Friday Crossword — June 1, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/1/1984. By Sam Bellotto, Jr..

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Across Answers

1 Across: Astronomer, at times (5)
GAZER
6 Across: They give a hoot (4)
OWLS
10 Across: Bleak (3)
RAW
13 Across: Kind of acid (5)
AMINO
14 Across: Eire's Sinn ___ (4)
FEIN
15 Across: River through Bern (4)
AARE
16 Across: Quantities in steins (5)
PINTS
17 Across: "___ Shanter," Burns poem (4)
TAMO
18 Across: Liana or allamanda (4)
VINE
19 Across: Incapable of concentration (14)
SCATTERBRAINED
22 Across: Ferrous (5)
IRONY
23 Across: Zounds! (4)
EGAD
24 Across: Pandemonium (6)
BEDLAM
27 Across: Most uninteresting (7)
TRITEST
30 Across: Scull (3)
OAR
31 Across: City in SW California (4)
BREA
34 Across: Star of 58 Down (5)
NOLTE
35 Across: Contrary to one's nature (15)
AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
39 Across: Ooze (5)
SLIME
40 Across: Mountbatten was one (4)
EARL
41 Across: Aye (3)
YES
42 Across: Alley match (7)
TENPINS
44 Across: ___ Pointe, Mich. (6)
GROSSE
47 Across: Leaf (4)
PAGE
48 Across: One step (5)
STAIR
50 Across: Popular hot custard pie (14)
QUICHELORRAINE
55 Across: Lab. test (4)
EXPT
56 Across: Sturdy boat (4)
DORY
57 Across: Buck or eye follower (5)
TOOTH
59 Across: Denials (4)
NOES
60 Across: ___ out (gets by) (4)
EKES
61 Across: Offertory site (5)
ALTAR
62 Across: Word with the M-G-M lion (3)
ARS
63 Across: Gossip (4)
DIRT
64 Across: Licks and sticks (5)
SEALS

Down Answers

1 Down: Lacuna (3)
GAP
2 Down: Author Kingsley (4)
AMIS
3 Down: Color called cloud gray (4)
ZINC
4 Down: Necessitate (6)
ENTAIL
5 Down: Pulpits (6)
ROSTRA
6 Down: Time after time (5)
OFTEN
7 Down: Fatigued (5)
WEARY
8 Down: Wing or fin (4)
LIMB
9 Down: Sound sleeper? (6)
SNORER
10 Down: Inning interruptions (10)
RAINDELAYS
11 Down: Book by Björnson (4)
ARNE
12 Down: Use a hoe (4)
WEED
15 Down: Odom or Post (7)
AVIATOR
20 Down: Places to find mummies (5)
TOMBS
21 Down: Getting on (5)
AGING
24 Down: Exult (5)
BOAST
25 Down: Bird at the mint (5)
EAGLE
26 Down: Downspouts (10)
DRAINPIPES
27 Down: Asian goat (4)
TAHR
28 Down: Pigs' digs (5)
STIES
29 Down: Nervous (5)
TENSE
32 Down: U.S. 66 and I-95 (4)
RTES
33 Down: After zeta (3)
ETA
36 Down: Collisions (7)
IMPACTS
37 Down: Whinny (5)
NEIGH
38 Down: "Dream of Gerontius" composer (5)
ELGAR
43 Down: Required (6)
NEEDED
45 Down: Lariats (6)
RIATAS
46 Down: Brooks Robinson was one (6)
ORIOLE
48 Down: More resentful (5)
SORER
49 Down: Rendezvous (5)
TRYST
50 Down: City near Luxor (4)
QENA
51 Down: Calpurnia, to Caesar (4)
UXOR
52 Down: Fenrir's father (4)
LOKI
53 Down: "___ creature was stirring . . . " (4)
NOTA
54 Down: Inclusive abbr. (4)
ETAL
58 Down: "48 ___," 1982 film (3)
HRS

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