NY TIMES, WED, DEC 08, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 12/8/1976. By Bert Beaman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Calif. wine area (4)
NAPA
5 Across: Gordon (5)
FLASH
10 Across: Mandrill (3)
APE
13 Across: Counts (10)
ENUMERATES
15 Across: French marshal (4)
SAXE
17 Across: Stimulus (15)
MOTIVATINGFORCE
19 Across: Pacific mackerel (3)
ONO
20 Across: In ___ (disordered) (5)
AMESS
21 Across: Before (5)
UNTIL
22 Across: Part of a cow (5)
UDDER
24 Across: Upright (5)
ERECT
25 Across: European measure (5)
METRE
27 Across: Taro (4)
EDDO
29 Across: Poetic contraction (3)
OER
31 Across: Pilasters (5)
ANTAS
32 Across: Playbill, in London (9)
PROGRAMME
34 Across: Pack (4)
STOW
35 Across: Gruff (5)
SURLY
36 Across: Graf ___ (4)
SPEE
37 Across: Popular official stamp (9)
TOPSECRET
39 Across: ___ for (permit) (5)
STAND
40 Across: Wee, in Scotland (3)
SMA
41 Across: Meter ___ (4)
MAID
42 Across: Slacks (5)
PANTS
43 Across: Award (5)
OSCAR
45 Across: Stew (5)
WORRY
47 Across: Asian mountains (5)
ALTAI
48 Across: Lawyer's concern (5)
ALIBI
50 Across: Kind of horse (3)
WAR
53 Across: Card game (15)
DOUBLESOLITAIRE
56 Across: Farming prefix (4)
AGRO
57 Across: Proven over a long period (10)
TIMETESTED
58 Across: Still (3)
YET
59 Across: Two of these are better (5)
HEADS
60 Across: Scat! (4)
SHOO

Down Answers

1 Down: Verne character (4)
NEMO
2 Down: Presently (4)
ANON
3 Down: Retired (15)
PUTOUTTOPASTURE
4 Down: Parisian friend (3)
AMI
5 Down: Trumped-up charge (5)
FRAME
6 Down: Subsequently (5)
LATER
7 Down: Philippine natives (4)
ATIS
8 Down: Members of Cong. (4)
SENS
9 Down: Ghetto need: Abbr. (3)
HSG
10 Down: Unanimously (5)
ASONE
11 Down: Separate (15)
PARTCOMPANYWITH
12 Down: To-do (10)
EXCITEMENT
14 Down: Dodges (6)
EVADES
16 Down: Smoked delicacy (3)
EEL
18 Down: Rage (5)
FUROR
23 Down: Sketches (5)
DRAWS
24 Down: Skittish (4)
EDGY
25 Down: Spars (5)
MASTS
26 Down: Bug field (10)
ENTOMOLOGY
27 Down: Booted one (5)
ERRED
28 Down: Stupid one (4)
DOLT
30 Down: Marsh growths (5)
REEDS
32 Down: Hindu pilgrimage center (4)
PURI
33 Down: "___ Is Born" (5)
ASTAR
35 Down: Surgeon's concern (4)
SCAR
38 Down: Greenish blue (5)
EMAIL
39 Down: Elf (6)
SPRITE
44 Down: English explorer (5)
CABOT
45 Down: Enticed (5)
WILED
46 Down: Newspaper pieces (5)
OBITS
47 Down: Oklahoma city (3)
ADA
48 Down: Continent, to French (4)
ASIE
49 Down: Hill of Southwest (4)
LOMA
51 Down: Mars: Prefix (4)
AREO
52 Down: Furnish anew (4)
REDO
54 Down: Biblical word ending (3)
ETH
55 Down: Beast (3)
ASS

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