Thursday Crossword — July 12, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 7/12/1984. By Eli Wesoff.

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Across Answers

1 Across: San Juan ___ (4)
HILL
5 Across: Colorado tributary (4)
GILA
9 Across: Kind of heat (5)
SOLAR
14 Across: Kind of hemp (4)
ALOE
15 Across: Mil. verdict (4)
AWOL
16 Across: Ride (5)
TEASE
17 Across: Bjorn of the courts (4)
BORG
18 Across: Cenotaph (4)
TOMB
19 Across: " . . . the ___ a perfect day": Bond (5)
ENDOF
20 Across: Stand (6)
ENDURE
22 Across: Signal of a kind (4)
BEEP
24 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
YNE
25 Across: Elimelech's wife (5)
NAOMI
26 Across: "Sadness diminishes . . . a ___ . . . ": Spinoza (9)
MANSPOWER
28 Across: Epee user (6)
FENCER
30 Across: Actress Garr (4)
TERI
31 Across: Switch positions (3)
ONS
33 Across: Scoop (6)
DREDGE
35 Across: Thames district (4)
ETON
38 Across: Pikes ___ (4)
PEAK
40 Across: In any way (5)
ATALL
41 Across: Stengel's bailiwick, once (4)
SHEA
42 Across: Singer Tennille (4)
TONI
43 Across: Kiel and Erie (6)
CANALS
45 Across: Essay (3)
TRY
46 Across: "___, and ye shall find" (4)
SEEK
48 Across: Souse (6)
DRENCH
50 Across: Special advantage (9)
PRIVILEGE
53 Across: Lists (5)
ARENA
56 Across: "___ Woman" (3)
IAM
57 Across: "___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" (4)
LETA
58 Across: Spigots (6)
SPILES
59 Across: Port on the Meuse (5)
LIEGE
61 Across: A Lane (4)
ABBE
63 Across: El ___, Tex. (4)
PASO
64 Across: "The fathers have eaten ___ grape . . . ": Jer. (5)
ASOUR
65 Across: Appeal (4)
PLEA
66 Across: Arab chief (4)
EMIR
67 Across: Lets (5)
RENTS
68 Across: Wrigglers (4)
EELS
69 Across: Tiff (4)
SPAT

Down Answers

1 Down: To possess, in Stuttgart (5)
HABEN
2 Down: A Massey (5)
ILONA
3 Down: Epithet for a Hearst (15)
LORDOFSANSIMEON
4 Down: Lentil, e.g. (6)
LEGUME
5 Down: The take (4)
GATE
6 Down: ___ Jima (3)
IWO
7 Down: One-time Hollywood twosome (15)
LOMBARDANDGABLE
8 Down: Harry's Veep (5)
ALBEN
9 Down: Plain, Russian style (6)
STEPPE
10 Down: Wine: Comb. form (3)
OEN
11 Down: Nightingale (15)
LADYWITHTHELAMP
12 Down: Unisonally (5)
ASONE
13 Down: Allude (5)
REFER
21 Down: Melon throwaway (4)
RIND
23 Down: Parsons or Winwood (7)
ESTELLE
26 Down: "Gin a body ___ . . . ": Burns (5)
MEETA
27 Down: Smelting substances (4)
ORES
29 Down: Vivacity (7)
CRACKLE
31 Down: Choose (3)
OPT
32 Down: Modernist (3)
NEO
34 Down: Angry look (5)
GLARE
36 Down: Finished, to Poe (3)
OER
37 Down: Aye offset (3)
NAY
39 Down: City on the Dnepr (4)
KIEV
44 Down: Vigor (4)
SNAP
47 Down: Sally of old films (6)
EILERS
49 Down: Mild oath (6)
CRIPES
50 Down: Hairy (5)
PILAR
51 Down: Lift (5)
RAISE
52 Down: Storehouse (5)
ETAPE
54 Down: Indo or Poly ending (5)
NESIA
55 Down: After ___ (in a haphazard way) (5)
ASORT
58 Down: Homophone for seize (4)
SEAS
60 Down: Anagram for tug (3)
GUT
62 Down: ___ canto (3)
BEL

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