Saturday Crossword — July 17, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/17/1976. By Virginia Butler.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Cry ___" (5)
HAVOC
6 Across: Detest (4)
HATE
10 Across: Young sheep (4)
TEGS
14 Across: Spanish friend (5)
AMIGO
15 Across: "See ___, pick . . . " (4)
APIN
16 Across: Notion (4)
IDEA
17 Across: Notorious city (5)
SODOM
18 Across: John the Baptist, to Jesus (9)
PRECURSOR
20 Across: Exterminator of fiction (9)
PIEDPIPER
22 Across: "___ say more?" (5)
NEEDI
23 Across: Lemon and lime ___ (4)
ADES
24 Across: Confuses (6)
ADDLES
25 Across: "Let that be a ___ to you" (6)
LESSON
28 Across: Bravo! (3)
OLE
29 Across: Mends (5)
HEALS
30 Across: Politician's asset (8)
CHARISMA
35 Across: Final stanza (5)
ENVOI
36 Across: Cuba libre base (3)
RUM
37 Across: Slow mover (5)
SNAIL
38 Across: Complete (8)
TEETOTAL
40 Across: Belief (5)
TENET
41 Across: Opposite of pos. (3)
NEG
42 Across: Word for a hussy (6)
BRAZEN
44 Across: Informal (6)
CASUAL
48 Across: Inflexible (4)
IRON
49 Across: Kind of wise (5)
LEAST
50 Across: One of 26 (9)
AMENDMENT
55 Across: Good seat location (9)
ORCHESTRA
57 Across: Old region of Asia Minor (5)
IONIA
58 Across: Desperate (4)
DIRE
59 Across: Guinness (4)
ALEC
60 Across: "___ a Stranger" (5)
NOTAS
61 Across: Crystal-gazer (4)
SEER
62 Across: Lillian or Dorothy (4)
GISH
63 Across: Vulgar (5)
GROSS

Down Answers

1 Down: Door holder (4)
HASP
2 Down: Mine, in France (4)
AMOI
3 Down: Latin referral word (4)
VIDE
4 Down: "___! that bread should be so dear" (4)
OGOD
5 Down: Sympathetic (13)
COMPASSIONATE
6 Down: Come about (6)
HAPPEN
7 Down: ___ ski (5)
APRES
8 Down: Layer (4)
TIER
9 Down: Business-letter abbr. (3)
ENC
10 Down: Hackneyed (5)
TIRED
11 Down: Ford's mistake (5)
EDSEL
12 Down: Hollow stone (5)
GEODE
13 Down: Ranis' gowns (5)
SARIS
19 Down: Entente, for one (13)
UNDERSTANDING
21 Down: Words of assent (3)
IDO
24 Down: Wing (3)
ALA
25 Down: Unaspirated (4)
LENE
26 Down: Roof part (4)
EAVE
27 Down: Deer track (4)
SLOT
28 Down: Electrical unit (3)
OHM
29 Down: ___ up (in a snit) (3)
HET
30 Down: ___-de-sac (3)
CUL
31 Down: Don Juan's mother (4)
INEZ
32 Down: Healthy (4)
SANE
33 Down: Carriage (4)
MIEN
34 Down: Old, in Cologne (3)
ALT
36 Down: Tease (3)
RAG
39 Down: Wire: Abbr. (3)
TEL
42 Down: Dissension (6)
BREACH
43 Down: Swoboda (3)
RON
44 Down: Dolts (5)
CLODS
45 Down: High dwelling (5)
AERIE
46 Down: "___ bleu!" (5)
SACRE
47 Down: House that fell (5)
USHER
48 Down: Hungary's Nagy et al. (5)
IMRES
50 Down: Gudrun's victim (4)
ATLI
51 Down: Make fast (4)
MOOR
52 Down: Within: Prefix (4)
ENTO
53 Down: Island off Sumatra (4)
NIAS
54 Down: Russian agency (4)
TASS
56 Down: ___ Harbor (3)
SAG

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