NY TIMES, MON, JUN 21, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/21/1976. By Reginald L. Johnson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Door or rock (4)
TRAP
5 Across: Assuage (5)
SALVE
10 Across: Luck, in Ireland (4)
CESS
14 Across: Not dense (4)
RARE
15 Across: In action (5)
AFOOT
16 Across: Helm position (4)
ALEE
17 Across: Sherlock Holmes story (15)
ASTUDYINSCARLET
20 Across: British V.I.P.'s (3)
MPS
21 Across: Land of shamrocks (4)
EIRE
22 Across: Turnips, in Aberdeen (5)
NEEPS
23 Across: Orson Welles role (4)
KANE
24 Across: Become indistinct (4)
FADE
26 Across: "Give me ___" (call) (5)
ARING
28 Across: 1918 battlefield (7)
ARGONNE
31 Across: Back or ear (4)
ACHE
32 Across: Winter wear (5)
SCARF
33 Across: Compass point (3)
ESE
35 Across: Holmes story (15)
THEVALLEYOFFEAR
39 Across: French pronoun (3)
TOI
40 Across: Dens (5)
LAIRS
41 Across: Goddess of Norse myth (4)
IDUN
42 Across: Out ___ (vulnerable) (7)
ONALIMB
44 Across: Accumulate (5)
AMASS
46 Across: Fliers' medals: Abbr. (4)
DFCS
47 Across: Oath of old (4)
DRAT
48 Across: Florida town (5)
STLEO
51 Across: Coconut fiber (4)
COIR
52 Across: Recipe meas. (3)
TSP
55 Across: Holmes adventure scene (15)
THEPRIORYSCHOOL
59 Across: Kiln (4)
OAST
60 Across: Graded system (5)
SCALE
61 Across: Irish exclamation (4)
AROO
62 Across: Picnic visitors (4)
ANTS
63 Across: Subdues (5)
TAMES
64 Across: Flimsy home (4)
TENT

Down Answers

1 Down: Mine car (4)
TRAM
2 Down: Scrape (4)
RASP
3 Down: Fine ___ (4)
ARTS
4 Down: Little: Fr. (3)
PEU
5 Down: Aphorism (6)
SAYING
6 Down: Burning (5)
AFIRE
7 Down: Kind of wolf (4)
LONE
8 Down: Well-aged whiskies: Abbr. (3)
VOS
9 Down: Handy abbr. (3)
ETC
10 Down: Heel over (6)
CAREEN
11 Down: French pronoun (4)
ELLE
12 Down: Ooze (4)
SEEP
13 Down: Tennis units (4)
SETS
18 Down: College V.I.P. (4)
DEAN
19 Down: On ___ (occasionally) (6)
ANDOFF
23 Down: City on the Dnieper (4)
KIEV
24 Down: Shows wear (5)
FRAYS
25 Down: Soil: Prefix (4)
AGRO
26 Down: Sneezy sound (5)
ACHOO
27 Down: Lorelei's river, to Germans (5)
RHEIN
28 Down: Harsh (5)
ACERB
29 Down: Lacks (5)
NEEDS
30 Down: Isaac's son et al. (5)
ESAUS
31 Down: Lawyer: Abbr. (3)
ATT
32 Down: Diets (5)
SLIMS
34 Down: Sea eagle (3)
ERN
36 Down: "___ one, one for . . . " (6)
ALLFOR
37 Down: Secular (4)
LAIC
38 Down: Decree (4)
FIAT
43 Down: Experts (6)
ADEPTS
44 Down: Comes up (6)
ARISES
45 Down: Grape refuse (4)
MARC
47 Down: Holmes's creator (5)
DOYLE
48 Down: Portico (4)
STOA
49 Down: Conjunction (4)
THAN
50 Down: "___ we forget" (4)
LEST
51 Down: Stuff (4)
CRAM
52 Down: Ripped (4)
TORE
53 Down: Shortly (4)
SOON
54 Down: Intrigue (4)
PLOT
56 Down: Follower (3)
IST
57 Down: Edible root (3)
OCA
58 Down: Sombrero (3)
HAT

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