NY TIMES, FRI, MAY 21, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/21/1976. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Nimble (4)
SPRY
5 Across: Type of tire (5)
SPARE
10 Across: Genesis name (4)
ADAM
14 Across: Ballet movement (4)
PLIE
15 Across: Places for chapeaux (5)
TETES
16 Across: Wolf (4)
LOBO
17 Across: Three (15)
QUARTEROFADOZEN
20 Across: Abbr. in a boarding-house ad (3)
RMS
21 Across: Astringents (5)
ALUMS
22 Across: Defective: Prefix (5)
ATELO
23 Across: Sitka's state: Abbr. (4)
ALAS
24 Across: Favoring (3)
PRO
25 Across: Six (15)
ONEMORETHANFIVE
33 Across: Name, in old Rome (5)
NOMEN
34 Across: Sound of disapproval (4)
HISS
35 Across: Relative of an agt. (3)
REP
36 Across: Greek god of love (4)
EROS
37 Across: Face and greeting (5)
CARDS
39 Across: Part of Einstein's formula (4)
MASS
40 Across: Capek title (3)
RUR
41 Across: ___ Alto (4)
PALO
42 Across: Bout (5)
SETTO
43 Across: Nine (15)
ANYBASEBALLTEAM
47 Across: Lawyer: Abbr. (3)
ATT
48 Across: Gehrig et al. (4)
LOUS
49 Across: Gather up, as cloth (5)
SHIRR
52 Across: Bristles (5)
SETAE
54 Across: Article (3)
THE
57 Across: Twelve (15)
MIDNIGHTANDNOON
60 Across: Heraldic band (4)
ORLE
61 Across: "___ Ben Jonson" (5)
ORARE
62 Across: Past the prime (4)
AGED
63 Across: Haws' partners (4)
GEES
64 Across: Heaped (5)
PILED
65 Across: Obstacles (4)
BARS

Down Answers

1 Down: Forum initials (4)
SPQR
2 Down: " . . . and pulled out a ___" (4)
PLUM
3 Down: Inlets (4)
RIAS
4 Down: Suffix for law or saw (3)
YER
5 Down: Of a pillar (6)
STELAR
6 Down: Examine (6)
PERUSE
7 Down: Type of bomb (4)
ATOM
8 Down: Grid officials (4)
REFS
9 Down: That, in Valencia (3)
ESA
10 Down: "That's ___ malarkey!" (6)
ALOTOF
11 Down: Be inattentive (4)
DOZE
12 Down: Actor Walter (4)
ABEL
13 Down: Kind of gram or maniac (4)
MONO
18 Down: Claw (5)
TALON
19 Down: Relatives of drats (5)
DARNS
23 Down: Iowa city (4)
AMES
24 Down: Bridge call (4)
PASS
25 Down: Burdens, to Caesar (5)
ONERA
26 Down: No-hit, ___ game (5)
NORUN
27 Down: Atlanta campus (5)
EMORY
28 Down: Heart action (5)
THROB
29 Down: Kept under cover (3)
HID
30 Down: Furious (5)
IRATE
31 Down: Hearth goddess (5)
VESTA
32 Down: Type of salts (5)
EPSOM
37 Down: "The die is ___" (4)
CAST
38 Down: Beverage (3)
ALE
39 Down: N.Y. players (4)
METS
41 Down: Writer Angelo (5)
PATRI
42 Down: Swerved (5)
SLUED
44 Down: Critic Clive (6)
BARNES
45 Down: Town in north Italy (6)
ALTARE
46 Down: Made a bank deal (6)
LOANED
49 Down: Pollution factor (4)
SMOG
50 Down: Take on (4)
HIRE
51 Down: Groundless (4)
IDLE
52 Down: Hindu goddess (4)
SHRI
53 Down: Relative of etc. (4)
ETAL
54 Down: Roman garment (4)
TOGA
55 Down: Garden worker (4)
HOER
56 Down: Divinity shapings (4)
ENDS
58 Down: Pol. party (3)
GOP
59 Down: Seize (3)
NAB

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