NY TIMES, FRI, AUG 27, 1976 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/27/1976. By Sophie Fierman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Phony (4)
- SHAM
- 5 Across: "___ were the days" (5)
- THOSE
- 10 Across: Get along (4)
- FARE
- 14 Across: Tourist spot in Italy (4)
- PISA
- 15 Across: Actor Novarro (5)
- RAMON
- 16 Across: Matured (4)
- AGED
- 17 Across: Insist (4)
- AVER
- 18 Across: Sluggish (5)
- INERT
- 19 Across: Lie at anchor (4)
- RIDE
- 20 Across: Attempt the unattainable (15)
- REACHFORTHEMOON
- 23 Across: Wallach (3)
- ELI
- 24 Across: Take advantage of (3)
- USE
- 25 Across: Kind of highness (6)
- SERENE
- 29 Across: Limit (8)
- RESTRICT
- 34 Across: Advocate: Suffix (5)
- ARIAN
- 35 Across: Biblical weed (4)
- TARE
- 36 Across: Sweet girl (3)
- SUE
- 37 Across: Do an exercise in futility (15)
- TILTATWINDMILLS
- 41 Across: Hot diamonds (3)
- ICE
- 42 Across: Russian hemp (4)
- RINE
- 43 Across: Having two left feet (5)
- INEPT
- 44 Across: Study of a face part (8)
- NASOLOGY
- 47 Across: Spanish shawls (6)
- MANTAS
- 48 Across: Like tartar steak (3)
- RAW
- 49 Across: On the ___ (hiding) (3)
- LAM
- 50 Across: Accomplish the impossible (15)
- SQUARETHECIRCLE
- 59 Across: Relative (4)
- AUNT
- 60 Across: Permission (5)
- LEAVE
- 61 Across: "Habanera," for one (4)
- ARIA
- 62 Across: "Open ___" (dentist's plea) (4)
- WIDE
- 63 Across: Churchman (5)
- ELDER
- 64 Across: Notable quotes (4)
- GEMS
- 65 Across: Hied (4)
- SPED
- 66 Across: Transactions (5)
- DEALS
- 67 Across: Influence (4)
- SWAY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Prepare for a bout (4)
- SPAR
- 2 Down: Active place (4)
- HIVE
- 3 Down: Befuddled (4)
- ASEA
- 4 Down: Connelly (4)
- MARC
- 5 Down: Fool around (6)
- TRIFLE
- 6 Down: Asian capital (5)
- HANOI
- 7 Down: Hebrew measure (4)
- OMER
- 8 Down: Arrange (4)
- SORT
- 9 Down: Really wowed (8)
- ENTHUSED
- 10 Down: Dell tenant (6)
- FARMER
- 11 Down: Money-exchange fee (4)
- AGIO
- 12 Down: Doctor up (4)
- REDO
- 13 Down: Apple-tree locale (4)
- EDEN
- 21 Down: Hair rinse (5)
- HENNA
- 22 Down: The most: Suffix (3)
- EST
- 25 Down: Joined (5)
- SATIN
- 26 Down: Heath shrub (5)
- ERICA
- 27 Down: Rubs the wrong way (5)
- RILES
- 28 Down: ___ up (go for) (3)
- EAT
- 29 Down: Like some April days (5)
- RAINY
- 30 Down: Eagle (4)
- ERNE
- 31 Down: Atoll unit (5)
- ISLET
- 32 Down: Mea ___ (5)
- CULPA
- 33 Down: Dry runs (5)
- TESTS
- 35 Down: "Just as the ___ is bent . . . " (4)
- TWIG
- 38 Down: Used a garden tool (8)
- TROWELED
- 39 Down: U.S. Indian (5)
- MIAMI
- 40 Down: Stopover spot (3)
- INN
- 45 Down: Sounded off (6)
- ORATED
- 46 Down: Roman spirit (3)
- LAR
- 47 Down: Scottish court officers (6)
- MACERS
- 49 Down: Come clean (5)
- LEVEL
- 50 Down: Maxims (4)
- SAWS
- 51 Down: Witty remark (4)
- QUIP
- 52 Down: Wavy, in heraldry (4)
- UNDE
- 53 Down: Prefix for graph (4)
- TELE
- 54 Down: "Mary ___ little . . . " (4)
- HADA
- 55 Down: Car-washers' aids (4)
- RAGS
- 56 Down: Work force (4)
- CREW
- 57 Down: S.A. city (4)
- LIMA
- 58 Down: This does it (4)
- EASY
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