Saturday Crossword — December 8, 1984 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/8/1984. By Alan Arbesfeld.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Stun (4)
DAZE
5 Across: Home made of adobe? (5)
ABODE
10 Across: Not fully open (4)
AJAR
14 Across: Signatures, à la Harpo (4)
EXES
15 Across: Croce's Brown (5)
LEROY
16 Across: She gets what she wants (4)
LOLA
17 Across: Addled (4)
LOST
18 Across: Put on cloud nine (5)
ELATE
19 Across: Foulards (4)
TIES
20 Across: * (8)
INTEGRAL
22 Across: ___ fries (6)
FRENCH
24 Across: Corrodes (4)
EATS
25 Across: Football div. (4)
QUAR
26 Across: Italian seafood dish (6)
SCAMPI
29 Across: With 38 Down, description of the solutions to the starred clues (8)
MULTIPLE
33 Across: Sac (3)
POD
34 Across: Final stanza (5)
ENVOI
36 Across: Flout (5)
SNEER
37 Across: Jar (4)
OLLA
39 Across: Civetlike animal (5)
GENET
41 Across: Snarl (4)
GNAR
42 Across: Some horses (5)
ROANS
44 Across: Fragrant oil (5)
ATTAR
46 Across: Mad. or Lex., e.g. (3)
AVE
47 Across: * (8)
TRIANGLE
49 Across: Caught (6)
NAILED
51 Across: Hodges and Blas (4)
GILS
52 Across: Roe (4)
EGGS
53 Across: Lacedaemon (6)
SPARTA
56 Across: * (8)
RELATING
60 Across: Hawkeye's home (4)
IOWA
61 Across: N.Z. native (5)
MAORI
63 Across: Places (4)
LOCI
64 Across: Pack (4)
CRAM
65 Across: "Smiles," for one (5)
OLDIE
66 Across: Kind of jacket (4)
ETON
67 Across: C and D (4)
KEYS
68 Across: Stair part (5)
RISER
69 Across: Impudence (4)
SASS

Down Answers

1 Down: Takeout place (4)
DELI
2 Down: Impulse conductor (4)
AXON
3 Down: Joie de vivre (4)
ZEST
4 Down: Respect (6)
ESTEEM
5 Down: * (8)
ALERTING
6 Down: Lugosi and Bartók (5)
BELAS
7 Down: Buccal (4)
ORAL
8 Down: The i's have it (3)
DOT
9 Down: Looker (6)
EYEFUL
10 Down: * (8)
ALTERING
11 Down: Fuse (4)
JOIN
12 Down: Guinness (4)
ALEC
13 Down: Madcap (4)
RASH
21 Down: Yawn (4)
GAPE
23 Down: "Confound it!" (4)
RATS
25 Down: Settled (5)
QUIET
26 Down: Big spender (5)
SPORT
27 Down: Distort (5)
COLOR
28 Down: Dwight's rival (5)
ADLAI
29 Down: Card game (5)
MONTE
30 Down: Kind of code (5)
PENAL
31 Down: Vacation (5)
LEAVE
32 Down: Flubbed (5)
ERRED
35 Down: Dresses a calf (5)
VEALS
38 Down: See 29 Across (8)
ANAGRAMS
40 Down: * (8)
TANGLIER
43 Down: Stew (4)
SNIT
45 Down: Shankar specialty (4)
RAGA
48 Down: Elusive allure: Var. (6)
GLAMOR
50 Down: Basketry fibers (6)
ISTLES
52 Down: Frightening (5)
EERIE
53 Down: Indisposed (4)
SICK
54 Down: Aperture (4)
PORE
55 Down: Out (4)
AWAY
56 Down: Gats (4)
RODS
57 Down: Tiny Greek letter? (4)
IOTA
58 Down: Sgts. or cpls. (4)
NCOS
59 Down: We cotton to these devices (4)
GINS
62 Down: ___ Baba (3)
ALI

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