Saturday Crossword — March 13, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 3/13/1976. By Ernest.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Dominant theme (5)
MOTIF
6 Across: Outlays (5)
COSTS
11 Across: Lighter fuel (6)
BUTANE
12 Across: Impedes legally (6)
ESTOPS
14 Across: Steps lively (7)
HUSTLES
15 Across: Woodchucks (7)
MARMOTS
17 Across: Soviet cooperative (5)
ARTEL
18 Across: Journeys (5)
TREKS
20 Across: Word with brow or down (3)
LOW
21 Across: Danube tributary (4)
ISAR
22 Across: Moon goddess (5)
DIANA
23 Across: Hindu goddess (4)
DEVI
24 Across: Bleacher occupant (3)
FAN
25 Across: Boat crane (5)
DAVIT
26 Across: Heads: Fr. (5)
TETES
27 Across: Oran resident (8)
ALGERIAN
29 Across: At ___ (5)
ALOSS
30 Across: Big name in ballet (9)
TALLCHIEF
33 Across: Sumac, for one (5)
SHRUB
36 Across: Good lookout areas (8)
HILLTOPS
40 Across: Deficiencies (5)
NEEDS
41 Across: Reacts to a bear market (5)
SELLS
42 Across: ___ Dolorosa (3)
VIA
43 Across: Peak (4)
ACME
44 Across: Travel in a way (5)
CYCLE
45 Across: Kind of esteem (4)
SELF
46 Across: Japanese leader (3)
ITO
47 Across: Beer Barrel, for one (5)
POLKA
48 Across: "Ici on ___ . . . " (5)
PARLE
49 Across: ___ to (meets expectations) (7)
LIVESUP
51 Across: Nuclear ___ (7)
REACTOR
53 Across: Moslem leader (6)
CALIPH
54 Across: Dainty garden flower (6)
YARROW
55 Across: Causes cell destruction (5)
LYSES
56 Across: Prepare tea (5)
STEEP

Down Answers

1 Down: Denizen of the Western plains (7)
MUSTANG
2 Down: Aquatic animal (5)
OTTER
3 Down: Like some drinks (4)
TALL
4 Down: Feminine suffix (3)
INE
5 Down: Film or folk event (8)
FESTIVAL
6 Down: Portland, for one (6)
CEMENT
7 Down: Honshu port (5)
OSAKA
8 Down: Part of an orch. (4)
STRS
9 Down: Piper's son (3)
TOM
10 Down: Town of central Italy (7)
SPOLETO
11 Down: Of a body sac (6)
BURSAL
13 Down: Franklin and potbelly (6)
STOVES
14 Down: Israeli port (5)
HAIFA
16 Down: Cheese (5)
SWISS
19 Down: Relative of an I.O.U. (9)
RAINCHECK
22 Down: Eire legislature (4)
DAIL
23 Down: Famed pottery center (5)
DELFT
25 Down: Dull fabrics (5)
DRABS
26 Down: Asian weights (5)
TAELS
28 Down: Musical piece (5)
ETUDE
31 Down: Sir Edmund and family (8)
HILLARYS
32 Down: That: Lat. (4)
ILLE
33 Down: " . . . creeping like a ___" (5)
SNAIL
34 Down: Like last-minute doings (6)
HECTIC
35 Down: Change of position (7)
REMOVAL
37 Down: Surpass (7)
OVERTOP
38 Down: Word with case or sham (6)
PILLOW
39 Down: Less risky (5)
SAFER
41 Down: Lissome ones (6)
SYLPHS
44 Down: Auto type (5)
COUPE
45 Down: ___ Coeur of Paris (5)
SACRE
47 Down: Greek letters (4)
PSIS
48 Down: Reduce (4)
PARE
50 Down: Culbertson of bridge (3)
ELY
52 Down: Sup (3)
EAT

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