NY TIMES, FRI, MAR 05, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/5/1976. By Sophie Fierman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Wood-soled shoes (5)
CLOGS
6 Across: Goddess of hope (4)
SPES
10 Across: Swiss sights (4)
ALPS
14 Across: Pilotless plane (5)
ROBOT
15 Across: Port, for one (4)
WINE
16 Across: Some make it in four minutes (4)
MILE
17 Across: " . . . can you spare ___?" (5)
ADIME
18 Across: Recorded proceedings (4)
ACTA
19 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
20 Across: Spoilers (11)
WETBLANKETS
23 Across: ___ distance (3)
ATA
24 Across: Paddle (3)
OAR
25 Across: Amatory (8)
EROTICAL
27 Across: Wood sorrel (3)
OCA
30 Across: Minded the baby (3)
SAT
32 Across: Marsh (3)
FEN
33 Across: Spoilers (8)
KILLJOYS
36 Across: Body of principles (5)
ETHIC
40 Across: Equatorial dwellers (7)
ASCIANS
41 Across: Chemical compound (7)
CAPRONE
43 Across: Rage (5)
STORM
44 Across: Spoilers (8)
SADSACKS
45 Across: Cleo's death weapon (3)
ASP
47 Across: Kind of ball or Fellow (3)
ODD
48 Across: Presidential initials (3)
HST
49 Across: Of a foreign service (8)
CONSULAR
53 Across: Coffee container (3)
URN
56 Across: Make tracks (3)
HIE
57 Across: Spoiler (11)
PARTYPOOPER
62 Across: Between Thomas and Edison (4)
ALVA
64 Across: Dolphin genus (4)
INIA
65 Across: Be an author (5)
WRITE
66 Across: Nourish (4)
FEED
67 Across: Consider (4)
DEEM
68 Across: Eat, in Bonn (5)
ESSEN
69 Across: Uses poor judgment (4)
ERRS
70 Across: Soap-frame bar (4)
SESS
71 Across: "___ said, soonest mended" (5)
LEAST

Down Answers

1 Down: Where something unpleasant sticks (4)
CRAW
2 Down: Mine vein (4)
LODE
3 Down: News piece (4)
OBIT
4 Down: Eastern hemp (5)
GOMBO
5 Down: Engraved pillar (5)
STELA
6 Down: "___ Lake" (4)
SWAN
7 Down: Certain placard carriers (7)
PICKETS
8 Down: Word on a door (5)
ENTER
9 Down: By the ___ one's pants (6)
SEATOF
10 Down: Candlenut tree (3)
AMA
11 Down: Perfume scent (5)
LILAC
12 Down: Rio de la ___ (5)
PLATA
13 Down: Of an ecological period (5)
SERAL
21 Down: Pyromaniac's crime (5)
ARSON
22 Down: Saturates (6)
STEEPS
26 Down: Kind of mural (5)
INTRA
27 Down: Turkish weights (4)
OKAS
28 Down: Ancient chest (4)
CIST
29 Down: Tropical dog (4)
ALCO
31 Down: Affirmative votes (3)
AYS
34 Down: Turkish pounds (5)
LIRAS
35 Down: Obstructs (6)
JAMSUP
37 Down: High, in Germany (4)
HOCH
38 Down: Wets a stamping pad (4)
INKS
39 Down: Girdle of Venus (4)
CEST
41 Down: Heel (3)
CAD
42 Down: Make sense (5)
ADDUP
44 Down: Sudden attacks (7)
SORTIES
46 Down: Kilt patterns (6)
PLAIDS
49 Down: Rub the wrong way (5)
CHAFE
50 Down: Tanker (5)
OILER
51 Down: "___ say die" (5)
NEVER
52 Down: Wild buffalo (5)
ARNEE
54 Down: Spur wheel (5)
ROWEL
55 Down: People of Oslo (5)
NORSE
58 Down: Sweet potatoes (4)
YAMS
59 Down: Italian city (4)
PISA
60 Down: French seasons (4)
ETES
61 Down: Live in an apartment (4)
RENT
63 Down: Want ___ (3)
ADS

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