Saturday Crossword — May 15, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 5/15/1976. By Elaine D. Schorr.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Evens out (7)
SMOOTHS
8 Across: Mischa of music (5)
ELMAN
13 Across: Artist's medium (8)
CHARCOAL
14 Across: "Let us, then, be up and ___" (5)
DOING
15 Across: Pearly gem (9)
MOONSTONE
16 Across: Dunker (5)
DONUT
17 Across: Poplar (5)
ALAMO
18 Across: Fanny Brice as a Baby (6)
SNOOKS
20 Across: "___ your life!" (5)
NOTON
21 Across: Slipper sizes: Abbr. (4)
MEDS
22 Across: Other, in Spain (4)
OTRA
25 Across: Korean apricot (4)
ANSU
26 Across: Word with mignon (5)
FILET
27 Across: Author Leon (4)
URIS
28 Across: Common or proper (4)
NOUN
30 Across: Black Maria occupants (7)
RIOTERS
32 Across: Piece or work (6)
MASTER
35 Across: Identification band (6)
ARMLET
36 Across: Tells a thing or two (7)
IMPARTS
38 Across: Ship of myth (4)
ARGO
39 Across: Betel (4)
SIRI
40 Across: Husband of Anne, Jane, etc. (5)
HENRY
42 Across: Salt-flats state (4)
UTAH
46 Across: Locale of tree of knowledge (4)
EDEN
47 Across: Seth's son (4)
ENOS
48 Across: Kind of drum (5)
SNARE
49 Across: Beautifies (6)
ADORNS
51 Across: Roman halls (5)
ATRIA
52 Across: Half a spa (5)
BADEN
54 Across: Bleached (9)
ETIOLATED
57 Across: Draw ___ on (aim at) (5)
ABEAD
58 Across: Streetcars: Var. (8)
TROLLIES
59 Across: Actress Judy (5)
CARNE
60 Across: Becomes tense (7)
TAUTENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Piglets (6)
SHOATS
2 Down: Wrestler of fame (15)
MANMOUNTAINDEAN
3 Down: Bean or Welles (5)
ORSON
4 Down: Month: Abbr. (3)
OCT
5 Down: As well (3)
TOO
6 Down: Humperdinck boy (6)
HANSEL
7 Down: Thin (7)
SLENDER
8 Down: Pacific staple (4)
EDDO
9 Down: Tourist site in Tennessee (15)
LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN
10 Down: Wanderer in "Mikado" (8)
MINSTREL
11 Down: Babylonian sky god (3)
ANU
12 Down: Theater-ad abbr. (3)
NGT
13 Down: Panama Canal city (5)
COLON
15 Down: River of Norway (4)
MANA
19 Down: Church doorkeeper (7)
OSTIARY
21 Down: Part of an hr. (3)
MIN
23 Down: Laugh, in Paris (4)
RIRE
24 Down: Helper: Abbr. (4)
ASST
26 Down: Give an impulse to (7)
FURTHER
29 Down: "___ the ramparts . . . " (3)
OER
31 Down: Assn. (3)
ORG
32 Down: ___ en scène (4)
MISE
33 Down: In the center (4)
AMID
34 Down: Butter knife, e.g. (8)
SPREADER
37 Down: Mack of old movies (7)
SENNETT
38 Down: ___ poetica (3)
ARS
41 Down: Cosa ___ (6)
NOSTRA
43 Down: Pies, in Paris (6)
TARTES
44 Down: Zodiac sign (5)
ARIES
45 Down: Top banana (4)
HEAD
48 Down: Explorer La ___ (5)
SALLE
50 Down: French wave (4)
ONDE
52 Down: Cistern (3)
BAC
53 Down: Law group: Abbr. (3)
ABA
55 Down: Debt marker (3)
IOU
56 Down: Rumanian river (3)
OLT

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