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

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/12/1976. By Mel Rosen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Auroral time (4)
DAWN
5 Across: A Rockefeller (5)
HAPPY
10 Across: Get up and go (4)
MOVE
14 Across: Pinza (4)
EZIO
15 Across: Earth color (5)
OCHRE
16 Across: Maple genus (4)
ACER
17 Across: New York City and Kansas City (15)
CONVENTIONSITES
20 Across: Pennsylvania, e.g. (3)
AVE
21 Across: Stringed instrument (4)
VIOL
22 Across: ___ a platform (5)
ADOPT
23 Across: Swiss herdsman (4)
SENN
24 Across: Put together (4)
MADE
26 Across: Checking out, to a yegg (6)
CASING
29 Across: Put up for approval (8)
NOMINATE
33 Across: Turkish title (4)
AGHA
34 Across: Leander's lover et al. (5)
HEROS
35 Across: Reptile (3)
BOA
36 Across: Political opportunist's credo (15)
PROMISEANYTHING
40 Across: Poetic word (3)
EER
41 Across: Fiber knots (5)
NOILS
42 Across: German river (4)
ODER
43 Across: Some candidates (8)
SENATORS
45 Across: Composer Edgard ___ (6)
VARESE
47 Across: Stands for election (4)
RUNS
48 Across: 'Bye (4)
TATA
49 Across: Possessive (5)
THEIR
52 Across: Mexican approval (4)
SISI
53 Across: Boxer's target (3)
JAW
56 Across: Certain follow-up (15)
SECONDINGSPEECH
60 Across: Andy's friend (4)
AMOS
61 Across: Writer John ___ (5)
OHARA
62 Across: Only (4)
MERE
63 Across: Stir up (4)
RILE
64 Across: ___ Bruce (Dr. Watson in films) (5)
NIGEL
65 Across: Victim (4)
PREY

Down Answers

1 Down: Ten: Prefix (4)
DECA
2 Down: Russian sea (4)
AZOV
3 Down: Sherry (4)
WINE
4 Down: Important mo. (3)
NOV
5 Down: Improving the edge (6)
HONING
6 Down: Take steps (5)
ACTON
7 Down: Silvers (4)
PHIL
8 Down: Play-for-pay person (3)
PRO
9 Down: Itch (3)
YEN
10 Down: Kind of voyage (6)
MAIDEN
11 Down: Eight: Prefix (4)
OCTO
12 Down: Barkley (4)
VEEP
13 Down: Formerly, of old (4)
ERST
18 Down: Fifty-fifty (4)
EVEN
19 Down: Cruel one (6)
SADIST
23 Down: Place for Anna (4)
SIAM
24 Down: September times (5)
MORNS
25 Down: Formosa Strait island (4)
AMOY
26 Down: Horn and Hatteras (5)
CAPES
27 Down: Reach accord (5)
AGREE
28 Down: Wool-less (5)
SHORN
29 Down: Actress Patricia and family (5)
NEALS
30 Down: Stand for (5)
ABIDE
31 Down: Hues (5)
TONES
32 Down: Tidal flood (5)
EAGRE
34 Down: Legatees (5)
HEIRS
37 Down: One after another (6)
INTURN
38 Down: Shortly (4)
SOON
39 Down: Lively dance (4)
HORA
44 Down: Songlike (6)
ARIOSE
45 Down: Feudal underling (6)
VASSAL
46 Down: "Take ___ from me" (4)
ATIP
48 Down: Ethiopian province (5)
TIGRE
49 Down: Ivan or Peter (4)
TSAR
50 Down: Half: Prefix (4)
HEMI
51 Down: Campaign issue: Abbr. (4)
ECOL
52 Down: Hindrance (4)
SNAG
53 Down: Deride (4)
JEER
54 Down: Land measure (4)
ACRE
55 Down: Miss Muffet's fare (4)
WHEY
57 Down: River to 2 Down (3)
DON
58 Down: N.Z. fish (3)
IHI
59 Down: Napoleon, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
EMP

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