Tuesday Crossword — October 23, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/23/1984. By Frank Geary.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rhetorical basics (4)
ABCS
5 Across: Viking of comics (5)
HAGAR
10 Across: Dictator (4)
TSAR
14 Across: Sri Lanka money (4)
MAHA
15 Across: Cognizant (5)
AWARE
16 Across: Recess (4)
APSE
17 Across: Effigy of a sort (4)
IDOL
18 Across: ___ orange (5)
NAVEL
19 Across: Gym items (4)
MATS
20 Across: Napoleonic general (6)
GERARD
22 Across: Monad (3)
ONE
23 Across: Grimalkin (3)
CAT
24 Across: Bonnie Franklin's vehicle (13)
ONEDAYATATIME
28 Across: Erstwhile draft initials (3)
UMT
29 Across: ___ Parker (busybody) (5)
NOSEY
32 Across: File (4)
RASP
36 Across: Nuclear particle (4)
ATOM
39 Across: Wild oxen (5)
GAURS
40 Across: Very unusual (15)
ONCEINALIFETIME
43 Across: Taj ___ (5)
MAHAL
44 Across: ___ avis (4)
RARA
45 Across: Headliner (4)
STAR
46 Across: Boutique (5)
STORE
47 Across: A Gershwin (3)
IRA
49 Across: "In The Good ___," 1902 song (13)
OLDSUMMERTIME
57 Across: Chum (3)
PAL
59 Across: Yoko ___ (3)
ONO
60 Across: Garden utensil (6)
WEEDER
61 Across: Melody (4)
ARIA
63 Across: Stage utterance (5)
ASIDE
65 Across: Antitoxins (4)
SERA
66 Across: Dispatch (4)
SEND
67 Across: Hazard (5)
PERIL
68 Across: Checkroom items (4)
TAGS
69 Across: Nestor, e.g. (4)
SAGE
70 Across: Kind of wool (5)
STEEL
71 Across: To shelter, at sea (4)
ALEE

Down Answers

1 Down: Friend, in Cádiz (5)
AMIGO
2 Down: Region in SW Germany (5)
BADEN
3 Down: Task (5)
CHORE
4 Down: Menu item (5)
SALAD
5 Down: Jack of all trades (8)
HANDYMAN
6 Down: Hawaiian milkfish (3)
AWA
7 Down: French dance (5)
GAVOT
8 Down: Joe Louis Sports ___, Detroit (5)
ARENA
9 Down: Rented again (5)
RELET
10 Down: Head covering (3)
TAM
11 Down: Astronaut's attire (9)
SPACESUIT
12 Down: Dog star (4)
ASTA
13 Down: Take five (4)
REST
21 Down: Author Santha Rama ___ (3)
RAU
25 Down: Rose essence (5)
ATTAR
26 Down: "Picnic" playwright (4)
INGE
27 Down: Ditches around castles (5)
MOATS
30 Down: Writer Bombeck (4)
ERMA
31 Down: Nieuwpoort's river (4)
YSER
32 Down: Gypsy gentlemen (4)
ROMS
33 Down: What Michelangelo studied: Abbr. (4)
ANAT
34 Down: Education (9)
SCHOOLING
35 Down: Bailey or Buck (5)
PEARL
37 Down: Biographer Winslow (3)
OLA
38 Down: Lake on Uruguay's boundary (5)
MIRIM
41 Down: "___ Three Lives": Philbrick (4)
ILED
42 Down: Parting words (8)
FAREWELL
48 Down: Verb form (3)
ARE
50 Down: Cleansing agents (5)
SOAPS
51 Down: Not solidified (5)
UNSET
52 Down: Watered silk (5)
MOIRE
53 Down: Seed coating (5)
TESTA
54 Down: Perfect (5)
IDEAL
55 Down: Combine (5)
MERGE
56 Down: Expunge (5)
ERASE
57 Down: Masher's maneuver (4)
PASS
58 Down: Precinct (4)
AREA
62 Down: Humorist or drink (3)
ADE
64 Down: Casting mold (3)
DIE

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