NY TIMES, WED, JUN 23, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/23/1976. By Esther Blum.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Sugar or meat (4)
LOAF
5 Across: Fundamental (5)
BASAL
10 Across: Kind of opera (4)
SOAP
14 Across: Alan or Robert (4)
ALDA
15 Across: Protozoan (5)
AMEBA
16 Across: Arm bone (4)
ULNA
17 Across: Mire, in Scotland (4)
GLAR
18 Across: Dissected an apple (5)
CORED
19 Across: Celebrity (4)
LION
20 Across: Narrow victory (14)
AMAJORITYOFONE
23 Across: Author Richard (4)
DANA
24 Across: Daniel Beard's org. (3)
BSA
25 Across: Spotlight (3)
ARC
28 Across: Staten, for one: Abbr. (3)
ISL
29 Across: Sine ___ non (3)
QUA
30 Across: King of Judah (3)
ASA
33 Across: Egyptian spirit body (4)
SAHU
35 Across: Hints (8)
SUGGESTS
37 Across: Playground instructions (15)
TWOFORTHESEESAW
41 Across: Patient's goal (8)
RECOVERY
42 Across: Leningrad river (4)
NEVA
43 Across: Biblical craft (3)
ARK
44 Across: One ___ time (3)
ATA
45 Across: "___ Pinafore" (3)
HMS
48 Across: "___ Little Indians" (3)
TEN
49 Across: School org. (3)
PTA
50 Across: Horse fodder (4)
OATS
52 Across: Mrs. Farmer annoyances (14)
THREEBLINDMICE
59 Across: Yellow-fever pioneer (4)
REED
60 Across: Liquid measure (5)
LITER
61 Across: Wash (4)
LAVE
63 Across: Tract (4)
AREA
64 Across: Girl's name (5)
ELISA
65 Across: Partner of Andy (4)
AMOS
66 Across: Senator from R.I. (4)
PELL
67 Across: Penal and solar: Abbr. (5)
SYSTS
68 Across: Barracuda (4)
SPET

Down Answers

1 Down: Hang back (3)
LAG
2 Down: Earthen pot (4)
OLLA
3 Down: Genesis name (4)
ADAM
4 Down: Electrical unit (5)
FARAD
5 Down: Sir Francis and family (6)
BACONS
6 Down: Without a sense of right (6)
AMORAL
7 Down: Indian of Sonora (4)
SERI
8 Down: Encourage (4)
ABET
9 Down: Beetles (8)
LADYBUGS
10 Down: Type of drug (5)
SULFA
11 Down: Potpourri (4)
OLIO
12 Down: Soon (4)
ANON
13 Down: Window or counter (4)
PANE
21 Down: ___ alai (3)
JAI
22 Down: Indian or orange (5)
OSAGE
25 Down: "Ad ___ per aspera" (5)
ASTRA
26 Down: More crude (5)
RAWER
27 Down: Kind of full (5)
CHOCK
29 Down: Can. province (3)
QUE
30 Down: Item of property (5)
ASSET
31 Down: Forestall, with "off" (5)
STAVE
32 Down: African dam (5)
ASWAN
34 Down: Transport for Martians (3)
UFO
35 Down: Bashful (3)
SHY
36 Down: Poetic contraction (3)
EEN
38 Down: Egg-shaped (5)
OVATE
39 Down: Structures above altars (8)
RETABLES
40 Down: ___-la-la (3)
TRA
45 Down: "___ Abe" (6)
HONEST
46 Down: Corded fabric (6)
MADRAS
47 Down: Violent rain: Abbr. (3)
STM
49 Down: Piano part (5)
PEDAL
51 Down: Marner (5)
SILAS
52 Down: Pitfall (4)
TRAP
53 Down: Present (4)
HERE
54 Down: Stagger (4)
REEL
55 Down: Easter or calla (4)
LILY
56 Down: Inflammation: Suffix (4)
ITIS
57 Down: Boot or Walter (4)
CAMP
58 Down: Bacchanalian cry (4)
EVOE
62 Down: N.Y. time (3)
EST

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