NY TIMES, MON, AUG 02, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/2/1976. By Mel Rosen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Applause (4)
HAND
5 Across: Fast (5)
RAPID
10 Across: Tennis star (4)
ASHE
14 Across: Wings (4)
ALAE
15 Across: People: Prefix (5)
ETHNO
16 Across: Shine (4)
GLOW
17 Across: Move slowly (10)
MOSEYALONG
19 Across: Move swiftly (4)
RACE
20 Across: Watched closely (8)
STAREDAT
21 Across: Fishing vessels (6)
SMACKS
23 Across: Diving duck (4)
SMEW
24 Across: Draw a ___ (5)
BLANK
25 Across: Suppliant (5)
ASKER
27 Across: Babel people, e.g. (8)
BUILDERS
30 Across: Wedding-gown feature (5)
TRAIN
31 Across: "Grand Canyon Suite" composer (5)
GROFE
32 Across: Once named (3)
NEE
33 Across: Shock (4)
STUN
34 Across: Girl's name (5)
DIANE
35 Across: Crosby (4)
BING
36 Across: Hebrew letter (3)
AIN
37 Across: Sun: Prefix (5)
HELIO
38 Across: Poem division (5)
CANTO
39 Across: Went back over (8)
RETRACED
41 Across: Symbol of authority (5)
BADGE
42 Across: Noblemen (5)
EARLS
43 Across: Monster or river (4)
GILA
44 Across: Eye part (6)
CORNEA
46 Across: Stomps on (8)
TRAMPLES
50 Across: Lover of a Rose (4)
ABIE
51 Across: Slow speed (10)
SNAILSPACE
53 Across: Cornbread (4)
PONE
54 Across: Not pleasant (5)
SEAMY
55 Across: Parasites (4)
LICE
56 Across: Cribbage markers (4)
PEGS
57 Across: Relaxes (5)
EASES
58 Across: Garden of note (4)
EDEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Bad actors (4)
HAMS
2 Down: "Thanks ___" (4)
ALOT
3 Down: Space org. (4)
NASA
4 Down: Leather for a frontiersman (8)
DEERSKIN
5 Down: School book (6)
READER
6 Down: Attorney-___ (5)
ATLAW
7 Down: Light unit (4)
PHOT
8 Down: Hostelry (3)
INN
9 Down: Low existence (8)
DOGSLIFE
10 Down: "It's ___ night for singing" (6)
AGRAND
11 Down: Slowing (10)
SLACKENING
12 Down: Pawn (4)
HOCK
13 Down: Sheep (4)
EWES
18 Down: Mideast nation (5)
YEMEN
22 Down: Kind of chauvinist (4)
MALE
24 Down: Actor Victor ___ (5)
BUONO
25 Down: Shaw (5)
ARTIE
26 Down: Moving slowly (10)
SAUNTERING
27 Down: Pleat (5)
BRAID
28 Down: French income (5)
RENTE
29 Down: Utah's flower (4)
SEGO
30 Down: Ruler (4)
TSAR
31 Down: Patron saint of cripples (5)
GILES
34 Down: Reduced to low status (8)
DECLASSE
35 Down: Spoiler of a sort (8)
BADAPPLE
37 Down: Tortoise's victim (4)
HARE
38 Down: Pacifies (5)
CALMS
40 Down: Hindu queens (6)
RANEES
41 Down: Onion rolls (6)
BIALYS
43 Down: Dirt (5)
GRIME
44 Down: Cartoonist (4)
CAPP
45 Down: English horn (4)
OBOE
46 Down: Chinese pagodas (4)
TAAS
47 Down: Set in place (4)
LAID
48 Down: "___ homo!" (4)
ECCE
49 Down: Witnessed (4)
SEEN
52 Down: Teachers' org. (3)
NEA

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