NY TIMES, WED, DEC 15, 1976 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/15/1976. By Jack Wherry.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___ River, Lizzie's home (4)
FALL
5 Across: Warm-sea fish (4)
SCAD
9 Across: Attention getter (4)
AHEM
13 Across: Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g. (4)
TRIO
14 Across: Monotonous sound (5)
THRUM
16 Across: Humdinger (4)
LULU
17 Across: Travel-kit item (4)
COMB
18 Across: Lover (5)
ROMEO
19 Across: Graduate degrees (4)
LLDS
20 Across: Western city (14)
WALLAWALLAWASH
23 Across: French affirmatives (4)
OUIS
24 Across: ___ of these days (3)
ONE
25 Across: Whistle stop (6)
HAMLET
28 Across: Having no name (8)
UNTITLED
33 Across: Kind of doing or mind (4)
EVIL
34 Across: ___ the works (5)
SHOOT
35 Across: ___ pickle (3)
INA
36 Across: Common bridal flower (15)
LILYOFTHEVALLEY
40 Across: With 59 Down, kind of friend (3)
PEN
41 Across: Housewives (5)
FRAUS
42 Across: Other, in Córdoba (4)
OTRA
43 Across: Somewhat saccharine (8)
SWEETISH
45 Across: Critic Edmund (6)
WILSON
47 Across: Ott (3)
MEL
48 Across: Phone (4)
CALL
49 Across: "___ are in bloom again" (14)
THECALLALILIES
56 Across: ___-Coburg (4)
SAXE
57 Across: Icicle holders (5)
EAVES
58 Across: Leaky-faucet sound (4)
PLOP
60 Across: "I cannot tell ___" (4)
ALIE
61 Across: Kind of wood (5)
DRIFT
62 Across: Spanish jar (4)
OLLA
63 Across: Soaks (4)
RETS
64 Across: Insecticides (4)
DDTS
65 Across: Rind (4)
PEEL

Down Answers

1 Down: U.S. agency (3)
FTC
2 Down: In a line (4)
AROW
3 Down: Bean (4)
LIMA
4 Down: Southern pine (8)
LOBLOLLY
5 Down: Kind of jacket (6)
STRAIT
6 Down: Dogs (5)
CHOWS
7 Down: Weapons for Caesar (4)
ARMA
8 Down: "___ in the Sun" (4)
DUEL
9 Down: Way off the track (6)
ALLWET
10 Down: Kind of hoop (4)
HULA
11 Down: Ancient times, to poets (4)
ELDS
12 Down: Schmaltz (4)
MUSH
15 Down: Kind of cocktail (7)
MOLOTOV
21 Down: Sift, in old England (3)
LUE
22 Down: Loos (5)
ANITA
25 Down: Subsidizes (5)
HELPS
26 Down: "___ from the Bridge" (5)
AVIEW
27 Down: A.A. (5)
MILNE
28 Down: Grunty affirmative (5)
UHHUH
29 Down: Antis (4)
NOES
30 Down: Sings gaily (5)
LILTS
31 Down: Spanish month (5)
ENERO
32 Down: Israeli name (5)
DAYAN
34 Down: Depots: Abbr. (4)
STAS
37 Down: Not one's cup ___ (5)
OFTEA
38 Down: Made more dressy (7)
FRILLED
39 Down: Good ship for Shirley (8)
LOLLIPOP
44 Down: Nightclub V.I.P.'s (6)
EMCEES
45 Down: Blouses (6)
WAISTS
46 Down: Kind of wind (3)
ILL
48 Down: Fissure (5)
CLEFT
49 Down: Peter the Great, for one (4)
TSAR
50 Down: Hardy's companion (4)
HALE
51 Down: Way out (4)
EXIT
52 Down: Tub of ___ (4)
LARD
53 Down: Eager (4)
AVID
54 Down: French pronoun (4)
ELLE
55 Down: Lone (4)
SOLE
59 Down: See 40 Across (3)
PAL

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