NY TIMES, WED, MAR 31, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/31/1976. By DeWitt Anderson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Kind of waver or stone (4)
FLAG
5 Across: "Faust," e.g. (5)
OPERA
10 Across: Narrative (4)
SAGA
14 Across: Rake (4)
ROUE
15 Across: College in Maine (5)
BATES
16 Across: Victim (4)
PREY
17 Across: Self-taught one (10)
AUTODIDACT
19 Across: German article (4)
EINE
20 Across: Fine porcelain (5)
SPODE
21 Across: Dreamy one (9)
STARGAZER
23 Across: Cartoon-drawing sheet (3)
CEL
24 Across: Activate (5)
SPARK
25 Across: Month: Abbr. (3)
APR
27 Across: City lines (3)
ELS
30 Across: ___ on the aisle (3)
TWO
31 Across: Field sound (3)
BAA
34 Across: Cereal husk (4)
BRAN
36 Across: Alas, to Livy (4)
EHEU
38 Across: Addicts (5)
USERS
40 Across: Confessions of a sort (15)
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
43 Across: Slyly derisive (5)
SNIDE
44 Across: Sorrows (4)
WOES
45 Across: Sicilian city (4)
ENNA
46 Across: Common Market: Abbr. (3)
EEC
47 Across: Curve (3)
ESS
49 Across: Scottish river (3)
DEE
51 Across: Islet (3)
CAY
52 Across: Athenian lawgiver (5)
DRACO
54 Across: Tenn. athlete (3)
VOL
56 Across: Inquisition rites (9)
AUTOSDAFE
60 Across: Wear away (5)
ERODE
63 Across: Strain at a ___ (4)
GNAT
64 Across: Pressure cookers (10)
AUTOCLAVES
66 Across: Blue-pencil (4)
EDIT
67 Across: Village of Africa (5)
TSANE
68 Across: Verne hero (4)
NEMO
69 Across: Companion of poly (4)
ROLY
70 Across: Meaning (5)
SENSE
71 Across: Stagehand (4)
GRIP

Down Answers

1 Down: Angelico et al. (4)
FRAS
2 Down: Wolf, in France (4)
LOUP
3 Down: Like Holmes's breakfast-table man (10)
AUTOCRATIC
4 Down: Hollow stone (5)
GEODE
5 Down: Sash (3)
OBI
6 Down: Inflates (4)
PADS
7 Down: ___-Unis (5)
ETATS
8 Down: Seized anew (10)
RECAPTURED
9 Down: ___ in the wind (6)
ASTRAW
10 Down: "___ softly and carry . . . " (5)
SPEAK
11 Down: Calif. neighbor (4)
ARIZ
12 Down: Tierney (4)
GENE
13 Down: British philosopher (4)
AYER
18 Down: Take out (4)
DELE
22 Down: Type of therapy (5)
GROUP
25 Down: Humble (5)
ABASE
26 Down: Ingredient of a whip (5)
PRUNE
28 Down: Neckpiece (3)
LEI
29 Down: Makes a legal reply (10)
SHOWSCAUSE
31 Down: Live the easy life (10)
BEINCLOVER
32 Down: Sphere of action (5)
ARENA
33 Down: Analyze (5)
ASSAY
35 Down: Biblical land (3)
NOD
37 Down: Self (3)
EGO
39 Down: Pronoun (3)
SHE
41 Down: Rathskeller offerings (5)
BEERS
42 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
ASE
48 Down: Anwar and family (6)
SADATS
50 Down: Knievel (4)
EVEL
52 Down: Loco (5)
DOTTY
53 Down: "Barefoot boy, with cheek ___!" (5)
OFTAN
55 Down: Manlike ape (5)
ORANG
56 Down: Teen-___ (4)
AGER
57 Down: Open (4)
UNDO
58 Down: Kangaroo feature (4)
TAIL
59 Down: Time periods (4)
EONS
61 Down: Kind of tasse (4)
DEMI
62 Down: Fabulist: Var. (4)
ESOP
65 Down: Letter (3)
CEE

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