NY TIMES, WED, SEP 01, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 9/1/1976. By Hugh P. Holland.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Busy creatures (4)
ANTS
5 Across: Sour (5)
ACERB
10 Across: Soviet agency (4)
TASS
14 Across: Reiner or Carmer (4)
CARL
15 Across: Mushroom (5)
MOREL
16 Across: Can. province (4)
ALTA
17 Across: Bewildered (4)
ASEA
18 Across: Acid prefix (5)
AMIDO
19 Across: Tide (4)
NEAP
20 Across: Shunners of evil (15)
THETHREEMONKEYS
23 Across: Kind of rule (3)
MOB
24 Across: Candlenut tree (3)
AMA
25 Across: Shoe molds (5)
LASTS
29 Across: Grain beard (3)
AWN
31 Across: Gay ___ (5)
PAREE
36 Across: Movie dog (4)
ASTA
37 Across: German pronoun (3)
ICH
38 Across: Precisionist (6)
PEDANT
39 Across: Symbol of disruption (15)
THEMONKEYWRENCH
42 Across: Publicize (6)
HERALD
43 Across: Spanish town (3)
ROA
44 Across: Paris parent (4)
PERE
45 Across: McCarthy sidekick (5)
SNERD
46 Across: Peleg's son (3)
REU
47 Across: Man the tiller (5)
STEER
48 Across: Miss Lupino (3)
IDA
50 Across: Seamen's org. (3)
NMU
52 Across: Trifling (15)
MONKEYINGAROUND
61 Across: Thought: Prefix (4)
IDEO
62 Across: Choose (5)
ELECT
63 Across: Employ: Lat. (4)
UTOR
64 Across: Fasten (4)
SEAL
65 Across: Moroccan port (5)
RABAT
66 Across: Irish kings' home (4)
TARA
67 Across: Mrs. Roosevelt (4)
SARA
68 Across: Bounces, in Scotland (5)
STOTS
69 Across: Counterfeit (4)
SHAM

Down Answers

1 Down: Weak as ___ (4)
ACAT
2 Down: Defunct auto (4)
NASH
3 Down: Catalpa or elm (4)
TREE
4 Down: Blind part (4)
SLAT
5 Down: Italian peak (5)
AMARO
6 Down: Smart retort (8)
COMEBACK
7 Down: Fisk's railroad (4)
ERIE
8 Down: American Indian (6)
REDMAN
9 Down: Flourish (5)
BLOOM
10 Down: Thinking place (4)
TANK
11 Down: Sheltered (4)
ALEE
12 Down: Restrain (4)
STAY
13 Down: Military trenches (4)
SAPS
21 Down: Initials on a limey's cap (3)
HMS
22 Down: Nebraska town (5)
NAPER
25 Down: Wood strips (5)
LATHS
26 Down: Colorless (5)
ASHEN
27 Down: Cubic measure (5)
STERE
28 Down: Sister of Absalom (5)
TAMAR
30 Down: Seeker's question (5)
WHERE
32 Down: Adroit (5)
ADEPT
33 Down: Hindu title (5)
RANEE
34 Down: Ink, in France (5)
ENCRE
35 Down: Empyrean (5)
ETHER
37 Down: Neither Dem. nor Rep. (3)
IND
38 Down: Depression org. (3)
PWA
40 Down: Stale joke (5)
OLDIE
41 Down: Kitten (8)
YOUNGCAT
46 Down: Scold (6)
RAILAT
47 Down: Big ___ of Calif. (3)
SUR
49 Down: Fabric workers (5)
DYERS
51 Down: Dillon et al. (5)
MATTS
52 Down: Muffet or America (4)
MISS
53 Down: Old Greek theaters (4)
ODEA
54 Down: Approach (4)
NEAR
55 Down: Caffeine nut (4)
KOLA
56 Down: Biblical mount (4)
NEBO
57 Down: Election losers (4)
OUTS
58 Down: Where Bryce Canyon is (4)
UTAH
59 Down: Ibsen character (4)
NORA
60 Down: Small drink (4)
DRAM

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