Thursday Crossword — May 20, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/20/1976. By James A. Brussel.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Circumstance's partner (4)
POMP
5 Across: Rumor personified (4)
FAMA
9 Across: Elec. units (4)
AMPS
13 Across: Jewish month (4)
ADAR
14 Across: Gets a violin ready (5)
TUNES
15 Across: Thwart (4)
FOIL
16 Across: Traveled (4)
RODE
17 Across: Musical offerings (5)
ARIAS
18 Across: Erie, for one (4)
LAKE
19 Across: Produced hybrid flowers (15)
CROSSPOLLINATED
22 Across: Brain channel (4)
ITER
23 Across: Kind of drop (3)
GUM
24 Across: Worked on exam papers (6)
GRADED
27 Across: Struggles (8)
CONTESTS
32 Across: Take up again (5)
RENEW
33 Across: Gem settings (5)
PAVES
34 Across: Wise to (3)
HEP
35 Across: Eager (4)
AVID
36 Across: Gave rise to (5)
SIRED
37 Across: Raced (4)
TORE
38 Across: Inge's vehicle (3)
BUS
39 Across: Radiance (5)
SHEEN
40 Across: Revolted (5)
AROSE
41 Across: Most threadbare (8)
SEEDIEST
43 Across: Jubilant (6)
ELATED
44 Across: Miscalculate (3)
ERR
45 Across: "___ lively, please" (4)
STEP
46 Across: Occasion for a cruise-ship bash (15)
CROSSINGTHELINE
54 Across: In (4)
HOME
55 Across: Page number (5)
FOLIO
56 Across: Favorite (4)
IDOL
57 Across: Winged-shaped (4)
ALAR
58 Across: Arctic hazards (5)
FLOES
59 Across: Beaks (4)
NEBS
60 Across: Sassy (4)
PERT
61 Across: ___ wood (snores) (4)
SAWS
62 Across: Lighten (4)
EASE

Down Answers

1 Down: Paris rest area (4)
PARC
2 Down: Perfume (4)
ODOR
3 Down: Australian fish (4)
MADO
4 Down: Chaired (8)
PRESIDED
5 Down: To-do (5)
FUROR
6 Down: Dyestuff (4)
ANIL
7 Down: Oat or corn (4)
MEAL
8 Down: Designated (8)
ASSIGNED
9 Down: Burning (6)
AFLAME
10 Down: Castle guardian (4)
MOAT
11 Down: Walleyed or turn (4)
PIKE
12 Down: Vehicle (4)
SLED
14 Down: Recorded (5)
TAPED
20 Down: Worry (4)
STEW
21 Down: Soup's counterpart (4)
NUTS
24 Down: Seizes (5)
GRABS
25 Down: Ziegfeld offering (5)
REVUE
26 Down: Cordial flavor (5)
ANISE
27 Down: Proof mark (5)
CARET
28 Down: Broiler's place (4)
OVEN
29 Down: ___ the works (5)
SHOOT
30 Down: Succinct (5)
TERSE
31 Down: Break a traffic law (5)
SPEED
33 Down: Mince and apple (4)
PIES
36 Down: Posse leaders (8)
SHERIFFS
37 Down: Series of snares (8)
TRAPLINE
39 Down: Dear ones in letters (4)
SIRS
40 Down: Away from the wind (4)
ALEE
42 Down: Forsake (6)
DESERT
43 Down: Group spirit (5)
ETHOS
45 Down: Farmyard areas (5)
STIES
46 Down: Fellow (4)
CHAP
47 Down: Characterization (4)
ROLE
48 Down: Bradley (4)
OMAR
49 Down: Felix Arndt's claim to fame (4)
NOLA
50 Down: Kind of worm (4)
GLOW
51 Down: Impression (4)
IDEA
52 Down: Cribbage cards (4)
NOBS
53 Down: "You and who ___?" (4)
ELSE

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