NY TIMES, FRI, NOV 26, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/26/1976. By Stanley A. Kurzban.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Body of water (3)
BAY
4 Across: Fool (3)
OAF
7 Across: Benchley's annuity (4)
JAWS
11 Across: Cruising (4)
ASEA
13 Across: Melville sea story (4)
OMOO
15 Across: At the drop of ___ (4)
AHAT
16 Across: Streamlet (4)
RILL
17 Across: Sea gateways (5)
PORTS
19 Across: List (4)
ROTA
20 Across: Tuna or egg (5)
SALAD
22 Across: Art ___ (4)
DECO
24 Across: Sea, to the French (3)
MER
25 Across: Former House member from S.C. (12)
MENDELRIVERS
29 Across: Film star known for her hair (12)
VERONICALAKE
32 Across: Mount of Crete (3)
IDA
33 Across: Infrequently (6)
SELDOM
34 Across: Black (4)
EBON
38 Across: River craft (5)
CANOE
40 Across: Feel one's way (5)
GROPE
41 Across: Ludwig (4)
EMIL
42 Across: Tension (6)
UNEASE
47 Across: Isle of note (3)
MAN
48 Across: Beyond conceiving (12)
IMPONDERABLE
51 Across: Channels of life (12)
BLOODSTREAMS
54 Across: Sea of note (3)
RED
55 Across: Asian rice (4)
SELA
56 Across: Deep sleep (5)
SOPOR
60 Across: Norse god (4)
ODIN
62 Across: Zoo animal (5)
TIGER
65 Across: Scottish body of water (4)
LOCH
66 Across: Leer (4)
OGLE
67 Across: Prefix for graph (4)
TELE
68 Across: Love highly (4)
DOTE
69 Across: ___ up on (be current) (4)
KEEP
70 Across: Tenor or alto (3)
SAX
71 Across: Mauna ___ (3)
LOA

Down Answers

1 Down: Sand and candy (4)
BARS
2 Down: Continent (4)
ASIA
3 Down: Be noisy (4)
YELL
4 Down: Alley of comics (3)
OOP
5 Down: I love, to Cato (3)
AMO
6 Down: Left ___ (abandoned) (7)
FORDEAD
7 Down: Container (3)
JAR
8 Down: What a house is not (5)
AHOME
9 Down: Running or white (5)
WATER
10 Down: Navigational aids (5)
STARS
12 Down: Fort to remember (5)
ALAMO
14 Down: Verdi opera (6)
OTELLO
18 Down: "Beat it!" (5)
SCRAM
21 Down: Like some forests (5)
DENSE
23 Down: Lower-class Briton (3)
OIK
26 Down: Never, in Munich (3)
NIE
27 Down: Attorney's degree (3)
DCL
28 Down: Change direction (4)
VEER
29 Down: Kind of admiral (4)
VICE
30 Down: Cheese (4)
EDAM
31 Down: Indian princess (4)
RANI
35 Down: Flop on Broadway (4)
BOMB
36 Down: Gem (4)
OPAL
37 Down: Hawaiian bird (4)
NENE
39 Down: Medley (4)
OLIO
40 Down: Antiseptics' targets (5)
GERMS
42 Down: In a dither (5)
UPSET
43 Down: Dark (6)
NOTLIT
44 Down: Rouses to ire (7)
ENRAGES
45 Down: Drink (3)
ADE
46 Down: Aral or Black (3)
SEA
49 Down: A.M.A. members (3)
MDS
50 Down: ___ as the hills (5)
ASOLD
51 Down: "Where ___ and river meet" (5)
BROOK
52 Down: Shelf (5)
LEDGE
53 Down: "Swan Lake" character (5)
ODILE
57 Down: Swimming or office (4)
POOL
58 Down: Numerical prefix (4)
OCTO
59 Down: Large bird (4)
RHEA
61 Down: Fiber knot (3)
NEP
63 Down: High note (3)
ELA
64 Down: Reed or Ingram (3)
REX

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