Thursday Crossword — December 9, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/9/1976. By Evelyn B. Rosenthal.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Playbill listing (4)
CAST
5 Across: Norwegian playwright (5)
IBSEN
10 Across: Clumsy boat (4)
SCOW
14 Across: Always (4)
EVER
15 Across: Spruce (5)
NATTY
16 Across: Sea bird (4)
ERNE
17 Across: Wolfe (4)
NERO
18 Across: See 45 Down (5)
STATE
19 Across: Frost or Millay (4)
POET
20 Across: See 58 Across (5)
TRADE
22 Across: Consumed (3)
ATE
23 Across: U.S. soldiers (3)
GIS
24 Across: Sixth sense: Abbr. (3)
ESP
25 Across: Herr's mate (4)
FRAU
27 Across: Uses a pencil end (6)
ERASES
30 Across: Arikara (3)
REE
31 Across: Window, in Calais (7)
FENETRE
33 Across: Bikini part (3)
BRA
34 Across: Record of a trip (3)
LOG
35 Across: Fuel sought offshore (8)
OCEANOIL
37 Across: New York, New York (13)
WONDERFULTOWN
40 Across: At the lower limit (8)
MARGINAL
41 Across: Kind of couple (3)
ODD
42 Across: Yore (3)
ELD
43 Across: Spiny anteater (7)
ECHIDNA
45 Across: Double curve (3)
ESS
48 Across: Fatty's opposite (6)
SKINNY
50 Across: Hobgoblin (4)
BOGY
51 Across: Cambridge campus (3)
MIT
52 Across: "Like it or ___" (3)
NOT
53 Across: Reina's mate (3)
REY
54 Across: Tops (5)
SUPER
56 Across: Pequod's captain (4)
AHAB
58 Across: Twin towers, with 20 Across and 1 Down (5)
WORLD
60 Across: Neighbor of 61 Across (4)
PINE
61 Across: Stock Exchange site, with 47 Down (4)
WALL
62 Across: Chips in (5)
ANTES
63 Across: French river (4)
ORNE
64 Across: Or ___ (4)
ELSE
65 Across: Final authority (5)
SAYSO
66 Across: Orderly (4)
NEAT

Down Answers

1 Down: See 58 Across (6)
CENTER
2 Down: Disinclined (6)
AVERSE
3 Down: Mexican shawl (6)
SERAPE
4 Down: Walked on (4)
TROD
5 Down: Parts of yds. (3)
INS
6 Down: Luzon peninsula (6)
BATAAN
7 Down: Harbor landmark (15)
STATUEOFLIBERTY
8 Down: Suffix for major or luncheon (4)
ETTE
9 Down: U.S. humorist (3)
NYE
10 Down: Brown (5)
SEPIA
11 Down: Key weapon at Battle or Crecy (8)
CROSSBOW
12 Down: Seven divided by seven (3)
ONE
13 Down: Rainy (3)
WET
21 Down: Burrowing, in zoology (9)
EFFODIENT
23 Down: Glorious times (9)
GREATDAYS
26 Down: 1811 to 1820 in Britain (7)
REGENCY
27 Down: Soon (7)
ERELONG
28 Down: Emerald Isle (4)
ERIN
29 Down: Gal of song (3)
SAL
32 Down: Rival of S.M.U. (3)
TCU
34 Down: Coat part: Abbr. (3)
LNG
36 Down: Gesture of approval (3)
NOD
37 Down: Pedestrian sign (4)
WALK
38 Down: Certain numbers (8)
ORDINALS
39 Down: Cheer (3)
RAH
40 Down: French possessive (3)
MES
44 Down: Sir Arthur Conan and family (6)
DOYLES
45 Down: Tall building, with 18 Across (6)
EMPIRE
46 Down: Yellowish-brown pigment (6)
SIENNA
47 Down: See 61 Across (6)
STREET
49 Down: Peer (5)
NOBLE
53 Down: Writer Barrett (4)
RONA
55 Down: Atop (4)
UPON
56 Down: Reverence (3)
AWE
57 Down: Prince ___ (3)
HAL
58 Down: Used to be (3)
WAS
59 Down: British award: Abbr. (3)
DSO

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