Thursday Crossword — April 29, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/29/1976. By Beverly J. Seward.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Takes exercise (4)
JOGS
5 Across: City near Leipzig (5)
HALLE
10 Across: Voice (4)
ALTO
14 Across: Black (4)
EBON
15 Across: French friends (5)
AMIES
16 Across: Kind of polish (4)
NAIL
17 Across: Balkan leader (4)
TITO
18 Across: Convened again (5)
RESAT
19 Across: Backgammon player's need (4)
DICE
20 Across: Random guess (13)
SHOTINTHEDARK
23 Across: O.T. book (4)
EZEK
24 Across: In stitches (4)
SEWN
25 Across: Conventioneer (8)
DELEGATE
29 Across: Modus operandi (6)
METHOD
33 Across: Centered in (4)
AMID
34 Across: Stadium sound (4)
ROAR
36 Across: Philippine island (5)
LEYTE
37 Across: Thumb, for one (3)
TOM
38 Across: V.I.P. (7)
BIGSHOT
40 Across: Good friend (3)
PAL
41 Across: Serviceable (5)
UTILE
43 Across: Ooze (4)
SEEP
44 Across: Show fondness (4)
DOTE
45 Across: Silver, copper, etc. (6)
METALS
47 Across: Askew (8)
LOPSIDED
49 Across: Made a court appeal (4)
PLED
51 Across: Make eyes at (4)
OGLE
52 Across: Film-studio activity (13)
SHOOTINGSTARS
57 Across: Word with apparent or presumptive (4)
HEIR
58 Across: Shape of an oeuf (5)
OVALE
59 Across: Revenuer (4)
TMAN
61 Across: Stout ingredient (4)
MALT
62 Across: Thighbone (5)
FEMUR
63 Across: Shaw's birthplace (4)
EIRE
64 Across: ___ gin (4)
SLOE
65 Across: Finger guides on a ukulele (5)
FRETS
66 Across: Beat it! (4)
SCAT

Down Answers

1 Down: Concorde, e.g. (3)
JET
2 Down: Kimono parts (4)
OBIS
3 Down: Shoot the works (10)
GOTHELIMIT
4 Down: Took forty winks (7)
SNOOZED
5 Down: Ritual suicide: Var. (8)
HARIKARI
6 Down: Hymn word (4)
AMEN
7 Down: Incline, as a ship (4)
LIST
8 Down: Jacob's wife et al. (5)
LEAHS
9 Down: Self-___ (6)
ESTEEM
10 Down: Slow, in music (7)
ANDANTE
11 Down: Place for a den mother (4)
LAIR
12 Down: Metronome sound (4)
TICK
13 Down: Corrida call (3)
OLE
21 Down: Young sheep (3)
TEG
22 Down: "I dreamt I ___ in . . . " (5)
DWELT
25 Down: Detail (5)
DATUM
26 Down: Get dramatic (5)
EMOTE
27 Down: Outfits (4)
TOGS
28 Down: Artist's need (5)
EASEL
30 Down: Kind of needle (10)
HYPODERMIC
31 Down: Basket grass (5)
OTATE
32 Down: Took out (5)
DELED
35 Down: Prefix for stat (4)
RHEO
38 Down: Handsome, in Spain (5)
BELLO
39 Down: Those against (8)
OPPOSERS
42 Down: City near South Bend (7)
LAPORTE
44 Down: What atropine does (7)
DILATES
46 Down: Detonate (6)
SETOFF
48 Down: York, for one: Abbr. (3)
SGT
50 Down: Frogman (5)
DIVER
52 Down: Close (4)
SEAL
53 Down: ___ Hattie (4)
HILO
54 Down: "A rose by any other ___ . . . " (4)
NAME
55 Down: Flood, as with supplies (4)
GLUT
56 Down: Mother of F.D.R. (4)
SARA
57 Down: "___ Pinafore" (3)
HMS
60 Down: Forest Hills gear (3)
NET

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