NY TIMES, FRI, JUL 02, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/2/1976. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Elephant-herd member (4)
CALF
5 Across: Circus man (5)
TAMER
10 Across: Window rest (4)
SILL
14 Across: Sharif (4)
OMAR
15 Across: "Swan Lake" role (5)
ODILE
16 Across: Malay canoe (4)
PROA
17 Across: Medical directive (15)
TAKETWOASPIRINS
20 Across: Wheel handlers (8)
STEERERS
21 Across: Poker moves (6)
RAISES
22 Across: Decoy (4)
LURE
23 Across: Do a diva's job (4)
SING
24 Across: Hot drinks (6)
COCOAS
27 Across: Rams' mates (4)
EWES
28 Across: Ziegfeld (3)
FLO
31 Across: Poe's middle name (5)
ALLAN
32 Across: Moravian or Pole (4)
SLAV
33 Across: Word with board or trap (4)
CLAP
34 Across: Medical directive (15)
READTHEEYECHART
37 Across: Cotton and sloe (4)
GINS
38 Across: Up in ___ (angry) (4)
ARMS
39 Across: Gate joint (5)
HINGE
40 Across: Light-switch options (3)
ONS
41 Across: Grant (4)
GIVE
42 Across: Pawned (6)
HOCKED
43 Across: Anent (4)
INRE
44 Across: Deposit the car (4)
PARK
45 Across: Ruggles's home (6)
REDGAP
48 Across: Angelic ones (8)
SERAPHIM
52 Across: Medical directive (15)
OPENWIDERPLEASE
54 Across: Before skirt or kin (4)
MINI
55 Across: Present occasion (5)
NONCE
56 Across: On the briny (4)
ASEA
57 Across: Playbill info (4)
ACTS
58 Across: Attendant of Bacchus (5)
SATYR
59 Across: Throw off (4)
SHED

Down Answers

1 Down: Barracks units (4)
COTS
2 Down: Amo, amas, ___ (4)
AMAT
3 Down: Como or Louise (4)
LAKE
4 Down: Sponges on (9)
FREELOADS
5 Down: Leaning and ivory (6)
TOWERS
6 Down: Dote on (5)
ADORE
7 Down: Ms. Farrow et al. (4)
MIAS
8 Down: Overhead lines (3)
ELS
9 Down: Welcome word on death row (8)
REPRIEVE
10 Down: Plant cutting (5)
SPRIG
11 Down: Author Murdoch (4)
IRIS
12 Down: Kind of wolf (4)
LONE
13 Down: Colleen (4)
LASS
18 Down: Hookey player (6)
TRUANT
19 Down: Fleming and namesakes (4)
IANS
23 Down: Oscillates (5)
SWAYS
24 Down: Loader's concern (5)
CARGO
25 Down: Fat liquid (5)
OLEIN
26 Down: Highland groups (5)
CLANS
27 Down: Fig variety (5)
ELEME
28 Down: Kind of steak (5)
FLANK
29 Down: Outsize (5)
LARGE
30 Down: Decided to (5)
OPTED
32 Down: Do time (5)
SERVE
33 Down: Edible plant seeds (9)
CHICKPEAS
35 Down: Coiffeur's gear (8)
HAIRPINS
36 Down: Of a singing group (6)
CHORAL
41 Down: Eat away at (4)
GNAW
42 Down: Actress Valerie (6)
HARPER
43 Down: Fire: Lat. (5)
IGNIS
44 Down: Illinois Senator (5)
PERCY
45 Down: "Arrivederci ___" (4)
ROMA
46 Down: Iliad, e.g. (4)
EPIC
47 Down: Parking-lot memento (4)
DENT
48 Down: Dispatched (4)
SENT
49 Down: Leftovers dish (4)
HASH
50 Down: Words of understanding (4)
ISEE
51 Down: Honey quaff (4)
MEAD
53 Down: "Send a boy to ___ man's job" (3)
DOA

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