: Tennis shot (3)
- LOB
- 35 Across: Nervous twitch (3)
- TIC
- 36 Across: Capable of being cut (7)
- SECTILE
- 39 Across: Hikers' ways (6)
- TRAILS
- 41 Across: ___ it (scram) (6)
- CHEESE
- 42 Across: Football-uniform items (7)
- HELMETS
- 44 Across: Burned ___ crisp (3)
- TOA
- 45 Across: Young one (3)
- LAD
- 46 Across: European capital (4)
- OSLO
- 47 Across: Russian range (5)
- URALS
- 49 Across: Graduate degree (3)
- DSS
- 50 Across: Alluring quality (6)
- GLAMOR
- 53 Across: Droop (3)
- SAG
- 55 Across: Even if (6)
- ALBEIT
- 58 Across: Swerve, as a ship (8)
- SHEEROFF
- 62 Across: Sauk Centre's claim to fame (10)
- MAINSTREET
- 64 Across: What Abe split (4)
- RAIL
- 65 Across: With respect to (4)
- INRE
- 66 Across: ___ ego (5)
- ALTER
- 67 Across: Quartet member (4)
- ALTO
- 68 Across: Family members (4)
- DADS
- 69 Across: Fish (4)
- SOLE
- 70 Across: Eur. country (4)
- USSR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Exile spot (4)
- ELBA
- 2 Down: Suffer (4)
- BEAR
- 3 Down: Naismith's creation (10)
- BASKETBALL
- 4 Down: Quarterback ploy (5)
- SNEAK
- 5 Down: Ugly women (4)
- HAGS
- 6 Down: Lacking consistency (7)
- ERRATIC
- 7 Down: Fall, for one (6)
- SEASON
- 8 Down: Mass. cape (3)
- ANN
- 9 Down: Like Kansas City, in song (8)
- UPTODATE
- 10 Down: Squeeze out orange juice (4)
- REAM
- 11 Down: Zola work (4)
- NANA
- 12 Down: Washing-machine product (4)
- SUDS
- 15 Down: Jewish month (4)
- ADAR
- 19 Down: Title in India (3)
- SRI
- 21 Down: Irritate (6)
- NETTLE
- 25 Down: Home: Abbr. (3)
- RES
- 26 Down: In spite of, for short (5)
- ALTHO
- 27 Down: Apple parts (5)
- CORES
- 29 Down: Attention-getting sound (4)
- HIST
- 31 Down: Three-pointers (10)
- FIELDGOALS
- 32 Down: Miss Lanchester et al. (5)
- ELSAS
- 33 Down: Marsh growths (5)
- REEDS
- 37 Down: Earth science: Abbr. (4)
- ECOL
- 38 Down: Gliding dance step (6)
- CHASSE
- 40 Down: Miss Coca et al. (8)
- IMOGENES
- 43 Down: Partner of substance (3)
- SUM
- 44 Down: Native of N.C. (7)
- TARHEEL
- 48 Down: ___ the occasion (6)
- ROSETO
- 51 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
- LIS
- 52 Down: "___ boy!" (4)
- ATTA
- 54 Down: Pianist Claudio (5)
- ARRAU
- 55 Down: Kind of ships (4)
- AMID
- 56 Down: Miss Turner (4)
- LANA
- 57 Down: Condor, e.g. (4)
- BIRD
- 59 Down: To be, in France (4)
- ETRE
- 60 Down: Is correctly adjusted (4)
- FITS
- 61 Down: Bloom, in Spain (4)
- FLOR
- 63 Down: Literary initials (3)
- RLS
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