Thursday Crossword — March 22, 1984 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 3/22/1984. By Rhonda Kraus.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Job (5)
- CHORE
- 6 Across: Thesis (5)
- PAPER
- 11 Across: ___ Gandolfo, Italy (6)
- CASTEL
- 12 Across: Ready (6)
- ALLSET
- 14 Across: Spendthrift (7)
- WASTREL
- 15 Across: Young pig or chicken (7)
- ROASTER
- 17 Across: Cuckoo (3)
- ANI
- 18 Across: Food (7)
- ALIMENT
- 20 Across: Anger (3)
- IRE
- 21 Across: Dog in "Peter Pan" (4)
- NANA
- 23 Across: Backbone (5)
- SPINE
- 24 Across: Cousin of a beluga (4)
- ORCA
- 25 Across: One's pledged word (5)
- TROTH
- 27 Across: Explosive (3)
- TNT
- 28 Across: Concorde's asset (5)
- SPEED
- 29 Across: Affecting the body generally (8)
- SYSTEMIC
- 31 Across: Hardens (6)
- STEELS
- 32 Across: Area above an earthquake's origin (9)
- EPICENTER
- 34 Across: Average (6)
- NORMAL
- 37 Across: Facial décor (8)
- MUSTACHE
- 41 Across: Take up and use (5)
- ADOPT
- 42 Across: Allow (3)
- LET
- 43 Across: Mme. de ___ (5)
- STAEL
- 44 Across: Rampage (4)
- RIOT
- 45 Across: " . . . idle ___": Tennyson (5)
- TEARS
- 47 Across: To be, in Orléans (4)
- ETRE
- 48 Across: Aurora, to Agamemnon (3)
- EOS
- 49 Across: Ciceronian activity (7)
- ORATION
- 51 Across: Ad ___ committee (3)
- HOC
- 52 Across: Surgeons' threads (7)
- SUTURES
- 54 Across: Einsteinium, e.g. (7)
- ELEMENT
- 56 Across: Moon goddess (6)
- SELENE
- 57 Across: Christeners (6)
- NAMERS
- 58 Across: Music symbols (5)
- RESTS
- 59 Across: Jogs (5)
- TROTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Las Vegas meccas (7)
- CASINOS
- 2 Down: D.D.E.'s predecessor (3)
- HST
- 3 Down: Norwegian river (4)
- OTRA
- 4 Down: Hoedowns' kin (5)
- REELS
- 5 Down: Ovate (8)
- ELLIPTIC
- 6 Down: Sire or dam (6)
- PARENT
- 7 Down: Solo (5)
- ALONE
- 8 Down: Map of a city (4)
- PLAT
- 9 Down: Curve shape (3)
- ESS
- 10 Down: Pensioner, perhaps (7)
- RETIREE
- 11 Down: Singer or color (6)
- CANARY
- 13 Down: ___ gentle (trained male falcon) (6)
- TERCEL
- 14 Down: Needs (5)
- WANTS
- 16 Down: Peruses (5)
- READS
- 19 Down: Pie filling (9)
- MINCEMEAT
- 22 Down: Try (7)
- ATTEMPT
- 24 Down: Work (7)
- OPERATE
- 26 Down: Liver: Comb. form (5)
- HEPAT
- 28 Down: Cancels a deletion (5)
- STETS
- 30 Down: One-thousandth of an inch (3)
- MIL
- 31 Down: Abbrs. on 8 Down (3)
- STS
- 33 Down: Nourishing (8)
- NUTRIENT
- 34 Down: Nostrils (5)
- NARES
- 35 Down: Hateful (6)
- ODIOUS
- 36 Down: Morning "announcer" (7)
- ROOSTER
- 38 Down: Author Willa and family (7)
- CATHERS
- 39 Down: Long-necked waders (6)
- HERONS
- 40 Down: Choose (5)
- ELECT
- 42 Down: Rental contracts (6)
- LEASES
- 45 Down: Council of ___: 1545–63 (5)
- TRENT
- 46 Down: Type of energy (5)
- SOLAR
- 49 Down: Minerals (4)
- ORES
- 50 Down: Verne captain (4)
- NEMO
- 53 Down: Diminutive suffix (3)
- ULE
- 55 Down: Encountered (3)
- MET
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