Saturday Crossword — February 2, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 2/2/1985. By Jeffrey A. Mercer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Feeds the hogs (5)
- SLOPS
- 6 Across: Long in the tooth (4)
- AGED
- 10 Across: Rinehart book (4)
- TISH
- 14 Across: Famed beneficiary of Sir Edward Montagu (5)
- PEPYS
- 15 Across: Type of cheese (4)
- BRIE
- 16 Across: Preposition (4)
- ONTO
- 17 Across: Vacuous (5)
- INANE
- 18 Across: London lawyer (9)
- BARRISTER
- 20 Across: Steatite (4)
- TALC
- 21 Across: Mezzo-soprano Shirley (4)
- LOVE
- 22 Across: Gallagher's partner (5)
- SHEAN
- 23 Across: Duvalier's domain (5)
- HAITI
- 25 Across: Uneasiness, in Paris (6)
- ALARME
- 26 Across: Translate, in a way (6)
- DECODE
- 29 Across: Grammatical features (7)
- TAXEMES
- 31 Across: Byrd book (5)
- ALONE
- 32 Across: Fool's gold, e.g. (7)
- PYRITES
- 33 Across: Obscure (3)
- DIM
- 34 Across: Stations (5)
- POSTS
- 35 Across: Playwright Stoppard (3)
- TOM
- 38 Across: Graze (7)
- PASTURE
- 41 Across: Setting for a Marx Bros. film (5)
- OPERA
- 43 Across: Choral piece (7)
- CANTATA
- 44 Across: Led (6)
- GUIDED
- 45 Across: Kind of shrimp (6)
- MANTIS
- 46 Across: Teed off (5)
- IRATE
- 48 Across: Type of vein (5)
- ILIAC
- 49 Across: Bit (4)
- SNIP
- 50 Across: An incarnation of Vishnu (4)
- RAMA
- 54 Across: Latch releasers (9)
- DOORKNOBS
- 56 Across: Moon of Uranus (5)
- ARIEL
- 57 Across: Miler Andersson (4)
- ARNE
- 58 Across: Medicinal plant (4)
- ALOE
- 59 Across: "Ars ___ . . . " (5)
- LONGA
- 60 Across: Cong. meeting (4)
- SESS
- 61 Across: Certain chains (4)
- TOWS
- 62 Across: Flowery scent (5)
- ATTAR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Rotisserie item (4)
- SPIT
- 2 Down: Capp's "Hyena" (4)
- LENA
- 3 Down: Oculus mundi (4)
- OPAL
- 4 Down: Author of 7 Down (7)
- PYNCHON
- 5 Down: Dir. from St. Louis to Memphis (3)
- SSE
- 6 Down: Head monk (5)
- ABBOT
- 7 Down: Best seller in 1973 (15)
- GRAVITYSRAINBOW
- 8 Down: Celts' land (4)
- EIRE
- 9 Down: German article (3)
- DER
- 10 Down: Put ___ (embarrass) (7)
- TOSHAME
- 11 Down: Concerned (10)
- INTERESTED
- 12 Down: Cooks clams, in a way (6)
- STEAMS
- 13 Down: Marilyn of the Met (5)
- HORNE
- 19 Down: Key (5)
- ISLET
- 21 Down: Recline (3)
- LIE
- 24 Down: "Artie" author (3)
- ADE
- 25 Down: Corncob, for one (4)
- AXIS
- 26 Down: Palindromic family name (3)
- DAD
- 27 Down: David ___ Lilienthal (3)
- ELI
- 28 Down: Associates (10)
- COMPANIONS
- 30 Down: Commedia dell'___ (4)
- ARTE
- 32 Down: Small European cod (4)
- POUT
- 34 Down: School orgs. (4)
- PTAS
- 36 Down: Tinstone, e.g. (3)
- ORE
- 37 Down: Non compos mentis (3)
- MAD
- 39 Down: Scorpion's Heart (7)
- ANTARES
- 40 Down: Place for a muleta (5)
- STICK
- 41 Down: Call at Wimbledon (3)
- OUT
- 42 Down: Buffoon (7)
- PIERROT
- 43 Down: Heat, in Milano (6)
- CALORE
- 44 Down: Lacuna (3)
- GAP
- 45 Down: Mythical king of Phrygia (5)
- MIDAS
- 47 Down: Loses a lap (5)
- RISES
- 49 Down: "Star Wars" hero (4)
- SOLO
- 51 Down: "___ Misbehavin'" (4)
- AINT
- 52 Down: Prefix with ton or phone (4)
- MEGA
- 53 Down: Winged (4)
- ALAR
- 55 Down: Writer Hentoff (3)
- NAT
- 56 Down: S.E.C. member (3)
- ALA
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