Saturday Crossword — February 11, 1984 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 2/11/1984. By Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "Scotch fiddles" (5)
- SCABS
- 6 Across: Circle parts (4)
- ARCS
- 10 Across: Trumpets' kin (7)
- CORNETS
- 12 Across: Nova-shaped (7)
- STELLAR
- 15 Across: "All the President's Men" figure (7)
- BRADLEE
- 16 Across: Ruler of a kind (7)
- TSQUARE
- 17 Across: ___ powder (explosive) (5)
- NITRO
- 18 Across: Kind of gun (3)
- RAY
- 20 Across: L–Q connection (4)
- MNOP
- 21 Across: VII minus IV (3)
- III
- 22 Across: Ever, to Burns (3)
- EER
- 23 Across: Calibrated camera setting (5)
- FSTOP
- 24 Across: German subs (6)
- UBOATS
- 27 Across: Practical people (8)
- REALISTS
- 29 Across: Chess pieces (3)
- MEN
- 30 Across: "A man may kiss ___ lass": Burns (7)
- ABONNIE
- 32 Across: Heavily, to Verdi (7)
- PESANTE
- 35 Across: Snares (7)
- ENTRAPS
- 39 Across: Achieve, British style (7)
- REALISE
- 41 Across: Kind of sauce (3)
- SOY
- 42 Across: Pilfer or mooch (8)
- SCROUNGE
- 45 Across: Blue flicks, often (6)
- XRATED
- 48 Across: Part of D-day (5)
- HHOUR
- 49 Across: B.&O., etc. (3)
- RRS
- 51 Across: Puncture prefix (3)
- ACU
- 52 Across: Feed-bag contents (4)
- OATS
- 53 Across: Butt residue (3)
- ASH
- 54 Across: Fundy highs and lows (5)
- TIDES
- 57 Across: "The ___ Room," 1962 film (7)
- LSHAPED
- 60 Across: Readily perceived (7)
- EVIDENT
- 62 Across: ___ Year Book: 1422 (7)
- EMELINE
- 63 Across: Mexicans and Brazilians (7)
- LATINOS
- 64 Across: Some J.F.K. visitors (4)
- SSTS
- 65 Across: Mennonites et al. (5)
- SECTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Spore clusters (4)
- SORI
- 2 Down: Mess-kit filler (8)
- CRATIONS
- 3 Down: Favorite residence of Frederick II (6)
- ANDRIA
- 4 Down: Wis. college (6)
- BELOIT
- 5 Down: Sault ___ Marie (3)
- STE
- 6 Down: Satellite launched in 1966 (3)
- ATS
- 7 Down: Petition: Abbr. (3)
- REQ
- 8 Down: More awkward (8)
- CLUMSIER
- 9 Down: Distorts, as a newscast (6)
- SLANTS
- 10 Down: .30-cal. rifle (3)
- CBN
- 11 Down: Withered (4)
- SERE
- 12 Down: Hydrocarbons used in making plastics (8)
- STYRENES
- 13 Down: " . . . from so deep ___?": Shak. (5)
- AROOT
- 14 Down: Tie fabrics (5)
- REPPS
- 19 Down: Prefix for dynamic (4)
- AERO
- 23 Down: Zip around (4)
- FLIT
- 24 Down: Fig. behind home plate (3)
- UMP
- 25 Down: Apoidea member (3)
- BEE
- 26 Down: Lucifer or Beelzebub (5)
- SATAN
- 28 Down: Building wing (5)
- ANNEX
- 31 Down: Yugoslav capital (8)
- BELGRADE
- 33 Down: What reveille causes (8)
- AROUSALS
- 34 Down: Of nerves: Comb. form (4)
- NEUR
- 36 Down: Summa cum laude candidate (8)
- ASTUDENT
- 37 Down: Virginia Clemm's bridegroom (3)
- POE
- 38 Down: A Chaplin (3)
- SYD
- 40 Down: Noun suffixes (4)
- IERS
- 42 Down: Sailor's wooden block (5)
- SHOLE
- 43 Down: Narrow gorge (5)
- CHASM
- 44 Down: Lutheran theologian and family (6)
- ROTHES
- 46 Down: Cassowary or ostrich (6)
- RATITE
- 47 Down: Like vinegar (6)
- ACIDIC
- 50 Down: Cartoonist-author Silverstein (4)
- SHEL
- 55 Down: Slaughter or Cabell (4)
- ENOS
- 56 Down: Wall and Fleet: Abbr. (3)
- STS
- 58 Down: Sump (3)
- PIT
- 59 Down: Quartet in "One Sunday Afternoon" (3)
- ENS
- 61 Down: Vessel for Virgil (3)
- VAS
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