NY TIMES, FRI, MAY 14, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/14/1976. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "I never ___ purple cow" (4)
SAWA
5 Across: Verbal rubbish (5)
BILGE
10 Across: Tattle (4)
TELL
14 Across: Sevareid (4)
ERIC
15 Across: Eye parts (5)
UVEAS
16 Across: "Essays of ___" (4)
ELIA
17 Across: Tom (15)
MASCULINETURKEY
20 Across: Encroached (8)
IMPINGED
21 Across: Storks' relatives (6)
HERONS
22 Across: Slave Scott (4)
DRED
23 Across: Fountain order (4)
COLA
24 Across: Go ___ (deteriorate) (6)
TOSEED
27 Across: Russell or Powell (4)
JANE
28 Across: Time initials (3)
CST
31 Across: " . . . live as cheaply ___" (5)
ASONE
32 Across: Indira's robe (4)
SARI
33 Across: Top-notch (4)
AONE
34 Across: Dick (15)
SCOTLANDYARDMAN
37 Across: Does work on a doily (4)
TATS
38 Across: Bishoprics (4)
SEES
39 Across: Dispossess (5)
EVICT
40 Across: After mock or crock (3)
ERY
41 Across: Boer town (4)
STAD
42 Across: Atelier garb (6)
SMOCKS
43 Across: Copied (4)
APED
44 Across: Senate faction (4)
BLOC
45 Across: Better ventilated (6)
AIRIER
48 Across: Tolerable (8)
BEARABLE
52 Across: Harry (15)
CAUSEIRRITATION
54 Across: Actor Jannings (4)
EMIL
55 Across: Ladd film (5)
SHANE
56 Across: Miss Bagnold (4)
ENID
57 Across: Borge, for one (4)
DANE
58 Across: King and Hong (5)
KONGS
59 Across: Cub Scout units (4)
DENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Half: Prefix (4)
SEMI
2 Down: Thomas Hood hero (4)
ARAM
3 Down: Fragment (4)
WISP
4 Down: Highway statistics (9)
ACCIDENTS
5 Down: Protruded (6)
BULGED
6 Down: Covered with vines (5)
IVIED
7 Down: ___ a hand (4)
LEND
8 Down: Proceed, Scottish style (3)
GAE
9 Down: Neighbor of Latvia: Var. (8)
ESTHONIA
10 Down: Earth, to Caesar (5)
TERRA
11 Down: Nevada city (4)
ELKO
12 Down: Mortgage (4)
LIEN
13 Down: Minstrel poems (4)
LAYS
18 Down: Let out, as fishline (6)
UNREEL
19 Down: Congo river (4)
UELE
23 Down: Grant et al. (5)
CARYS
24 Down: Discernment (5)
TASTE
25 Down: Hollywood plum (5)
OSCAR
26 Down: Begrimed (5)
SOOTY
27 Down: Blasé (5)
JADED
28 Down: Kind of strip (5)
COMIC
29 Down: Tidbit (5)
SNACK
30 Down: Khayyám products (5)
TENTS
32 Down: Golf V.I.P. (5)
SNEAD
33 Down: Supported (9)
ADVOCATED
35 Down: Reference symbol (8)
ASTERISK
36 Down: Shark passenger (6)
REMORA
41 Down: Graf ___ (4)
SPEE
42 Down: Election lists (6)
SLATES
43 Down: Bride's milieu (5)
AISLE
44 Down: Human or time (5)
BEING
45 Down: Executed a tennis coup (4)
ACED
46 Down: "___ Camera" (4)
IAMA
47 Down: Partner of wrack (4)
RUIN
48 Down: Grain husk (4)
BRAN
49 Down: Spiral stem (4)
BINE
50 Down: Meat cut (4)
LOIN
51 Down: Pass catchers (4)
ENDS
53 Down: After pi (3)
RHO

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