NY TIMES, FRI, JUL 23, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/23/1976. By Frank Geary.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Oriental nurse (4)
AMAH
5 Across: Pitfalls (5)
TRAPS
10 Across: One of the common people (4)
PLEB
14 Across: Kind of minimum (4)
BARE
15 Across: ___ aves (oners) (5)
RARAE
16 Across: Old S.A. measure (4)
LINO
17 Across: Muddled (4)
ASEA
18 Across: Tree product (5)
ACORN
19 Across: Hep (4)
ONTO
20 Across: Awning salesmen, in a way (15)
SHADYCHARACTERS
23 Across: Lothario (4)
RAKE
24 Across: Piece of armor plate (6)
TASSET
25 Across: Mounts for sheiks (6)
CAMELS
28 Across: Yokel (4)
BOOR
30 Across: Occupy pleasurably (5)
AMUSE
31 Across: Yogi (5)
BERRA
32 Across: Youth org. (3)
BSA
35 Across: Nuisance (4)
PEST
36 Across: Solomon et al. (5)
SAGES
37 Across: Incite (4)
PROD
38 Across: Prior to: Prefix (3)
PRE
39 Across: Chips in (5)
ANTES
40 Across: Rebel (5)
ARISE
41 Across: Bevel out (4)
REAM
42 Across: Terminus of a trail (6)
OREGON
43 Across: Kind of breast soothed by music (6)
SAVAGE
47 Across: Victim of Apollo (4)
OTUS
48 Across: Victims of hot oil (15)
THEFORTYTHIEVES
54 Across: Indian camel (4)
OONT
55 Across: Incensed (5)
IRATE
56 Across: Alliance (4)
NATO
57 Across: True ___ (4)
BLUE
58 Across: "It ___ happened" (5)
NEVER
59 Across: Ruler (4)
TSAR
60 Across: Tea-leaf reader (4)
SEER
61 Across: Auto parts (5)
GEARS
62 Across: Bristle (4)
SETA

Down Answers

1 Down: Eastern garments (4)
ABAS
2 Down: Prepare potatoes (4)
MASH
3 Down: Scope (4)
AREA
4 Down: Part of a dental chair (8)
HEADREST
5 Down: Stalks (6)
TRACKS
6 Down: Hound, in England (5)
RACHE
7 Down: Venezuelan town (4)
AROA
8 Down: One of Henry's wives (4)
PARR
9 Down: Two to a state (8)
SENATORS
10 Down: Connives (5)
PLOTS
11 Down: Something read between (5)
LINES
12 Down: Among, in Paris (5)
ENTRE
13 Down: Hoist (5)
BOOST
21 Down: Elihu (4)
YALE
22 Down: S.A. Indian (4)
CARA
25 Down: Dogpatch creator (4)
CAPP
26 Down: New World resident: Abbr. (4)
AMER
27 Down: Meditate (4)
MUSE
28 Down: Adorn (5)
BEGEM
29 Down: Diggings (4)
ORES
31 Down: P.I. child (4)
BATA
32 Down: Sailing ship (4)
BRIG
33 Down: Middling (4)
SOSO
34 Down: Arabian gulf (4)
ADEN
36 Down: Showing scorn (8)
SNEERING
37 Down: Introduces (8)
PRESENTS
39 Down: Ship of myth (4)
ARGO
40 Down: African sheep (4)
ARUI
42 Down: Not us (6)
OTHERS
43 Down: Short stakes (5)
STOBS
44 Down: Make ___-in-one (5)
AHOLE
45 Down: Scene of an action (5)
VENUE
46 Down: The morning ___ (5)
AFTER
47 Down: Weasel's cousin (5)
OTTER
49 Down: Ginkgo or ash (4)
TREE
50 Down: Old Indian weight (4)
YAVA
51 Down: Container (4)
VASE
52 Down: Target of a coup (4)
ETAT
53 Down: Marsh bird (4)
SORA

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