NY TIMES, FRI, JAN 16, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/16/1976. By Elaine D. Schorr.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fix a hose hole (4)
DARN
5 Across: Strains, as one's brains (5)
RACKS
10 Across: Torero's wear (4)
CAPA
14 Across: Tropical oil tree (4)
EBOE
15 Across: Atlantic convoy's foe (5)
UBOAT
16 Across: Swan genus (4)
OLOR
17 Across: Certain sixth sense (15)
WOMANSINTUITION
20 Across: Allows (8)
SUPPOSES
21 Across: Pipe-bowl residue (6)
DOTTLE
22 Across: Prefix with fold or dent (3)
TRI
23 Across: "I ___ man with . . . " (4)
META
24 Across: City on the Arno (4)
PISA
25 Across: Like a friar (8)
MONASTIC
29 Across: Family members (11)
MAIDENAUNTS
32 Across: Mrs. Johnson (3)
OSA
33 Across: Early thrall (4)
ESNE
34 Across: Jet plane (3)
SST
35 Across: Hair coils (4)
BUNS
36 Across: Man of briefs: Abbr. (3)
ATT
37 Across: Worldly parent (11)
MOTHEREARTH
41 Across: Mother's order to child (8)
DOASISAY
43 Across: Cloth measures (4)
ELLS
44 Across: Shade givers (4)
ELMS
45 Across: Harden (3)
GEL
46 Across: Breastbone: Prefix (6)
STERNO
49 Across: ___ the Mount (8)
SERMONON
54 Across: Fiancées, in a way (15)
LADIESINWAITING
56 Across: Helm direction (4)
ALEE
57 Across: Like some walls (5)
IVIED
58 Across: Work on copy (4)
EDIT
59 Across: ___ wear (4)
MENS
60 Across: Cavalry piece (5)
SABRE
61 Across: Sleuths: Abbr. (4)
DETS

Down Answers

1 Down: Moistens (4)
DEWS
2 Down: Arabian father (4)
ABOU
3 Down: Cut a dido (4)
ROMP
4 Down: Ocean current (8)
NEAPTIDE
5 Down: Ballet or bank (7)
RUSSIAN
6 Down: Rose's Romeo (4)
ABIE
7 Down: Swindles (4)
CONS
8 Down: Arabian tea (3)
KAT
9 Down: Matriculant (7)
STUDENT
10 Down: Priestly surplices (6)
COTTAS
11 Down: Came down (4)
ALIT
12 Down: Relative of a cartel (4)
POOL
13 Down: British composer (4)
ARNE
18 Down: People of Bergen (5)
NORSE
19 Down: Small bits (5)
IOTAS
23 Down: Casino card game (5)
MONTE
24 Down: Ship of exploring fame (5)
PINTA
25 Down: Like an overripe melon (5)
MUSHY
26 Down: Cook's offerings (5)
TOURS
27 Down: "___ It Romantic?" (4)
ISNT
28 Down: Wherewithal (4)
CASH
29 Down: Lake or Margaret (4)
MEAD
30 Down: Concerning (4)
ASTO
31 Down: Movie dog et al. (5)
ASTAS
35 Down: Went to the polls (8)
BALLOTED
37 Down: A.A. ___ (5)
MILNE
38 Down: Subtle absorption (7)
OSMOSIS
39 Down: Do a road job (7)
REGRADE
40 Down: Tropical resin (5)
ELEMI
42 Down: World ___ (6)
SERIES
46 Down: Bridge bid (4)
SLAM
47 Down: Narrative (4)
TALE
48 Down: British P.M. (4)
EDEN
49 Down: Rebuff, Scottish style (4)
SNIB
50 Down: Pitcher (4)
EWER
51 Down: Brood of pheasants (4)
NIDE
52 Down: " . . . with a blue ribbon ___" (4)
ONIT
53 Down: Theater-ad abbr. (4)
NGTS
55 Down: Ragweed genus (3)
IVA

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