Saturday Crossword — May 1, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/1/1976. By Dorothea Shipp.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___ Venture, horse of 1936 (4)
BOLD
5 Across: City pall (4)
SMOG
9 Across: Menu abbrs. (4)
VEGS
13 Across: Mimic (4)
APER
14 Across: ___ out (get rid of) (4)
EASE
15 Across: Marry in haste (5)
ELOPE
17 Across: Hawaiian goose (4)
NENE
18 Across: Med. course (4)
ANAT
19 Across: Scotland's Ben ___ (5)
NEVIS
20 Across: Room or chamber (4)
ANTE
21 Across: Sailors (4)
TARS
22 Across: Thing of note (5)
EVENT
23 Across: Formerly named (3)
NEE
24 Across: Sea-cook's relative (3)
SON
25 Across: Novelist Laurence (6)
STERNE
26 Across: Nickname in golf (5)
ARNIE
28 Across: Stevenson (5)
ADLAI
31 Across: Biblical name (3)
NER
32 Across: Parent of N.B.C. (3)
RCA
34 Across: Ambience (4)
AURA
35 Across: Heraldic golds (3)
ORS
36 Across: What l Across or 9 or 24 Down was (11)
DERBYWINNER
39 Across: ___ volente (3)
DEO
41 Across: Tropical tree (4)
EBOE
42 Across: Piercing tool (3)
AWL
43 Across: Abbr. on a letter heading (3)
INC
44 Across: Past or present (5)
TENSE
46 Across: Nile dam (5)
ASWAN
50 Across: Buddhist shrine (6)
STUPAS
52 Across: Certain dirt (3)
PAY
54 Across: Map abbr. (3)
AVE
55 Across: Olympic official (5)
TIMER
56 Across: Ollie's partner (4)
STAN
58 Across: French holy ones: Abbr. (4)
STES
59 Across: Ancient tribe of Britons (5)
ICENI
60 Across: Hockey need (4)
PUCK
61 Across: Canvas (4)
TENT
62 Across: ___ hand (helped) (5)
LENTA
63 Across: Wall pier (4)
ANTA
64 Across: Jason's ship (4)
ARGO
65 Across: Photocopy, for short (4)
STAT
66 Across: Monster's home (4)
NESS
67 Across: North Sea feeder (4)
YSER

Down Answers

1 Down: Top ___ (6)
BANANA
2 Down: Kitchen tool (6)
OPENER
3 Down: Austere (6)
LENTEN
4 Down: Suffer, in Scotland (4)
DREE
5 Down: Pacific pact (5)
SEATO
6 Down: Tomorrow, in Tijuana (6)
MANANA
7 Down: Gravel ridges (4)
OSAR
8 Down: " . . . Lola wants, Lola ___" (4)
GETS
9 Down: Horse of 1960 (11)
VENETIANWAY
10 Down: French pupil (5)
ELEVE
11 Down: Speed-limiting device (8)
GOVERNOR
12 Down: Spider, at times (7)
SPINNER
16 Down: Chemical compounds (6)
ESTERS
24 Down: Horse of 1973 (11)
SECRETARIAT
25 Down: Sacred grove of India (5)
SARNA
27 Down: Resentment (3)
IRE
29 Down: Coolidge's V.P. (5)
DAWES
30 Down: He, in France (3)
LUI
33 Down: Clerical titles (5)
ABBES
36 Down: Back up with evidence (8)
DOCUMENT
37 Down: Over there (3)
YON
38 Down: City lines (3)
ELS
39 Down: Condense (6)
DISTIL
40 Down: Lures (7)
ENTICES
45 Down: Lunar-year differences (6)
EPACTS
47 Down: Ethel or still (6)
WATERS
48 Down: Get even (6)
AVENGE
49 Down: Wise counselor (6)
NESTOR
51 Down: Five: Prefix (5)
PENTA
53 Down: Singer Paul and family (5)
ANKAS
56 Down: Team of oxen (4)
SPAN
57 Down: Work on a piano (4)
TUNE
58 Down: Nautical rope (4)
STAY

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