NY TIMES, WED, AUG 18, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/18/1976. By Martha J. DeWitt.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Vaudeville turns (4)
ACTS
5 Across: Hebrew teacher (5)
RABBI
10 Across: Biblical gift-bearers (4)
MAGI
14 Across: Result of a head-knocking (4)
LUMP
15 Across: 50th-state separator (5)
OCEAN
16 Across: Radio-tube worker (4)
AGER
17 Across: Tennyson in a rut (15)
BREAKBREAKBREAK
20 Across: Menu offerings (7)
ENTREES
21 Across: Singer Ethel (6)
WATERS
22 Across: Crags (4)
TORS
23 Across: Persian fairy (4)
PERI
24 Across: Kind of scout (6)
TALENT
27 Across: Maxim's bequest to gangsters (8)
SILENCER
31 Across: Onto (5)
AWARE
32 Across: Gun gals (5)
MOLLS
33 Across: Comic Olsen (3)
OLE
34 Across: France's Le ___ (4)
MANS
35 Across: Staff people (5)
AIDES
36 Across: English title (4)
DAME
37 Across: Ingrid Bergman's daughter (3)
PIA
38 Across: Violin (5)
STRAD
39 Across: Second-brightest stars (5)
BETAS
40 Across: Sharp side pains (8)
STITCHES
42 Across: Regal fur (6)
ERMINE
43 Across: Dutch painter (4)
HALS
44 Across: Margarine's start (4)
OLEO
45 Across: Plot (6)
SCHEME
48 Across: Shows spirit (7)
PRANCES
51 Across: George F. Root in a rut (15)
TRAMPTRAMPTRAMP
54 Across: Seep (4)
OOZE
55 Across: Downspout connections (5)
EAVES
56 Across: Lost (4)
ASEA
57 Across: Cows (4)
AWES
58 Across: Cubic meter (5)
STERE
59 Across: Be alive with (4)
TEEM

Down Answers

1 Down: Priest's robe (3)
ALB
2 Down: "___ the disease and kill the patient" (4)
CURE
3 Down: Secret Service sleuths (4)
TMEN
4 Down: Splashes (8)
SPATTERS
5 Down: Stack (6)
ROBERT
6 Down: Farm measures (5)
ACRES
7 Down: Buzzers (4)
BEES
8 Down: Bleat (3)
BAA
9 Down: Old-time desk features (8)
INKWELLS
10 Down: Agronsky of TV (6)
MARTIN
11 Down: Askew (4)
AGEE
12 Down: Equipment (4)
GEAR
13 Down: Bugs (4)
IRKS
18 Down: Danish money (5)
KRONE
19 Down: Denudes (5)
BARES
23 Down: Like a soft carpet (5)
PILED
24 Down: Pounds down (5)
TAMPS
25 Down: Impend (5)
AWAIT
26 Down: Hawaiian island (5)
LANAI
27 Down: Washing and baking items (5)
SODAS
28 Down: Raccoon's cousin (5)
COATI
29 Down: Violinist Mischa (5)
ELMAN
30 Down: Della or Peewee (5)
REESE
32 Down: Bogs (5)
MIRES
35 Down: Muscle users (8)
ATHLETES
36 Down: Jimmy Carter, for one (8)
DEMOCRAT
38 Down: Rogue (5)
SCAMP
39 Down: Actor George (5)
BRENT
41 Down: School chores (6)
THEMES
42 Down: Pass (6)
ELAPSE
44 Down: Abalone (5)
ORMER
45 Down: Promenade (4)
STOA
46 Down: Loser's eating (4)
CROW
47 Down: Smog component (4)
HAZE
48 Down: Facilitate (4)
PAVE
49 Down: Relaxation (4)
EASE
50 Down: River duck (4)
SMEE
52 Down: Kind of trap (3)
RAT
53 Down: Jack of clubs, in loo (3)
PAM

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