NY TIMES, MON, DEC 27, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/27/1976. By Martha J. DeWitt.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pahlavi (4)
SHAH
5 Across: Memphis god (4)
PTAH
9 Across: Young horse (4)
FOAL
13 Across: Kind of duck (4)
LAME
14 Across: Composer Heitor Villa-___ (5)
LOBOS
16 Across: ___ over lightly (4)
ONCE
17 Across: Kind of sauce (4)
ALEC
18 Across: Deano's theme (5)
AMORE
19 Across: Plexus (4)
RETE
20 Across: Shenanigans (14)
MONKEYBUSINESS
23 Across: Lowlier (4)
LESS
24 Across: Genesis name (4)
ENOS
25 Across: Quibble (5)
CAVIL
28 Across: Regal rods (8)
SCEPTERS
32 Across: Hot spots (5)
OVENS
33 Across: ___ Booth Luce (5)
CLARE
34 Across: Kind of moon (3)
NEW
35 Across: Kind of vase (4)
MING
36 Across: Sets of twins (5)
PAIRS
37 Across: Actor Paul (4)
MUNI
38 Across: Prefix for tope (3)
ISO
39 Across: Poisons (5)
BANES
40 Across: Sill and Ord, e.g. (5)
FORTS
41 Across: Sill and Ord, for generals (8)
COMMANDS
43 Across: Loam (5)
LOESS
44 Across: End of "The King" (4)
ANDI
45 Across: Sheep snorts (4)
BAAS
47 Across: Grief on the Nile (14)
CROCODILETEARS
53 Across: Lion's insigne (4)
ROAR
54 Across: Tore (5)
RACED
55 Across: Lockup (4)
JAIL
56 Across: Con (4)
ANTI
57 Across: In accord (5)
ATONE
58 Across: Jason's ship (4)
ARGO
59 Across: Snafu (4)
MESS
60 Across: Tackles' neighbors (4)
ENDS
61 Across: Mae or Key (4)
WEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Kind of bang (4)
SLAM
2 Down: Saint's insigne (4)
HALO
3 Down: Kind of corner (4)
AMEN
4 Down: Politicians' bane (8)
HECKLING
5 Down: Frolics (5)
PLAYS
6 Down: Grant's and Hadrian's (5)
TOMBS
7 Down: Ben Adhem (4)
ABOU
8 Down: Old-time transportation (9)
HORSECARS
9 Down: Shade of green (6)
FOREST
10 Down: Washington engravings (4)
ONES
11 Down: Takes steps (4)
ACTS
12 Down: Kind of shore (3)
LEE
15 Down: Certain fishermen (7)
SEINERS
21 Down: Smorgasbord delicacies (4)
EELS
22 Down: Opposite of yep (4)
NOPE
25 Down: Kind of opera (5)
COMIC
26 Down: Dispatch boat (5)
AVISO
27 Down: Fang fluid (5)
VENOM
28 Down: Moves furtively (5)
SLIES
29 Down: Harden (5)
ENURE
30 Down: Charters (5)
RENTS
31 Down: Kind of miss (5)
SWISS
33 Down: Certain runner (9)
CANDIDATE
36 Down: Certain box-opener (7)
PANDORA
37 Down: City in Saskatchewan (8)
MOOSEJAW
39 Down: Judicial bench (4)
BANC
40 Down: Kind of feet (4)
FLAT
42 Down: N.Z. aborigines (6)
MAORIS
45 Down: Mixture (5)
BLEND
46 Down: Mosquito genus (5)
AEDES
47 Down: Geometric solid (4)
CONE
48 Down: Cry of disgust (4)
RATS
49 Down: Sacred image (4)
ICON
50 Down: Bern's river (4)
AARE
51 Down: Big trucks (4)
RIGS
52 Down: Kind of machine (4)
SLOT
53 Down: Kind of rod (3)
RAM

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