NY TIMES, FRI, JUL 16, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/16/1976. By John Prytz.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Food fish (4)
CARP
5 Across: Golden or fatted (4)
CALF
9 Across: Groups of seals (4)
PODS
13 Across: Length times width (4)
AREA
14 Across: Seed cover (4)
ARIL
15 Across: Takes out wrinkles (5)
IRONS
17 Across: Young salmon (4)
PARR
18 Across: Missile housing (4)
SILO
19 Across: Of the kidneys (5)
RENAL
20 Across: Jim Hawkins's quest (14)
BURIEDTREASURE
23 Across: Haves and have-___ (4)
NOTS
24 Across: Insect (3)
ANT
25 Across: Sorensen (3)
TED
26 Across: Italian poet (5)
DANTE
28 Across: Long John (6)
SILVER
31 Across: Silkworm (3)
ERI
32 Across: Ocean, usually bounding (4)
MAIN
34 Across: Family of corals (6)
ISIDAE
38 Across: Miss Harding et al. (4)
ANNS
40 Across: Freebooter's prize (5)
TROVE
42 Across: Key part of 40 Across (4)
GOLD
43 Across: Condensation (6)
DIGEST
45 Across: Houston initials (4)
NASA
47 Across: Western Indian (3)
UTE
48 Across: Periods between wars (6)
PEACES
50 Across: Spring harbinger (5)
ROBIN
52 Across: Beast of burden (3)
ASS
55 Across: Time period (3)
ERA
56 Across: Sandburg (4)
CARL
57 Across: Loot-bearing ship of old (14)
SPANISHGALLEON
62 Across: Alluring one (5)
SIREN
63 Across: Greek letter (4)
IOTA
64 Across: Exits (4)
GOES
66 Across: Peculiarity (5)
TRAIT
67 Across: Wood color (4)
EBON
68 Across: "This one's ___" (4)
ONME
69 Across: Norway fiord (4)
OSLO
70 Across: Parts of glasses (4)
RIMS
71 Across: Certain mil. people (4)
NSOS

Down Answers

1 Down: Polar or night (3)
CAP
2 Down: Street ___ (gamin) (4)
ARAB
3 Down: Showing again (9)
RERUNNING
4 Down: Pet for 28 Across (6)
PARROT
5 Down: Gives the once-over (5)
CASES
6 Down: Unproductive (4)
ARID
7 Down: Springy motion (4)
LILT
8 Down: Kind of wreath (6)
FLORAL
9 Down: Jolly Roger fliers (7)
PIRATES
10 Down: Galena and bauxite (4)
ORES
11 Down: Sinker (5)
DONUT
12 Down: Trap (5)
SNARE
16 Down: Eskimo transit (4)
SLED
21 Down: Detail (4)
ITEM
22 Down: Turns green, in a way (6)
ENVIES
26 Down: Kind of duck (4)
DEAD
27 Down: Indian buffalo: Var. (4)
ARNI
28 Down: "Aye-aye, ___" (3)
SIR
29 Down: ___ fell swoop (5)
INONE
30 Down: Manipulate (3)
RIG
33 Down: Rose oils (6)
ATTARS
35 Down: Items in 20 Across (9)
DOUBLOONS
36 Down: High: Prefix (4)
ALTI
37 Down: Eve's address (4)
EDEN
39 Down: Disjoined: Abbr. (3)
SEP
41 Down: Biological duct (3)
VAS
44 Down: Peek successfully (7)
SEEINTO
46 Down: Russian sea (4)
ARAL
49 Down: Loosely-bound pamphlet (6)
CAHIER
51 Down: Well-known trail (6)
OREGON
52 Down: Helper: Abbr. (4)
ASST
53 Down: Agnew (5)
SPIRO
54 Down: Actress Allgood et al. (5)
SARAS
56 Down: Social groups (5)
CLANS
58 Down: Armstrong or Diamond (4)
NEIL
59 Down: Asian desert (4)
GOBI
60 Down: Type of bomb (4)
ATOM
61 Down: Verne's voyager (4)
NEMO
65 Down: French possessive (3)
SES

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