Saturday Crossword — May 8, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/8/1976. By Mel Rosen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Does stage work (4)
ACTS
5 Across: Vigilant (5)
AWAKE
10 Across: Hairdo (4)
AFRO
14 Across: Mackintosh (4)
COAT
15 Across: Highway giants (5)
SEMIS
16 Across: Faculty member, for short (4)
PROF
17 Across: Optimists' storage boxes (10)
HOPECHESTS
19 Across: On the ___ (4)
HOOF
20 Across: Reprimanded (7)
SLAPPED
21 Across: Lease signer (6)
TENANT
23 Across: Normal condition (3)
PAR
24 Across: Balk at (6)
RESIST
25 Across: Sympathetic feelings (5)
VIBES
28 Across: Some are stout-hearted (3)
MEN
29 Across: Shopping or black (4)
LIST
31 Across: Slaughter of baseball (4)
ENOS
32 Across: Manx or Angora (3)
CAT
33 Across: Scheduled (6)
SLATED
35 Across: Diminutive suffixes (3)
ETS
36 Across: Place for a drive (7)
FAIRWAY
38 Across: Like a brew (3)
ALY
39 Across: Established (6)
PROVEN
41 Across: Work unit (3)
ERG
42 Across: Nolo contendere, for one (4)
PLEA
43 Across: Tentmaker (4)
OMAR
44 Across: Doris or Dennis (3)
DAY
45 Across: Manmade fiber (5)
ORLON
46 Across: Criticized (6)
BLAMED
48 Across: Poetic form (3)
ODE
49 Across: Eastern airport (6)
DULLES
50 Across: Promote (7)
ELEVATE
54 Across: Writer André ___ (4)
GIDE
55 Across: Relief-map's showing (10)
TOPOGRAPHY
57 Across: Devine of movies (4)
ANDY
58 Across: Open courts (5)
ATRIA
59 Across: Elbe tributary (4)
ISER
60 Across: Turkish governors (4)
BEYS
61 Across: Diving birds (5)
LOONS
62 Across: Unaspirated consonant (4)
LENE

Down Answers

1 Down: Bonn exclamations (4)
ACHS
2 Down: Unruffled (4)
COOL
3 Down: Mulberry bark (4)
TAPA
4 Down: Places for Russian wolves (7)
STEPPES
5 Down: Son of Jacob (5)
ASHER
6 Down: Garden pest (4)
WEED
7 Down: Some radio receivers: Abbr. (3)
AMS
8 Down: Early name for 32 Across (6)
KITTEN
9 Down: Curves (5)
ESSES
10 Down: Loss of speech (7)
APHASIA
11 Down: Horse's armor piece (10)
FRONTSTALL
12 Down: Square or cube (4)
ROOT
13 Down: ___ the beam (awry) (3)
OFF
18 Down: They're busy near tax time (4)
CPAS
22 Down: After willy (5)
NILLY
24 Down: Kind of tire (7)
RETREAD
25 Down: Nickname for Barkley (4)
VEEP
26 Down: Relative of a prelim (5)
INTRO
27 Down: Close friend (10)
BOSOMBUDDY
28 Down: French month (3)
MAI
30 Down: Complete: Prefix (5)
TELEO
32 Down: Half a dance (3)
CAN
33 Down: Droop (3)
SAG
34 Down: Actress Cannon (4)
DYAN
36 Down: Untamed (5)
FERAL
37 Down: Contorted (3)
WRY
40 Down: Forge and Stream (7)
VALLEYS
42 Down: Win out (7)
PREVAIL
44 Down: Mississippi discoverer (6)
DESOTO
45 Down: River to the Baltic (4)
ODER
47 Down: Actinium or rubidium (5)
METAL
48 Down: Korbut and others (5)
OLGAS
49 Down: Wine's partner (4)
DINE
50 Down: John, in Ireland (4)
EOIN
51 Down: Church area (4)
APSE
52 Down: At that time (4)
THEN
53 Down: Jane ___ (4)
EYRE
54 Down: Spieler's gift (3)
GAB
56 Down: Trevino or Laver, e.g. (3)
PRO

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