Friday Crossword — October 12, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/12/1984. By William Coburn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Conceal in the hand (4)
PALM
5 Across: Illegal grass (3)
POT
8 Across: Early man (4)
ABEL
12 Across: Song for Domingo (4)
ARIA
13 Across: Growth celebrated in a musical (4)
HAIR
14 Across: Hammett's P.I. (5)
SPADE
15 Across: Simian soldier? (9)
GUERRILLA
17 Across: Ieper, to the French (5)
YPRES
18 Across: Copy a flightless bird? (7)
EMULATE
19 Across: Lurches (7)
CAREENS
21 Across: Overflow (5)
SPILL
22 Across: Chanteuse Edith ___ (4)
PIAF
23 Across: Do-well predecessor (4)
NEER
25 Across: Marine mammal route? (7)
SEALANE
28 Across: Snakes (4)
ASPS
31 Across: Cheats (5)
ROOKS
33 Across: Carangid fish (4)
SCAD
34 Across: Ballad (3)
LAY
35 Across: Wildebeest (3)
GNU
36 Across: Work unit (3)
ERG
37 Across: Bacon's associates (4)
EGGS
39 Across: 13 to 19 (5)
TEENS
41 Across: Vortex (4)
EDDY
42 Across: Bedouin parking area? (7)
CAMELOT
44 Across: Oven (4)
KILN
46 Across: Gardner's namesakes (4)
AVAS
47 Across: TV puppet (5)
MADAM
50 Across: Oval (7)
ELLIPSE
53 Across: Cringed like Elsie? (7)
COWERED
55 Across: Tracks (5)
RAILS
56 Across: Like a cat's oniony dish? (9)
LYONNAISE
58 Across: Soap plant (5)
AMOLE
59 Across: The Iron ___ (Mrs. Thatcher) (4)
LADY
60 Across: Nobelist poet Sully-Prudhomme (4)
RENE
61 Across: Rational (4)
SANE
62 Across: Heaven (3)
SKY
63 Across: Coaster (4)
SLED

Down Answers

1 Down: Verso or recto (4)
PAGE
2 Down: Flowering plants (5)
ARUMS
3 Down: Stay in bed, as an invalid (5)
LIEUP
4 Down: Game fish (7)
MARLINS
5 Down: Stake (4)
PALE
6 Down: Bribe (3)
OIL
7 Down: Agr. vehicle (4)
TRAC
8 Down: Court of ___ (7)
APPEALS
9 Down: Yogi unmasked? (9)
BAREFACED
10 Down: First place (4)
EDEN
11 Down: Of lower degree (4)
LESS
13 Down: Schicklgruber, allegedly (6)
HITLER
14 Down: Site of Latakia (5)
SYRIA
16 Down: Breathing sound (4)
RALE
20 Down: Gibbons (4)
APES
24 Down: Thesaurus maker (5)
ROGET
25 Down: Give out goose eggs (5)
SKUNK
26 Down: Aromatic plant (4)
NARD
27 Down: Irritable (4)
EDGY
28 Down: Guinness, for one (4)
ALEC
29 Down: Story (4)
SAGA
30 Down: Shaw's porcine play? (9)
PYGMALION
32 Down: Monad (3)
ONE
38 Down: Home of Mozart's barber (7)
SEVILLE
39 Down: Flip (4)
TOSS
40 Down: Sale of church property (6)
SIMONY
41 Down: Wins affection (7)
ENDEARS
43 Down: Slip (5)
LAPSE
45 Down: Fine fabric (4)
LAWN
48 Down: Prospero's sprite (5)
ARIEL
49 Down: Intermediate, in law (5)
MESNE
50 Down: Periods (4)
ERAS
51 Down: Mongolian monk (4)
LAMA
52 Down: Old measures of length (4)
ELLS
53 Down: Buffalo Bill (4)
CODY
54 Down: Exploit (4)
DEED
57 Down: Chatter like an ox? (3)
YAK

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