Friday Crossword — December 24, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 80 clues). Published 12/24/1976. By Sophie Fierman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Aftermath of a scrape (4)
- SCAB
- 5 Across: Ada of stage (5)
- REHAN
- 10 Across: Self-satisfied (4)
- SMUG
- 14 Across: Particle (4)
- IOTA
- 15 Across: Zola (5)
- EMILE
- 16 Across: "The ___ Machine" (4)
- TIME
- 17 Across: Wassail or eggnog, e.g. (10)
- XMASSPIRIT
- 19 Across: Confused (4)
- ASEA
- 20 Across: Slippery one (3)
- EEL
- 21 Across: Swiss river (4)
- AARE
- 22 Across: Place of worship (5)
- ALTAR
- 23 Across: Unwavering (6)
- STEADY
- 25 Across: Scatter (6)
- DISPEL
- 28 Across: Catalogue (4)
- LIST
- 30 Across: According to Hoyle (7)
- CORRECT
- 33 Across: Holiday exchanges (5)
- GIFTS
- 36 Across: Brutus's D-Day (4)
- IDES
- 38 Across: Rocky hill (3)
- TOR
- 39 Across: Relevant (5)
- ADREM
- 40 Across: ___ Roy (3)
- ROB
- 41 Across: Germ cell (5)
- SPORE
- 43 Across: Persian measure (3)
- MOU
- 44 Across: Type size (4)
- PICA
- 45 Across: Christmas and shoe (5)
- TREES
- 46 Across: One of Santa's reindeer (7)
- BLITZEN
- 49 Across: Mirth (4)
- GLEE
- 51 Across: "All ___ bright and beautiful" (6)
- THINGS
- 53 Across: Show up (6)
- APPEAR
- 57 Across: Certain tire (5)
- RECAP
- 59 Across: Douay Bible name (4)
- ABIU
- 61 Across: Trygve of U.N. (3)
- LIE
- 62 Across: Bede or Smith (4)
- ADAM
- 63 Across: "Visions of ___ danced in . . . " (10)
- SUGARPLUMS
- 66 Across: Gift for a teen-ager (4)
- BIKE
- 67 Across: Put ___ to (finish) (5)
- ANEND
- 68 Across: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 69 Across: Natives: Suffix (4)
- ITES
- 70 Across: Daggers (5)
- DIRKS
- 71 Across: Saucy (4)
- PERT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ and sevens (5)
- SIXES
- 2 Down: One of Santa's reindeer (5)
- COMET
- 3 Down: "___ of Two Cities" (5)
- ATALE
- 4 Down: Stocking, in France (3)
- BAS
- 5 Down: Wipes out a debt (6)
- REPAYS
- 6 Down: Eastern ruler (4)
- EMIR
- 7 Down: Took on (5)
- HIRED
- 8 Down: Heavyweight name (3)
- ALI
- 9 Down: N.Y. cager (3)
- NET
- 10 Down: More corny (6)
- STALER
- 11 Down: Buss-catcher (9)
- MISTLETOE
- 12 Down: Swedish city (4)
- UMEA
- 13 Down: Equipment (4)
- GEAR
- 18 Down: Cruelty (6)
- SADISM
- 22 Down: Spring month: Abbr. (3)
- APR
- 24 Down: German senior citizen (4)
- ALTE
- 26 Down: Morning-after wear (6)
- ICEBAG
- 27 Down: Sea call (3)
- SOS
- 29 Down: Becoming boresome (6)
- TIRING
- 31 Down: Gist (4)
- CORE
- 32 Down: ___ bien (4)
- TRES
- 33 Down: Leg, in heraldry (4)
- GAMB
- 34 Down: Admired one (4)
- IDOL
- 35 Down: Holiday dessert (9)
- FRUITCAKE
- 37 Down: "What's up, ___?" (3)
- DOC
- 41 Down: Come forward (6)
- STEPUP
- 42 Down: Kind of school (4)
- PREP
- 44 Down: Sword's rival (3)
- PEN
- 47 Down: Tower Bridge's crossing (6)
- THAMES
- 48 Down: Code on a letter (3)
- ZIP
- 50 Down: Scottish landowners (6)
- LAIRDS
- 52 Down: More shrewd (5)
- SAGER
- 54 Down: Sidestep (5)
- ELUDE
- 55 Down: Gunsight user (5)
- AIMER
- 56 Down: Replace a ring gem (5)
- RESET
- 57 Down: Nobel physicist (4)
- RABI
- 58 Down: Do newsroom work (4)
- EDIT
- 60 Down: Target for Bonnie and Clyde (4)
- BANK
- 63 Down: Downhearted (3)
- SAD
- 64 Down: One: Prefix (3)
- UNI
- 65 Down: Sass (3)
- LIP
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