NY TIMES, WED, NOV 17, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/17/1976. By Virginia Butler.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Contraction (5)
SPASM
6 Across: Socialist Eugene (4)
DEBS
10 Across: Ingredient of a besom (4)
TWIG
14 Across: Spiny plants (5)
CACTI
15 Across: Like ___ of bricks (4)
ATON
16 Across: ___-de-chambre (4)
ROBE
17 Across: Russian co-op (5)
ARTEL
18 Across: ___ of Scots (9)
MARYQUEEN
20 Across: Signs up again (9)
REENLISTS
22 Across: Open (5)
UNBAR
23 Across: Angers (4)
IRES
24 Across: "___ a child again . . . " (6)
MAKEME
25 Across: Flinch (6)
RECOIL
28 Across: Mountain pass (3)
COL
29 Across: Giants (6)
TITANS
30 Across: Madwoman's place (8)
CHAILLOT
35 Across: Meeting-place of old (5)
AGORA
36 Across: ___-disant (3)
SOI
37 Across: Bahamian native (5)
TAINO
38 Across: Actor Emil (8)
JANNINGS
40 Across: County in Ulster (6)
TYRONE
41 Across: Soak (3)
RET
42 Across: Hub of Monte Carlo (6)
CASINO
43 Across: Distorted (6)
WARPED
47 Across: Ontario city (4)
GALT
48 Across: French friends (5)
AMIES
49 Across: Frog's perch (9)
WATERLILY
54 Across: "___ Coming to Dinner?" (9)
GUESSWHOS
56 Across: Plato's idea (5)
EIDOS
57 Across: Christiania today (4)
OSLO
58 Across: Egyptian heaven (4)
AALU
59 Across: Slip away (5)
ELOPE
60 Across: Quality: Suffix (4)
NESS
61 Across: Pointed end (4)
CUSP
62 Across: Mary ___ Moore (5)
TYLER

Down Answers

1 Down: Operation aftermath (4)
SCAR
2 Down: Trim (4)
PARE
3 Down: French deed (4)
ACTE
4 Down: British carbine (4)
STEN
5 Down: Shaw comedy, with "The" (13)
MILLIONAIRESS
6 Down: One often in distress (6)
DAMSEL
7 Down: ___-Unis (5)
ETATS
8 Down: Lancelot's uncle (4)
BORS
9 Down: Plank's curve (3)
SNY
10 Down: Actor's traditional birthplace (5)
TRUNK
11 Down: "___ unto those who pray and . . . " (5)
WOEBE
12 Down: Steel section (5)
IBEAM
13 Down: Category (5)
GENRE
19 Down: J. M. Barrie play (13)
QUALITYSTREET
21 Down: Greek goddess (4)
IRIS
24 Down: Ostrichlike bird (3)
MOA
25 Down: Baltic capital (4)
RIGA
26 Down: Collar or school (4)
ETON
27 Down: Stone heap: Var. (4)
CARN
28 Down: City on Lake Mich. (3)
CHI
29 Down: ___ Mahal (3)
TAJ
30 Down: Lettuce (3)
COS
31 Down: Gull genus (4)
LARI
32 Down: "___ in Winter" (4)
LION
33 Down: ___ account (4)
ONNO
34 Down: Type of dancing (3)
TOE
36 Down: Noncom (3)
SGT
39 Down: Calmer of TV (3)
NED
40 Down: "A Winter's ___" (4)
TALE
42 Down: Tomato concoction (6)
CATSUP
43 Down: Welcome or water (5)
WAGON
44 Down: Entertain (5)
AMUSE
45 Down: ___ Rebellion, Canadian uprising (5)
RIELS
46 Down: Mexican coins (5)
PESOS
47 Down: British lockups (5)
GAOLS
49 Down: N.Z. tree (4)
WHAU
50 Down: Miss Pons (4)
LILY
51 Down: Revered one (4)
IDOL
52 Down: Easy pace (4)
LOPE
53 Down: River of France (4)
YSER
55 Down: Mil. woman (3)
WAC

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