Saturday Crossword — March 27, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/27/1976. By H. Hastings Reddall.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Arthur or Alice Duer (6)
MILLER
7 Across: Cessation of practice (6)
DISUSE
13 Across: Mumps or flu (7)
DISEASE
14 Across: Soon (7)
ERELONG
16 Across: Line on a chart (7)
ISOGRAM
17 Across: Auto plate, to English (7)
LICENCE
18 Across: Shea player (3)
MET
19 Across: Advocate of a twofold doctrine (7)
DUALIST
21 Across: Scottish one (3)
AIN
22 Across: Chinese leader (3)
MAO
23 Across: "I think, therefore ___" (3)
IAM
24 Across: Compass reading (3)
NNE
25 Across: Notably: Abbr. (3)
ESP
26 Across: Garden flowers (7)
PANSIES
30 Across: Mouser (3)
CAT
31 Across: Becomes profound (7)
DEEPENS
33 Across: Like some waitresses (7)
TOPLESS
35 Across: Goddess of infatuation (3)
ATE
36 Across: Resinous substance (3)
LAC
37 Across: Very intense (7)
VIOLENT
41 Across: Weather-forecaster's concern (7)
AIRMASS
45 Across: Donkey (3)
ASS
46 Across: Candy-cane features (7)
STRIPES
48 Across: Cambodia's Angkor ___ (3)
WAT
49 Across: Romaine (3)
COS
50 Across: Make a boot (3)
ERR
51 Across: High note (3)
ELA
52 Across: Honest name (3)
ABE
53 Across: Tenuous (7)
GASEOUS
57 Across: ___ up (recap) (3)
SUM
58 Across: Iroquoians' five (7)
NATIONS
60 Across: Further (7)
PROMOTE
62 Across: Musical interval (7)
TRITONE
63 Across: Shell occupants (7)
OARSMEN
64 Across: Behind the ___ (6)
SCENES
65 Across: Golf duffer, often (6)
SLICER

Down Answers

1 Down: Discomfort (7)
MISEASE
2 Down: Atomic form (7)
ISOTOPE
3 Down: Chair part (3)
LEG
4 Down: Cooking aid (4)
LARD
5 Down: Genesis brother (4)
ESAU
6 Down: Stays (7)
REMAINS
7 Down: Establish bounds (7)
DELIMIT
8 Down: Rainbow (4)
IRIS
9 Down: Religious group (4)
SECT
10 Down: Diminutive suffix (3)
ULE
11 Down: Voice quality (7)
SONANCE
12 Down: Live oaks (7)
ENCINAS
13 Down: Switched to low beam (6)
DIMMED
15 Down: Civets' relatives (6)
GENETS
20 Down: ___ Vegas (3)
LAS
26 Down: "For ___ sake!" (5)
PETES
27 Down: Concerning (5)
ANENT
28 Down: Islands off Sicily, to Italians (5)
EOLIE
29 Down: Booms (5)
SPARS
32 Down: Chum (3)
PAL
34 Down: Math initials (3)
LCM
37 Down: Unoccupied (6)
VACANT
38 Down: Weather-map lines (7)
ISOBARS
39 Down: Of a Caucasus people (7)
OSSETIC
40 Down: Locks (7)
TRESSES
41 Down: Relevant (7)
APROPOS
42 Down: Dreadful (7)
AWESOME
43 Down: Soldier, at times (7)
SALUTER
44 Down: Flower part (6)
STAMEN
47 Down: Anger (3)
IRE
53 Down: Hired thug (4)
GOON
54 Down: Hathaway (4)
ANNE
55 Down: Soviet river (4)
URAL
56 Down: Fern clusters (4)
SORI
59 Down: Native: Suffix (3)
ITE
61 Down: Graduate degree (3)
MSC

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