NY TIMES, FRI, FEB 06, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 2/6/1976. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Bouquet greenery (4)
FERN
5 Across: Fossil (5)
RELIC
10 Across: African nation (4)
MALI
14 Across: Melville title (4)
OMOO
15 Across: Clio's sister (5)
ERATO
16 Across: Sky sightings (4)
UFOS
17 Across: Red (15)
RUSSIANPOLITICO
20 Across: Perfumes (8)
ESSENCES
21 Across: Actress Smith (6)
ALEXIS
22 Across: Curtails (4)
CUTS
23 Across: Miss Bagnold (4)
ENID
24 Across: Oral declarations (6)
PAROLS
27 Across: Antique adjective (4)
OLDE
28 Across: Single thickness (3)
PLY
31 Across: Man from Muscat (5)
OMANI
32 Across: Church area (4)
APSE
33 Across: Wild plum (4)
SLOE
34 Across: White (15)
SILENTSTARPEARL
37 Across: Annexes (4)
ELLS
38 Across: Garden implements (4)
HOES
39 Across: Ready (5)
ONTAP
40 Across: Turkish title (3)
DEY
41 Across: Patch up (4)
MEND
42 Across: Rock-star John and namesakes (6)
ELTONS
43 Across: Clamp (4)
VISE
44 Across: Gone: Fr. (4)
ALLE
45 Across: Drake's conquest (6)
ARMADA
48 Across: Estrange (8)
ALIENATE
52 Across: Blue (15)
FEELINGDEJECTED
54 Across: Con (4)
ANTI
55 Across: Indian millet (5)
DURRA
56 Across: Scraped by, with "out" (4)
EKED
57 Across: Kind of hog or map (4)
ROAD
58 Across: Chest: Prefix (5)
STETH
59 Across: Actress Thompson (4)
SADA

Down Answers

1 Down: Golf cry (4)
FORE
2 Down: Cassowary's cousins (4)
EMUS
3 Down: Betsy or Barney (4)
ROSS
4 Down: Rocket heads (9)
NOSECONES
5 Down: Answers a stimulus (6)
REACTS
6 Down: Sea eagles (5)
ERNES
7 Down: Track circuits (4)
LAPS
8 Down: Japanese statesman (3)
ITO
9 Down: Sieve (8)
COLANDER
10 Down: Subdued (5)
MUTED
11 Down: In ___ (up a tree) (4)
AFIX
12 Down: Fixed points (4)
LOCI
13 Down: Prefixes for bar and metric (4)
ISOS
18 Down: Plant starch (6)
INULIN
19 Down: Netman Nastase (4)
ILIE
23 Down: "Lohengrin" lady et al. (5)
ELSAS
24 Down: Not candid (5)
POSED
25 Down: "A miss is as good as ___" (5)
AMILE
26 Down: Campaign meet (5)
RALLY
27 Down: Chose (5)
OPTED
28 Down: "Republic" author (5)
PLATO
29 Down: Navigation aid (5)
LORAN
30 Down: Barks (5)
YELPS
32 Down: In unison (5)
ASONE
33 Down: Sets the penalty (9)
SENTENCES
35 Down: "Footprints on ___ of time" (8)
THESANDS
36 Down: Gallup subject (6)
POLLEE
41 Down: Noon, in Caen (4)
MIDI
42 Down: Mendelssohn oratorio (6)
ELIJAH
43 Down: Tried and true (5)
VALID
44 Down: On the qui vive (5)
ALERT
45 Down: ___ cry (dissimilar) (4)
AFAR
46 Down: City in the West (4)
RENO
47 Down: "I ___ man with . . . " (4)
META
48 Down: Chad village (4)
ADRE
49 Down: Aleutian island (4)
ATKA
50 Down: Started like Snead (4)
TEED
51 Down: Icelandic epic (4)
EDDA
53 Down: Tennis-racquet material (3)
GUT

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