Saturday Crossword — November 20, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/20/1976. By Bert H. Kruse.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Adano's need (4)
BELL
5 Across: Word of woe (5)
ALACK
10 Across: Nobel author of 1947 (4)
GIDE
14 Across: Venezuelan town (4)
AROA
15 Across: Pretend (5)
LETON
16 Across: Arabian gulf (4)
ADEN
17 Across: Author of "Flowers of Evil" (10)
BAUDELAIRE
19 Across: U.S. anthropologist (4)
MEAD
20 Across: Phases (7)
ASPECTS
21 Across: France and Spain, e.g. (7)
NATIONS
23 Across: Single or double, e.g. (3)
HIT
24 Across: Early garden (4)
EDEN
25 Across: Peaceful greeting (6)
SHALOM
29 Across: Greet a stage villain (4)
HISS
30 Across: Stadium sound (3)
RAH
33 Across: Work for an artist (4)
POSE
34 Across: Ludwig (4)
EMIL
36 Across: Pronoun (5)
THOSE
38 Across: Highest capital of the Americas (5)
LAPAZ
40 Across: Symbol of wisdom (3)
OWL
41 Across: Maple variety (5)
SUGAR
42 Across: Sports center (5)
ARENA
43 Across: Scottish negatives (4)
NAES
45 Across: Old English tax (4)
GELD
46 Across: Scholar's due time (3)
TEN
47 Across: Obligation (4)
DUTY
49 Across: Atlantic islands (6)
AZORES
51 Across: Lollobrigida (4)
GINA
52 Across: French wheat (3)
BLE
53 Across: Swiss religious reformer (7)
ZWINGLI
56 Across: Asserted (7)
ALLEGED
61 Across: Words of dismay (4)
OHNO
62 Across: Pushy (10)
AGGRESSIVE
64 Across: Soil (4)
LOAM
65 Across: Like some gases (5)
INERT
66 Across: U.S. author (4)
AGEE
67 Across: African fox (4)
ASSE
68 Across: Greek communes (5)
DEMES
69 Across: Neighbor of Pol. (4)
USSR

Down Answers

1 Down: Rum cake (4)
BABA
2 Down: Times (4)
ERAS
3 Down: French wolf (4)
LOUP
4 Down: Do pier work (4)
LADE
5 Down: Category for a sports great (7)
ALLTIME
6 Down: "It's the ___ I can do" (5)
LEAST
7 Down: P.I. native (3)
ATI
8 Down: French dramatist (9)
CORNEILLE
9 Down: Prepares dough (6)
KNEADS
10 Down: Waif (5)
GAMIN
11 Down: Concept: Prefix (4)
IDEO
12 Down: Acheson (4)
DEAN
13 Down: Winds up (4)
ENDS
18 Down: Resound (4)
ECHO
22 Down: Lab activities (5)
TESTS
25 Down: Chair part (5)
SPLAT
26 Down: British statesman (5)
HOARE
27 Down: Poplar (5)
ASPEN
28 Down: Spare (4)
LEAN
29 Down: Road, for short (5)
HIWAY
30 Down: Pilot's word (5)
ROGER
31 Down: Make ___ (vend) (5)
ASALE
32 Down: Throngs (5)
HERDS
35 Down: French essayist (9)
MONTAIGNE
37 Down: French novelist (4)
HUGO
39 Down: Voltaire novel (5)
ZADIG
44 Down: Early helmets (7)
SALLETS
48 Down: Not placed, as carpeting (6)
UNLAID
50 Down: Oriental cymbals (4)
ZELS
51 Down: Dwarf (5)
GNOME
52 Down: Vermont city (5)
BARRE
53 Down: "J'Accuse" author (4)
ZOLA
54 Down: "___ on first?" (4)
WHOS
55 Down: ___ much as (4)
INAS
57 Down: Isaac's son (4)
ESAU
58 Down: Light carriages (4)
GIGS
59 Down: Holiday times (4)
EVES
60 Down: Venison source (4)
DEER
63 Down: Ring stone (3)
GEM

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