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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