Thursday Crossword — December 30, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 12/30/1976. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Make wheat into a bundle (6)
SHEAVE
7 Across: At low cost (7)
CHEAPLY
14 Across: Of a fiber plant (6)
HEMPEN
15 Across: Lockridge's "___ County" (8)
RAINTREE
16 Across: Readied for publication (6)
EDITED
17 Across: Ornamental grasses (8)
EULALIAS
18 Across: Fried or Easter (3)
EGG
19 Across: Detroit notices (7)
RECALLS
21 Across: G.I. wear (3)
ODS
22 Across: Japanese monastery (4)
TERA
24 Across: Longlegs or Warbucks (5)
DADDY
25 Across: Canadian Indian (4)
CREE
26 Across: Wipe out (5)
ERASE
28 Across: By means of (3)
PER
29 Across: Expositions (5)
FAIRS
30 Across: Miss Lamour, to friends (6)
DOTTIE
32 Across: Oil or inn (5)
MOTOR
34 Across: Garden club motto, perhaps (13)
WEEDEMANDREAP
38 Across: Elemi, e.g. (5)
RESIN
39 Across: Agonize (6)
SUFFER
41 Across: Grief (5)
DOLOR
44 Across: Puget, etc.: Abbr. (3)
SDS
46 Across: Blunted tilting lance (5)
MORNE
47 Across: Desserts (4)
ICES
48 Across: Felled (5)
HEWED
50 Across: Repetition (4)
ROTE
51 Across: One ___ time (3)
ATA
52 Across: Jury member (7)
FOREMAN
54 Across: Buddy (3)
PAL
55 Across: Do a pastry job (8)
BAKEAPIE
57 Across: Immaturity (6)
NONAGE
59 Across: Cause to be late (8)
OVERKEEP
60 Across: Actress Claire (6)
TREVOR
61 Across: Songwriter Alan Jay and family (7)
LERNERS
62 Across: Cyrus's clan (6)
EATONS

Down Answers

1 Down: Dressed for Halloween (7)
SHEETED
2 Down: Field separator (8)
HEDGEROW
3 Down: Move from one's country (8)
EMIGRATE
4 Down: Suitable (3)
APT
5 Down: Turn sharply (4)
VEER
6 Down: Cut off (5)
ENDED
7 Down: Large kettle (8)
CAULDRON
8 Down: Steep (5)
HILLY
9 Down: Spanish queen and namesakes (4)
ENAS
10 Down: Ocean: Abbr. (3)
ATL
11 Down: A ___ (deductive) (6)
PRIORI
12 Down: "Take me to your ___" (6)
LEADER
13 Down: Some answers (6)
YESSES
15 Down: Triumphal words, at dice (13)
READEMANDWEEP
20 Down: Beret (3)
CAP
23 Down: Prefixes for stars (7)
ASTEROS
25 Down: Be fond of (7)
CAREFOR
27 Down: Downy bird (5)
EIDER
29 Down: Town-hall event (5)
FORUM
31 Down: Letters (3)
EES
33 Down: Six-pointers: Abbr. (3)
TDS
35 Down: Woes (8)
MISERIES
36 Down: Congo peacock (8)
AFROPAVO
37 Down: Military powerhouse (8)
PENTAGON
40 Down: Two-___ (movies) (7)
REELERS
41 Down: Devil: Prefix (6)
DIABOL
42 Down: Eight-line stanza (6)
OCTAVE
43 Down: One who spills secrets (6)
LEAKER
45 Down: Religious school: Abbr. (3)
SEM
48 Down: Wishful one (5)
HOPER
49 Down: Italian poet (5)
DANTE
52 Down: Ersatz (4)
FAKE
53 Down: Ms. Ephron (4)
NORA
56 Down: Bird (3)
ERN
58 Down: Catch (3)
NET

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