Saturday Crossword — November 24, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 11/24/1984. By James Barrick.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Prime-time fare (10)
SPORTSCAST
11 Across: Soft masses (4)
WADS
15 Across: Shelve (10)
PIGEONHOLE
16 Across: Word heard topside (4)
ALEE
17 Across: Non compos mentis (10)
IRRATIONAL
18 Across: Plant or animal part (4)
SETA
19 Across: Asian weight (4)
TAEL
20 Across: Make ready, for short (4)
PREP
21 Across: Calendar abbr. (4)
TUES
22 Across: Ways: Abbr. (3)
STS
23 Across: Unseal, poetically (3)
OPE
24 Across: Spell (7)
STRETCH
27 Across: Suffix for Roman (5)
ESQUE
29 Across: Virginia willow (4)
ITEA
30 Across: Robert of "Quincy" (3)
ITO
31 Across: Saying (8)
UTTERING
33 Across: Gas: Comb. form (3)
AER
34 Across: Art cult (4)
DADA
37 Across: Fabulous flier (3)
ROC
38 Across: Wave: Fr. (4)
ONDE
39 Across: Nigerian people (3)
EDO
40 Across: Inventor of a glass harmonica (8)
FRANKLIN
44 Across: Parental palindrome (3)
MOM
45 Across: Rough (4)
RUDE
46 Across: Place near Harrisburg, Pa. (5)
ENOLA
49 Across: Paper-folding art (7)
ORIGAMI
51 Across: "Gang ___ a-gley" (3)
AFT
52 Across: Reptile (3)
ASP
54 Across: Ocean route (4)
LANE
55 Across: Prehistoric tool (4)
CELT
57 Across: Rey's edict (4)
AUTO
58 Across: Heron's cousin (4)
IBIS
59 Across: Diagnostic aid (10)
CARDIOGRAM
61 Across: Track of an animal (4)
SLOT
62 Across: Ecologist's concern (10)
ATMOSPHERE
63 Across: Layers (4)
HENS
64 Across: Short stories akin to fables (10)
BEASTTALES

Down Answers

1 Down: Broaches (5)
SPITS
2 Down: Robber (6)
PIRATE
3 Down: Fairy-tale figure (6)
OGRESS
4 Down: Authentic (4)
REAL
5 Down: Add up (3)
TOT
6 Down: Little piece (7)
SNIPPET
7 Down: Something to do (5)
CHORE
8 Down: Superior (4)
AONE
9 Down: Broad comedy (9)
SLAPSTICK
10 Down: End: Comb. form (3)
TEL
11 Down: Dross (5)
WASTE
12 Down: Of a northern people (8)
ALEUTIAN
13 Down: Spotted (8)
DETECTED
14 Down: Castle locale (8)
SEASHORE
23 Down: Aloud (3)
OUT
25 Down: Sawbuck (3)
TEN
26 Down: Roofing slate (3)
RAG
28 Down: In the capacity of (3)
QUA
29 Down: Substance used in perfumes (5)
IRONE
32 Down: Destroy (9)
ERADICATE
34 Down: Destroy (8)
DEMOLISH
35 Down: Charming (8)
ADORABLE
36 Down: Supreme authority (8)
DOMINION
38 Down: Lennon's widow (3)
ONO
40 Down: Italian title (3)
FRA
41 Down: Tafia (3)
RUM
42 Down: Radical (7)
LEFTIST
43 Down: Abbr. in banking (3)
INT
47 Down: Bay tree (6)
LAUREL
48 Down: Looking fixedly (6)
ASTARE
50 Down: Romantic adventure stories (5)
GESTS
51 Down: Moro and Ray (5)
ALDOS
53 Down: Fruits (5)
POMES
56 Down: Bombeck (4)
ERMA
57 Down: Turkish chief (4)
AGHA
59 Down: Fiacre (3)
CAB
60 Down: Eliminate the alternatives (3)
OPT

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