Friday Crossword — January 25, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/25/1985. By Peter G. Snow.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Obi (4)
SASH
5 Across: Muffles (5)
MUTES
10 Across: Pahoehoe (4)
LAVA
14 Across: Toast covering (4)
OLEO
15 Across: Like argon (5)
INERT
16 Across: Desiccated (4)
ARID
17 Across: Mosel tributary (4)
SAAR
18 Across: This may be posted (5)
STAIR
19 Across: Violet container (4)
VASE
20 Across: Rosalind's lover (7)
ORLANDO
22 Across: Prospero's servant (7)
CALIBAN
24 Across: Little corn grower (3)
TOE
25 Across: Tree or resort (5)
ASPEN
26 Across: Pierre and Helena (8)
CAPITALS
30 Across: Ruffs' cousins (6)
SNIPES
34 Across: Woody's son (4)
ARLO
35 Across: Jeune fille (4)
LASS
37 Across: Intimidate (5)
DAUNT
38 Across: Spanish estuary (3)
RIA
39 Across: Concurs (7)
ASSENTS
41 Across: Map abbr. (3)
RTE
42 Across: Transcript (5)
TENOR
44 Across: Ombu or poon (4)
TREE
45 Across: Proper (4)
MEET
46 Across: Versants (6)
SLOPES
48 Across: Dandie Dinmonts (8)
TERRIERS
50 Across: Acclaims (5)
HAILS
52 Across: Baltique, e.g. (3)
MER
53 Across: Desdemona's husband (7)
OTHELLO
56 Across: Posthumus's servant (7)
PISANIO
60 Across: Hat-trick component (4)
GOAL
61 Across: Prevent (5)
AVERT
63 Across: Tide type (4)
NEAP
64 Across: Jennifer of WKRP (4)
LONI
65 Across: Legendary being (5)
GENIE
66 Across: Former Genovese magistrate (4)
DOGE
67 Across: Joy's lioness (4)
ELSA
68 Across: Utopias (5)
EDENS
69 Across: Soon (4)
ANON

Down Answers

1 Down: Just fair (4)
SOSO
2 Down: Winged (4)
ALAR
3 Down: Close securely (4)
SEAL
4 Down: Hamlet's friend (7)
HORATIO
5 Down: Distribution problems (8)
MISDEALS
6 Down: P. Wylie's "Night ___ Night" (4)
UNTO
7 Down: Cachar, e.g. (3)
TEA
8 Down: Ambler and Knight (5)
ERICS
9 Down: Renders penniless (6)
STRAPS
10 Down: "Titus Andronicus" heroine (7)
LAVINIA
11 Down: Bedouin (4)
ARAB
12 Down: Passport stamp (4)
VISA
13 Down: Yemeni capital (4)
ADEN
21 Down: Common negative (3)
NOT
23 Down: Gives temporarily (5)
LENDS
25 Down: Avers (7)
ASSERTS
26 Down: Two-wheeled vehicles (5)
CARTS
27 Down: Prospero's aide (5)
ARIEL
28 Down: Flat: Comb. form (5)
PLANO
29 Down: Least likely (4)
LAST
31 Down: Vichyssoise, e.g. (5)
PUREE
32 Down: Journalize (5)
ENTER
33 Down: Instructions to a printer (5)
STETS
36 Down: Dirk of yore (4)
SNEE
39 Down: Of a region (5)
AREAL
40 Down: They can bring the house down (8)
TERMITES
43 Down: Polonius's daughter (7)
OPHELIA
45 Down: Prospero's daughter (7)
MIRANDA
47 Down: Some fodder (6)
SILAGE
49 Down: Dos' followers (3)
RES
51 Down: "I ___ a lass . . . ": Wither (5)
LOVED
53 Down: Leer's kin (4)
OGLE
54 Down: Dibble or burin (4)
TOOL
55 Down: Painter Holbein (4)
HANS
56 Down: Sch. authority (4)
PRIN
57 Down: Sign gas (4)
NEON
58 Down: Desdemona's detractor (4)
IAGO
59 Down: Type of tournament (4)
OPEN
62 Down: Dir. from Madrid to Barcelona (3)
ENE

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