NY TIMES, FRI, MAR 19, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/19/1976. By Chet Currier.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Sour (5)
ACERB
6 Across: Shed feathers (4)
MOLT
10 Across: Batting stats (4)
RBIS
14 Across: Louisiana sight (5)
BAYOU
15 Across: Love, to Catullus (4)
AMOR
16 Across: Sea bird (4)
ERNE
17 Across: Scotland Yard items (5)
CLEWS
18 Across: Data, for short (4)
INFO
19 Across: Force (4)
DINT
20 Across: Like some jokes (13)
SIDESPLITTING
23 Across: Highway: Abbr. (3)
RTE
24 Across: Speed (3)
HIE
25 Across: Landscape debris (8)
EYESORES
30 Across: Mythical gods' blood (5)
ICHOR
34 Across: ___ Friday (3)
GAL
35 Across: Flower part (5)
PETAL
37 Across: Cattle of old (4)
KINE
38 Across: Common interjection (4)
AHAH
40 Across: Shakespeare's Katharina (5)
SHREW
42 Across: Obstacle (4)
SNAG
43 Across: Cooked (4)
DONE
44 Across: Juniper (5)
SAVIN
46 Across: Numbered cube (3)
DIE
47 Across: Ice-cream and baking (5)
SODAS
49 Across: Facial décor (8)
SIDEBURN
51 Across: Livingston, Seuss et al. (3)
DRS
53 Across: Southern power org. (3)
TVA
54 Across: Annoyance (13)
PAININTHENECK
61 Across: Stylish (4)
CHIC
63 Across: Metropolitan or disaster (4)
AREA
64 Across: Ship-mast gear (5)
RADAR
65 Across: Profanity (4)
OATH
66 Across: Sincere (4)
REAL
67 Across: Kansas town (5)
ONAGA
68 Across: Angler's aim (4)
BITE
69 Across: This, in Madrid (4)
ESTE
70 Across: Scorecard entries (5)
NAMES

Down Answers

1 Down: Basics (4)
ABCS
2 Down: City of Colombia (4)
CALI
3 Down: Regarded (4)
EYED
4 Down: Boatmen (6)
ROWERS
5 Down: Inge play (7)
BUSSTOP
6 Down: Kind of man or order (4)
MAIL
7 Down: Prefix with present or bus (4)
OMNI
8 Down: Hit a high fly (4)
LOFT
9 Down: Marital pledge (5)
TROTH
10 Down: Relatives of hillbillies (8)
REDNECKS
11 Down: Jail afloat (4)
BRIG
12 Down: Travelers' rest (3)
INN
13 Down: Work with type (3)
SET
21 Down: French parents (5)
PERES
22 Down: After Jr. (3)
III
25 Down: Golly's relatives (5)
EGADS
26 Down: "Gulliver's Travels" figure (5)
YAHOO
27 Down: African antelope (5)
ELAND
28 Down: Numerical suffixes (4)
ETHS
29 Down: Poet Teasdale et al. (5)
SARAS
31 Down: Native of India (5)
HINDU
32 Down: Walking ___ (elated) (5)
ONAIR
33 Down: Bavarian river (5)
REGEN
36 Down: Son of Jacob (4)
LEVI
39 Down: Worry (8)
HEADACHE
41 Down: Shoe-buyer's concern (5)
WIDTH
45 Down: "___ Sunday" (7)
NEVERON
48 Down: Title used by 31 Down (3)
SRI
50 Down: Kind of split or boat (6)
BANANA
52 Down: Trap (5)
SNARE
54 Down: English statesman (4)
PITT
55 Down: Provokes (4)
IRES
56 Down: Uncluttered (4)
NEAT
57 Down: Narrative (4)
TALE
58 Down: Dutch cheese (4)
EDAM
59 Down: " . . . nor iron bars a ___" (4)
CAGE
60 Down: Plateau of Yugoslavia (4)
KRAS
61 Down: Part of a golden ear (3)
COB
62 Down: "Bali ___" (3)
HAI

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