NY TIMES, MON, MAR 08, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 3/8/1976. By F. Coates.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Killer whale (4)
ORCA
5 Across: Czech capital, to Czechs (5)
PRAHA
10 Across: Greek letter (4)
BETA
14 Across: Social one (4)
LION
15 Across: Confute (5)
REBUT
16 Across: Organic compound (4)
ENOL
17 Across: Part of a proverb (15)
GOODTOBEGINWELL
20 Across: Ascribe (9)
ATTRIBUTE
21 Across: Part of D.E.W. (5)
EARLY
22 Across: Chemical endings (4)
ENES
23 Across: Roman 1054 (4)
MLIV
24 Across: Gives rise to (6)
SPAWNS
27 Across: Trounces (8)
SHELLACS
31 Across: Spring flower (5)
PANSY
32 Across: "___ of stage and screen" (5)
STARS
33 Across: Even if, modified (3)
THO
34 Across: ___ for the road (3)
ONE
35 Across: Archie or Marianne (5)
MOORE
36 Across: Comparative suffix (3)
IER
37 Across: Kind of wit (3)
DIM
38 Across: Popular fabric (5)
DENIM
39 Across: Scottish scale (5)
TRONE
41 Across: Profitable (8)
ECONOMIC
43 Across: Sandal parts (6)
THONGS
44 Across: Wall-writing word (4)
MENE
45 Across: Melody (4)
ARIA
46 Across: Not slender (5)
OBESE
48 Across: Makes too rare (9)
UNDERDOES
53 Across: End of the proverb (15)
BETTERTOENDWELL
55 Across: Russian city (4)
OREL
56 Across: Like racing shells (5)
OARED
57 Across: Continent (4)
ASIA
58 Across: To be, in Paris (4)
ETRE
59 Across: "Good-bye, Mr. ___" (5)
CHIPS
60 Across: Previous day: Abbr. (4)
YEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Miss Korbut (4)
OLGA
2 Down: Melee (4)
RIOT
3 Down: Water bird (4)
COOT
4 Down: Singing sisters (7)
ANDREWS
5 Down: Looks into (6)
PROBES
6 Down: Picture puzzle (5)
REBUS
7 Down: Encourage (4)
ABET
8 Down: Immense (4)
HUGE
9 Down: Panay native (3)
ATI
10 Down: Lament (6)
BEWAIL
11 Down: Weakened state (10)
ENERVATION
12 Down: Kind of road or booth (4)
TOLL
13 Down: Associate (4)
ALLY
18 Down: Like saloon pianos (5)
TINNY
19 Down: Miss Gwyn et al. (5)
NELLS
23 Down: Lake (4)
MERE
24 Down: English china (5)
SPODE
25 Down: Black Friday event (5)
PANIC
26 Down: Wind-speed recorder (10)
ANEMOMETER
27 Down: Unemotional (5)
STOIC
28 Down: "Wouldn't ___ a flea" (4)
HARM
29 Down: Chinese river (5)
CHENG
30 Down: Tender spots (5)
SORES
32 Down: Sound: Prefix (4)
SONI
35 Down: Same, in France (4)
MEME
38 Down: Gift recipient (5)
DONEE
39 Down: Kind of degree or rail (5)
THIRD
40 Down: Street (7)
ROADWAY
42 Down: Get cozy (6)
NESTLE
43 Down: Pollsters' concerns (6)
TRENDS
45 Down: Profoundly (5)
ADEEP
46 Down: Reed (4)
OBOE
47 Down: Lahr (4)
BERT
48 Down: Where the Uintas are (4)
UTAH
49 Down: Japanese seaweed (4)
NORI
50 Down: Platinum wire loop (4)
OESE
51 Down: Yalies (4)
ELIS
52 Down: Blind part (4)
SLAT
54 Down: Eden ___, Riviera beach (3)
ROC

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