NY TIMES, MON, APR 12, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/12/1976. By Martha J. DeWitt.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Gnat, for one (4)
PEST
5 Across: Chain's companion (4)
BALL
9 Across: Cupid (4)
AMOR
13 Across: Musical group (5)
OCTET
15 Across: Solo (4)
ARIA
16 Across: What Lady Godiva did (4)
RODE
17 Across: Melancholy, to poets (5)
DREAR
18 Across: High-shelf adjunct (9)
STEPSTOOL
20 Across: Conjectures (8)
SUPPOSES
22 Across: Wine (6)
SHERRY
23 Across: Gangsters' girls (5)
MOLLS
24 Across: High or Seven (4)
SEAS
25 Across: Blow a flute (6)
TOOTLE
27 Across: Loathed (8)
DESPISED
31 Across: Shed (3)
HUT
32 Across: Rig (5)
SETUP
34 Across: Gastronome (5)
EATER
35 Across: Anglo-Saxon letters (4)
ETHS
37 Across: By word of mouth (5)
PAROL
39 Across: Lucius Ahenobarbus (4)
NERO
40 Across: Banjo ridges (5)
FRETS
42 Across: Brought into harmony (5)
KEYED
44 Across: Kind of squeak (3)
PIP
45 Across: Contour-farm features (8)
TERRACES
47 Across: ___ around (loafs) (6)
MESSES
49 Across: Czarist name (4)
IVAN
50 Across: Where Rangoon is (5)
BURMA
51 Across: Spoil (6)
PAMPER
54 Across: Conjectured (8)
SURMISED
57 Across: Resigns (9)
STEPSDOWN
59 Across: Pretext (5)
ALIBI
60 Across: "Pompeii" character (4)
IONE
61 Across: Arthurian lady (4)
ENID
62 Across: Spoofed (5)
LEDON
63 Across: Potato (4)
SPUD
64 Across: Hoover and Roosevelt (4)
DAMS
65 Across: Dispatched (4)
SENT

Down Answers

1 Down: Schools of whales (4)
PODS
2 Down: Yellowish (4)
ECRU
3 Down: Snow White's rival (10)
STEPMOTHER
4 Down: Scandalous Dome (6)
TEAPOT
5 Down: Touch all ___ (5)
BASES
6 Down: Crafts (4)
ARTS
7 Down: Equivocate (3)
LIE
8 Down: Slips (6)
LAPSES
9 Down: Kind of well (8)
ARTESIAN
10 Down: Wasteland (4)
MOOR
11 Down: Redolence (4)
ODOR
12 Down: Lean on (4)
RELY
14 Down: Folklore people (6)
TROLLS
19 Down: "___ up or ship out" (5)
SHAPE
21 Down: Nap (5)
SLEEP
24 Down: Indian soldier (5)
SEPOY
25 Down: Embezzlement (5)
THEFT
26 Down: Bizarre (5)
OUTRE
27 Down: Lasts: old style (5)
DURES
28 Down: Yields (10)
STEPSASIDE
29 Down: Bizarre (5)
EERIE
30 Down: Discards (5)
DROPS
33 Down: ___ in (cheated) (5)
TAKEN
36 Down: Did a burlesque routine (8)
STRIPPED
38 Down: Tree animal (5)
LEMUR
41 Down: Keeps (5)
SAVES
43 Down: Of skin (6)
DERMAL
46 Down: Worked with wool (6)
CARDED
48 Down: Shows warmth (6)
SMILES
50 Down: Confederations (5)
BUNDS
51 Down: Greek letters (4)
PSIS
52 Down: Spin like ___ (4)
ATOP
53 Down: Carte (4)
MENU
54 Down: Sink's alternative (4)
SWIM
55 Down: Pacific atoll (4)
EBON
56 Down: Force (4)
DINT
58 Down: Tierra del Fuego Indian (3)
ONA

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