Saturday Crossword — November 17, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/17/1984. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Compact (4)
TAMP
5 Across: D.A.V. member (3)
VET
8 Across: Corrida attraction (6)
ELTORO
14 Across: Singer Anita (4)
ODAY
15 Across: "___ declare!" (3)
IDO
16 Across: Barely sufficient (6)
MEAGER
17 Across: A Louis victim: 1937 (4)
FARR
18 Across: Short snort (3)
NIP
19 Across: Sopwith's W.W. I fliers (6)
CAMELS
20 Across: Chennault, for one (11)
FLYINGTIGER
23 Across: Rhyme royal (6)
SEPTET
24 Across: Like Idlewild, e.g. (7)
RENAMED
29 Across: Faeros whirlwinds (3)
OES
30 Across: Boss of the pvts. (3)
NCO
32 Across: Chiton's relative (5)
STOLA
33 Across: Try ale, gingerly (3)
SIP
35 Across: Red Baron's foe (6)
SNOOPY
38 Across: Home of Phillips U. (4)
ENID
39 Across: A-one (4)
TOPS
41 Across: Kid's shooter (5)
IMMIE
42 Across: Henri follower (4)
ETTA
43 Across: Platoon, for one (4)
UNIT
44 Across: Swift's flying island (6)
LAPUTA
46 Across: What she didn't say, in Kern's song (3)
YES
47 Across: Tenner minus one? (5)
NINER
49 Across: Las ___ (two o'clock in Taxco) (3)
DOS
50 Across: Seat for Snerd (3)
LAP
52 Across: Former Italian prime minister (7)
GASPERI
54 Across: Opposite of Rocky Rd.? (6)
EASYST
57 Across: Movie flier in 1939 (11)
WICKEDWITCH
60 Across: Mystery flier (6)
SAUCER
64 Across: Singer Rawls (3)
LOU
65 Across: Norse hammer thrower (4)
THOR
66 Across: Synthetic gem (6)
RUTILE
67 Across: Steno's abbr. (3)
ENC
68 Across: ___ 1 (long odds) (4)
IOTO
69 Across: Companions for Artemis (6)
OREADS
70 Across: Tonkin chaser (3)
ESE
71 Across: Parvenu (4)
SNOB

Down Answers

1 Down: Dorchester dudes (5)
TOFFS
2 Down: Allan-___ (5)
ADALE
3 Down: Movie flier in 1964 (11)
MARYPOPPINS
4 Down: Source of sulfuric acid (6)
PYRITE
5 Down: ___-et-un (Riviera blackjack) (5)
VINGT
6 Down: Polish, in a way (4)
EDIT
7 Down: African antelope (4)
TOPI
8 Down: Telethon V.I.P. (5)
EMCEE
9 Down: Gets some lore (6)
LEARNS
10 Down: Banff bonnet (3)
TAM
11 Down: Haitian hero (3)
OGE
12 Down: Electrical unit (3)
REL
13 Down: Hosp. locales (3)
ORS
21 Down: Hopeful or hopeless endings (4)
NESS
22 Down: Architectural innovator (7)
GROPIUS
25 Down: To ___ (precisely) (4)
ATEE
26 Down: Aerial-circus proprietor (11)
MONTYPYTHON
27 Down: Type size (5)
ELITE
28 Down: Playpen comments (5)
DADAS
30 Down: Peregrine (7)
NOMADIC
31 Down: Sand-cement mortar (5)
COMPO
33 Down: Gulled (5)
STUNG
34 Down: Mich. county (5)
IONIA
36 Down: Zero, in soccer (3)
NIL
37 Down: Notwithstanding (3)
YET
40 Down: Dance (4)
STEP
45 Down: What there ought to be (4)
ALAW
48 Down: Bond anew (6)
REWELD
51 Down: Such being the case (6)
ASITIS
53 Down: Laughs, in Le Havre (5)
RIRES
54 Down: Arrive at (5)
EDUCE
55 Down: Caledonian: Comb. form (5)
SCOTO
56 Down: Palpitate (5)
THROB
58 Down: Swiss Abstractionist (4)
KLEE
59 Down: Times immeasurable (4)
EONS
60 Down: Hit sign (3)
SRO
61 Down: Ear: Comb. form (3)
AUR
62 Down: Versatile truck, for short (3)
UTE
63 Down: Hush-hush org. (3)
CIA

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