NY TIMES, FRI, OCT 22, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/22/1976. By Sidney L. Robbins.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mecca native (4)
ARAB
5 Across: Hosses (4)
NAGS
9 Across: Worthless (4)
BASE
13 Across: Japanese ship name (4)
MARU
14 Across: Off balance (4)
ALOP
15 Across: Come up again (5)
RECUR
16 Across: Private eye (9)
OPERATIVE
18 Across: Goofed (5)
ERRED
19 Across: "Peter Piper . . . ," e.g. (13)
TONGUETWISTER
21 Across: Water bird (4)
TERN
22 Across: One of the degrees (3)
NTH
23 Across: Biblical song: Abbr. (3)
PSA
26 Across: ___ Moines (3)
DES
27 Across: High note (3)
ELA
28 Across: Chinese leader (3)
MAO
31 Across: Particles (4)
IONS
33 Across: Detesting (8)
LOATHING
35 Across: "The ___" (stage blooper) (15)
QUOONHASSWEENED
39 Across: Softens (8)
UNSTEELS
40 Across: Upstate N.Y. city (4)
ROME
41 Across: Dutch town (3)
EDE
42 Across: Him, in Italy (3)
GLI
43 Across: Latin goddess (3)
DEA
46 Across: Nessen (3)
RON
47 Across: ___ soda (3)
SAL
48 Across: Trees (4)
ELMS
50 Across: Famed word-warper (13)
DOCTORSPOONER
56 Across: Filament: Prefix (5)
FIBRO
57 Across: Eludes (9)
SLIPSAWAY
59 Across: In noisy confusion (5)
AROAR
60 Across: Sotto ___ (4)
VOCE
61 Across: Plexus (4)
RETE
62 Across: Lends a hand (5)
HELPS
63 Across: Peevish fits (4)
PETS
64 Across: Formerly, of old (4)
ERST

Down Answers

1 Down: I love, to Livy (3)
AMO
2 Down: Engrossed (4)
RAPT
3 Down: Mars: Prefix (4)
AREO
4 Down: Orange or offering (5)
BURNT
5 Down: Mother ___ (6)
NATURE
6 Down: Noncitizens (6)
ALIENS
7 Down: Wash. concern (4)
GOVT
8 Down: Gush out (4)
SPEW
9 Down: Give a wide ___ to (5)
BERTH
10 Down: Land measure (4)
ACRE
11 Down: Plaintiff (4)
SUER
12 Down: Common shrew (3)
ERD
15 Down: Put in another way (7)
RESTATE
17 Down: ___ in the wood (4)
AGED
20 Down: Family addition (5)
INLAW
23 Down: Excite (5)
PIQUE
24 Down: Long Island or Puget (5)
SOUND
25 Down: Win by ___ (5)
ANOSE
27 Down: Dawn goddess (3)
EOS
28 Down: Like clubs or diamonds (5)
MINOR
29 Down: Wind: Prefix (5)
ANEMO
30 Down: Reid or Nash (5)
OGDEN
32 Down: Lush (3)
SOT
33 Down: Sea-rescue branch: Abbr. (3)
LSS
34 Down: Part of H.R.H. (3)
HER
36 Down: Ones who deny (8)
NEGATORS
37 Down: Phone-call opener (5)
HELLO
38 Down: Baba (3)
ALI
43 Down: Portray (6)
DEPICT
44 Down: Goes to Gretna Green (6)
ELOPES
45 Down: Biblical prophet (4)
AMOS
47 Down: Kind of iron or heap (5)
SCRAP
49 Down: Trap (5)
SNARE
50 Down: Kind of straits (4)
DIRE
51 Down: Old Greek coin (4)
OBOL
52 Down: Comeback initials (4)
RSVP
53 Down: Gin source (4)
SLOE
54 Down: Pitcher (4)
EWER
55 Down: Ship stowaways (4)
RATS
56 Down: Temperature scale: Abbr. (3)
FAH
58 Down: Still (3)
YET

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