NY TIMES, WED, JUL 28, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 7/28/1976. By Jim Page.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Goes to the plate (4)
BATS
5 Across: Mexican dance (5)
BAMBA
10 Across: ___ off (get rid of) (3)
FOB
13 Across: U.S. writer (4)
AGEE
14 Across: Reed instruments (5)
OBOES
15 Across: New Guinea port (3)
LAE
16 Across: Beethoven's last (5)
NINTH
18 Across: Maine U. site (5)
ORONO
19 Across: Ma Bell (3)
ATT
20 Across: Author of "The Lionheads" (13)
JOSIAHBUNTING
23 Across: Full of: Suffix (3)
OSE
24 Across: Crochet formations (5)
LOOPS
25 Across: Israel's Abba (4)
EBAN
28 Across: Worthy ___ (important) (6)
OFNOTE
29 Across: Bolivian town (5)
HUATA
30 Across: Finnish town (6)
NURMES
32 Across: Realm for Peter or Ivan (7)
TSARDOM
34 Across: "___ a Man" (5)
ENDAS
35 Across: Thick-soled shoes (5)
CLOGS
36 Across: Adriatic port (7)
TRIESTE
38 Across: Old Irish levies (6)
COYNES
39 Across: Cut short, at Canaveral (5)
ABORT
40 Across: Marketplaces (6)
AGORAS
42 Across: "___ you dare!" (4)
DONT
43 Across: Frugal one (5)
SAVER
44 Across: Consume (3)
EAT
47 Across: Certain snake's warning words (13)
DONTTREADONME
51 Across: Sellout sign (3)
SRO
53 Across: "___ America singing" (5)
IHEAR
54 Across: ___ campaign (dirty politics) (5)
SMEAR
55 Across: Haul (3)
TOW
56 Across: Musical lament (5)
DIRGE
57 Across: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
58 Across: Poetic word (3)
EEN
59 Across: Mitigated (5)
EASED
60 Across: Flag maker (4)
ROSS

Down Answers

1 Down: "O, Susanna" instrument (5)
BANJO
2 Down: Exchange premiums (5)
AGIOS
3 Down: Uptight (5)
TENSE
4 Down: Bristle: Prefix (4)
SETI
5 Down: Boners (7)
BOOBOOS
6 Down: Sudden (6)
ABRUPT
7 Down: Horizon sight (7)
MOONSET
8 Down: Inclination (4)
BENT
9 Down: Of oneself: Fr. (4)
ASOI
10 Down: Emblem on a colonial banner (9)
FLAGBADGE
11 Down: Cereal grass (3)
OAT
12 Down: Use the $2 window (3)
BET
17 Down: Occasional position of the colors (8)
HALFMAST
21 Down: ___ Injun (6)
HONEST
22 Down: Nerve cells (7)
NEURONS
26 Down: ___ of the coin (5)
ATOSS
27 Down: Viet ___ (3)
NAM
28 Down: " . . . in ___ form a more perfect union" (7)
ORDERTO
29 Down: Banner-hoisting lines (8)
HALYARDS
30 Down: Nerve, in Italy (5)
NERBO
31 Down: Reversed, as a flag of distress (9)
UNIONDOWN
33 Down: ___ bull's-eye (6)
SCOREA
36 Down: Young one (3)
TAD
37 Down: Spring observances (7)
EASTERS
38 Down: Kind of wagon (7)
COVERED
41 Down: Fix-it shop (6)
GARAGE
44 Down: Spanish month (5)
ENERO
45 Down: Pile up (5)
AMASS
46 Down: Shoulder muscle (5)
TERES
48 Down: Pheasant brood (4)
NIDE
49 Down: Having sulfur: Prefix (4)
THIA
50 Down: Hebrew measure (4)
OMER
51 Down: Sault ___ Marie (3)
STE
52 Down: Shad dish (3)
ROE

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