Saturday Crossword — August 21, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/21/1976. By H. Hastings Reddall.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Coast Guard girl (4)
- SPAR
- 5 Across: Freshet (5)
- SPATE
- 10 Across: Extol (4)
- LAUD
- 14 Across: Wide-mouthed jar (4)
- OLLA
- 15 Across: Weight unit (5)
- CARAT
- 16 Across: River of Italy (4)
- ARNO
- 17 Across: Army hopefuls (15)
- WESTPOINTCADETS
- 20 Across: ___ Paulo (3)
- SAO
- 21 Across: Function (4)
- ROLE
- 22 Across: Aladdin's friend (5)
- GENIE
- 23 Across: Cave dwellers (4)
- BATS
- 24 Across: Ireland's stone (7)
- EMERALD
- 26 Across: Moslem house quarters (6)
- HAREMS
- 29 Across: Architects' renderings (5)
- PLANS
- 30 Across: On the deep (4)
- ASEA
- 31 Across: Like the "Macbeth" sisters (5)
- WEIRD
- 32 Across: Man's nickname (3)
- NED
- 35 Across: Where Tecumseh reigns (15)
- THENAVALACADEMY
- 39 Across: Slippery one (3)
- EEL
- 40 Across: Does road work (5)
- PAVES
- 41 Across: Site of 1813 naval battle (4)
- ERIE
- 42 Across: Gift recipient (5)
- DONEE
- 43 Across: Fliers (6)
- PILOTS
- 45 Across: Set oneself against (7)
- STEELED
- 48 Across: Carpenter's aid (4)
- VISE
- 49 Across: Fable's punchline (5)
- MORAL
- 50 Across: Heating chamber (4)
- KILN
- 51 Across: "___ your age!" (3)
- ACT
- 54 Across: Former Army branch (15)
- AIRFORCEOFTHEUS
- 58 Across: Wild plum (4)
- SLOE
- 59 Across: Poplar (5)
- ABELE
- 60 Across: Odd, in Scotland (4)
- ORRA
- 61 Across: German title (4)
- HERR
- 62 Across: Money in Iraq (5)
- DINAR
- 63 Across: War of 1899–1902 (4)
- BOER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Plants (4)
- SOWS
- 2 Down: "Guilty," e.g. (4)
- PLEA
- 3 Down: ___-ran (4)
- ALSO
- 4 Down: Start of a drum sound (3)
- RAT
- 5 Down: Darts (6)
- SCOOTS
- 6 Down: Buckets (5)
- PAILS
- 7 Down: English composer (4)
- ARNE
- 8 Down: Work on lace (3)
- TAT
- 9 Down: Common abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 10 Down: Cargo workers (6)
- LADERS
- 11 Down: Amphitheater (5)
- ARENA
- 12 Down: Before (5)
- UNTIL
- 13 Down: Administered (5)
- DOSED
- 18 Down: Baby carriage (4)
- PRAM
- 19 Down: Schedule (6)
- AGENDA
- 23 Down: Kind of pole or stalk (4)
- BEAN
- 24 Down: Howe (5)
- ELIAS
- 25 Down: Grape refuse (4)
- MARC
- 26 Down: Shrink from (4)
- HATE
- 27 Down: Tennis name (4)
- ASHE
- 28 Down: Fishing need (4)
- REEL
- 29 Down: Volcanic peak (5)
- PELEE
- 31 Down: Fluttered (5)
- WAVED
- 32 Down: Pianist Peter (4)
- NERO
- 33 Down: Send forth (4)
- EMIT
- 34 Down: Eosin and aniline (4)
- DYES
- 36 Down: Handsome god (6)
- APOLLO
- 37 Down: Wind indicator (4)
- VANE
- 38 Down: Take out (4)
- DELE
- 42 Down: More unheeding (6)
- DEAFER
- 43 Down: Filch (6)
- PILFER
- 44 Down: Common contraction (4)
- ISNT
- 45 Down: Tennis coup de grâce (5)
- SMASH
- 46 Down: Linen cloth (5)
- TOILE
- 47 Down: Baseball statistic (5)
- ERROR
- 48 Down: Stringed instrument (5)
- VIOLA
- 50 Down: Sharp (4)
- KEEN
- 51 Down: Aviation prefix (4)
- AERO
- 52 Down: Preserve (4)
- CURE
- 53 Down: Ruler (4)
- TSAR
- 55 Down: Curies' discovery: Abbr. (3)
- RAD
- 56 Down: W.W. II area in Asia (3)
- CBI
- 57 Down: Raise ___ (make trouble) (3)
- HOB
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