Thursday Crossword — August 19, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/19/1976. By Alice H. Kaufman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Neil Simon's suite (5)
PLAZA
6 Across: Telly network (3)
BBC
9 Across: Mongol of Asia (5)
TATAR
14 Across: Protection (5)
AEGIS
15 Across: Unit of resistance (3)
REL
16 Across: Flabbergast (5)
AMAZE
17 Across: ___ of Terror (5)
REIGN
18 Across: Southern state: Abbr. (3)
ALA
19 Across: Spaghetti (5)
PASTA
20 Across: Groove in a barrel stave (5)
CROZE
21 Across: Founder of old Persian religion (9)
ZOROASTER
23 Across: Expected (7)
AWAITED
25 Across: Brief moments: Abbr. (4)
SECS
26 Across: Hopping dance (4)
SHAG
29 Across: Soaked (6)
RETTED
31 Across: Boggy areas (9)
QUAGMIRES
33 Across: Mountains of Midwest (5)
OZARK
38 Across: Study again (6)
REREAD
39 Across: Affectionate word (6)
DEARIE
40 Across: Color workers (5)
DYERS
41 Across: Disfiguring (9)
DEFORMING
44 Across: Pilfered (6)
STOLEN
46 Across: Morning-after adjuncts to eyes (4)
BAGS
47 Across: Robert or Alan (4)
ALDA
51 Across: Rival (7)
EMULATE
53 Across: High-level animal tracker (9)
ZOOLOGIST
55 Across: Refreshing air (5)
OZONE
59 Across: Open in a way (5)
UNZIP
60 Across: Our, in France (3)
NOS
61 Across: Tank ship (5)
OILER
62 Across: Sandpiper (5)
REEVE
63 Across: Old English money (3)
ORA
64 Across: Stories (5)
TALES
65 Across: Sea eagles (5)
ERNES
66 Across: Charles Chaplin's son (3)
SYD
67 Across: Trap (5)
SNARE

Down Answers

1 Down: Bois de Boulogne, e.g. (4)
PARC
2 Down: Ogle (4)
LEER
3 Down: Exchange premium (4)
AGIO
4 Down: Sewing-machine attachment (9)
ZIGZAGGER
5 Down: As good ___ (5)
ASNEW
6 Down: Pan for cookout coals (7)
BRAZIER
7 Down: French card game (7)
BELOTTE
8 Down: Wines (7)
CLARETS
9 Down: Pacific cloth (4)
TAPA
10 Down: Hoard (5)
AMASS
11 Down: Sample (5)
TASTE
12 Down: Early Mexican (5)
AZTEC
13 Down: Brings up (5)
REARS
22 Down: Poem (3)
ODE
24 Down: Barren (4)
ARID
26 Down: Area measure: Abbr. (4)
SQRD
27 Down: Mr. Long (4)
HUEY
28 Down: Swiss river (4)
AARE
30 Down: Active one (4)
DOER
32 Down: Kind of media (4)
MASS
34 Down: Of Victoria Falls's river (9)
ZAMBEZIAN
35 Down: Sutherland offering (4)
ARIA
36 Down: Wagnerian grouping (4)
RING
37 Down: Casks (4)
KEGS
39 Down: Spanish lady (4)
DONA
41 Down: Half masks (7)
DOMINOS
42 Down: Deceptive (7)
ELUSORY
43 Down: Had downcast feelings (7)
FELTSAD
45 Down: Young sheep (3)
TEG
47 Down: Blue (5)
AZURE
48 Down: Aloof one (5)
LONER
49 Down: Daily ___ (5)
DOZEN
50 Down: Vibrant (5)
ALIVE
52 Down: Binges (5)
TOOTS
54 Down: Begins, to poets (4)
OPES
56 Down: Spanish jar (4)
OLLA
57 Down: Kind of do-well (4)
NEER
58 Down: Gaelic (4)
ERSE

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