NY TIMES, MON, NOV 29, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/29/1976. By Jack L. Steinhardt.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Parish priest (4)
CURE
5 Across: Preclude (5)
DEBAR
10 Across: Doctrinal group (4)
SECT
14 Across: Made time (4)
HIED
15 Across: Originated (5)
AROSE
16 Across: Cupid (4)
AMOR
17 Across: Like the U.S. Cavalry (15)
INTHENICKOFTIME
20 Across: N.Y. transit operator (3)
MTA
21 Across: Promise's partner (4)
LICK
22 Across: Tapestry (5)
ARRAS
23 Across: Muscular conditions (7)
PALSIES
25 Across: Silkworm (4)
ERIA
27 Across: Kind of type: Abbr. (4)
ITAL
28 Across: Highway crossing (8)
OVERPASS
32 Across: Calls the bet (5)
STAYS
34 Across: Water pipes (5)
MAINS
35 Across: Sheepfold, in Scotland (3)
REE
36 Across: Commedia dell'___ (4)
ARTE
37 Across: Swiss city (5)
BASLE
38 Across: Washington agt. (4)
TMAN
39 Across: Maiden-name word (3)
NEE
40 Across: Actor Gunn (5)
MOSES
41 Across: Commandment word (5)
SHALT
42 Across: Dinner courses (8)
DESSERTS
44 Across: Has-been racehorse (4)
PLUG
45 Across: Drinks (4)
ADES
46 Across: Analytic chemical substance (7)
REAGENT
49 Across: Plump (5)
OBESE
52 Across: Essential content (4)
MEAT
53 Across: Prefix for meter or gram (3)
DIA
54 Across: Narrowly (15)
BYAHAIRSBREADTH
58 Across: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
59 Across: Influential person (5)
MOGUL
60 Across: P.I. native (4)
MORO
61 Across: Bamboo, e.g. (4)
REED
62 Across: ___ of call (5)
PORTS
63 Across: Dirk (4)
SNEE

Down Answers

1 Down: Ape, for short (5)
CHIMP
2 Down: Western range (5)
UINTA
3 Down: Strikes back (10)
RETALIATES
4 Down: Old English letter (3)
EDH
5 Down: Pianist Barenboim (6)
DANIEL
6 Down: The Red et al. (5)
ERICS
7 Down: Spring beer (4)
BOCK
8 Down: Charge (3)
ASK
9 Down: Spanish criminal (3)
REO
10 Down: Persian governor (6)
SATRAP
11 Down: Mideast prince (4)
EMIR
12 Down: Botanical tuft (4)
COMA
13 Down: ___ bien (4)
TRES
18 Down: Howe (5)
ELIAS
19 Down: Showy events (5)
FAIRS
24 Down: Eye swelling: Var. (4)
STYE
25 Down: Base qualities (5)
EVILS
26 Down: Director Clair (4)
RENE
28 Down: Wadis (5)
OASES
29 Down: The final battle (10)
ARMAGEDDON
30 Down: Bond (4)
SEAL
31 Down: Conveyed (4)
SENT
32 Down: Box or blast (4)
SAND
33 Down: Juniper or hemlock (4)
TREE
34 Down: Poles (5)
MASTS
37 Down: Carried (4)
BORE
38 Down: Ruffian (4)
THUG
40 Down: Wife of Jason (5)
MEDEA
41 Down: Agenda (5)
SLATE
43 Down: Equipped with a band (6)
SASHED
44 Down: Units of wisdom (6)
PEARLS
46 Down: Disprove (5)
REBUT
47 Down: White salt (5)
NITRE
48 Down: Western lake (5)
TAHOE
49 Down: Headwaiter, in Hamburg (4)
OBER
50 Down: Cowshed (4)
BYRE
51 Down: Informality (4)
EASE
52 Down: Prelate: Abbr. (4)
MSGR
55 Down: Pixy (3)
IMP
56 Down: Aussie animal (3)
ROO
57 Down: Times of day: Abbr. (3)
AMS

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