NY TIMES, FRI, NOV 05, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 11/5/1976. By Jordan S. Lasher.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Jack London's Capt. Larsen (7)
SEAWOLF
8 Across: Cockles' musical partners (7)
MUSSELS
15 Across: Munitions dump (7)
ARSENAL
16 Across: "___ Dance" (7)
ANITRAS
17 Across: Wish desperately (15)
HOPEAGAINSTHOPE
19 Across: Change accordingly (5)
ADAPT
20 Across: Provo native (6)
UTAHAN
21 Across: Queen City nine (4)
REDS
22 Across: Medieval catapult (6)
ONAGER
23 Across: "I told you so!" (3)
HAH
26 Across: Citrus drink (3)
ADE
27 Across: Like a nobleman (6)
TITLED
28 Across: Kelly (4)
GENE
29 Across: U.S. Japanese (5)
ISSEI
30 Across: Bobby-___ (5)
SOXER
31 Across: Acted desperately (15)
GRASPEDATSTRAWS
36 Across: Vesuvian outputs (5)
LAVAS
37 Across: "Never!" (5)
NOWAY
38 Across: Swear (4)
AVOW
39 Across: Like Jack of the comics (6)
SMILEY
41 Across: Sea-depth meas. (3)
FTH
44 Across: Place of iniquity (3)
DEN
45 Across: Threw a baseball (6)
BLAZED
46 Across: Seek refuge (4)
FLEE
47 Across: More piercing (6)
KEENER
48 Across: ___ grudge (feel malice) (5)
BEARA
49 Across: Desperation equipment (15)
AWINGANDAPRAYER
53 Across: Spell (7)
RELIEVE
54 Across: Most stingy (7)
NEAREST
55 Across: Tied (7)
KNOTTED
56 Across: Third calendar box (7)
TUESDAY

Down Answers

1 Down: Rommel's battleground (6)
SAHARA
2 Down: Weakened (6)
ERODED
3 Down: What to call by its own name (6)
ASPADE
4 Down: Shows sorrow (5)
WEEPS
5 Down: Go ___ length (ramble) (4)
ONAT
6 Down: Straggle (3)
LAG
7 Down: Displayed brazenly (8)
FLAUNTED
8 Down: Run (6)
MANAGE
9 Down: Not rid of (6)
UNSHED
10 Down: Shankar's instrument (5)
SITAR
11 Down: Kind of hospitality: Abbr. (4)
STHN
12 Down: Cockney idol (3)
ERO
13 Down: Tot's seat, at times (3)
LAP
14 Down: Compass point (3)
SSE
18 Down: Made Neapolitan, e.g. (11)
ITALIANIZED
22 Down: River to the Seine (4)
OISE
23 Down: Six: Prefix (4)
HEXA
24 Down: Once more (4)
ANEW
25 Down: Towel designation (4)
HERS
27 Down: Recipe amts. (4)
TSPS
28 Down: Bloodcurdling (4)
GORY
29 Down: "___ Mommy kissing . . . " (4)
ISAW
30 Down: Tarry (4)
STAY
31 Down: In good spirits (4)
GLAD
32 Down: Critic's praise (4)
RAVE
33 Down: Earl of ___ (4)
AVON
34 Down: Broad-minded (8)
TOLERANT
35 Down: Neighbor of Norw. (4)
SWED
39 Down: Kind of silk (6)
SLEAVE
40 Down: Kind of space flight (6)
MANNED
41 Down: Tongue-lashed (6)
FLAYED
42 Down: Spanish mystical saint (6)
TERESA
43 Down: Vigorous (6)
HEARTY
45 Down: Sire (5)
BEGET
46 Down: Bugaboos (5)
FEARS
47 Down: Heal, as a bone (4)
KNIT
48 Down: Scottish hillside (4)
BRAE
49 Down: Genesis vessel (3)
ARK
50 Down: Cyst (3)
WEN
51 Down: U.N. body (3)
ILO
52 Down: Little, in Nice (3)
PEU

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