Saturday Crossword — March 16, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/16/1985. By Jeanne Wilson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fuss (4)
- TODO
- 5 Across: ___ noire (4)
- BETE
- 9 Across: Unit of capacitance (5)
- FARAD
- 14 Across: Mine entrance (4)
- ADIT
- 15 Across: Den (4)
- LAIR
- 16 Across: "The Boot" (5)
- ITALY
- 17 Across: Make merry/mechanical part (9)
- REVELEVER
- 19 Across: Church service (5)
- NONES
- 20 Across: Nutty candy (7)
- PRALINE
- 21 Across: Lacking vigor; weak (6)
- ANEMIC
- 23 Across: Young fellow (3)
- LAD
- 24 Across: Beckett's "How ___" (4)
- ITIS
- 25 Across: Fiery felony (5)
- ARSON
- 28 Across: Breaks/bridges (9)
- SNAPSPANS
- 33 Across: Cheer syllable (3)
- RAH
- 34 Across: Run ___ (go berserk) (4)
- AMOK
- 36 Across: Charlie Brown, e.g. (6)
- PEANUT
- 37 Across: Overhead light bulb? (4)
- IDEA
- 39 Across: "Tiny Alice" playwright (5)
- ALBEE
- 41 Across: Earring support (4)
- LOBE
- 42 Across: Anagram for marine (6)
- AIRMEN
- 44 Across: Livorno lucre (4)
- LIRA
- 46 Across: Casino cube (3)
- DIE
- 47 Across: Roamer/Runyon (9)
- NOMADAMON
- 49 Across: Part of a stair (5)
- TREAD
- 51 Across: Gershwin's "___ Rhythm" (4)
- IGOT
- 52 Across: Actress Christensen (3)
- UTE
- 53 Across: Kind of bug (6)
- LITTER
- 56 Across: "U.S.A." by Dos Passos is one (7)
- TRILOGY
- 60 Across: He-man (5)
- MACHO
- 61 Across: Plant/playwright (9)
- SUMACAMUS
- 63 Across: " . . . ___ for verbal delicacies": Mencken (5)
- ANEAR
- 64 Across: Of an epoch (4)
- ERAL
- 65 Across: Ye olde days (4)
- YORE
- 66 Across: Helen's abductor (5)
- PARIS
- 67 Across: Meniscus, e.g. (4)
- LENS
- 68 Across: Tart (4)
- SOUR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Canvas cover, for short (4)
- TARP
- 2 Down: Baltic feeder (4)
- ODER
- 3 Down: Galli-Curci was one (4)
- DIVA
- 4 Down: Rossini hero (6)
- OTELLO
- 5 Down: Mix (5)
- BLEND
- 6 Down: Roof overhang (4)
- EAVE
- 7 Down: Ascot (3)
- TIE
- 8 Down: Printers' boo-boos (6)
- ERRATA
- 9 Down: Strategy for Goren (7)
- FINESSE
- 10 Down: Iota (4)
- ATOM
- 11 Down: Rajah's spouse (4)
- RANI
- 12 Down: Composer Wilder (4)
- ALEC
- 13 Down: Abnormal: Prefix (3)
- DYS
- 18 Down: Climbing plant (5)
- LIANA
- 22 Down: Jack Frost (6)
- NIPPER
- 24 Down: Rorschach item (7)
- INKBLOT
- 25 Down: Suffix wtih Unit (5)
- ARIAN
- 26 Down: Milieu for Ma Perkins (5)
- RADIO
- 27 Down: Actor Hemsley's nickname (5)
- SHERM
- 28 Down: Energy source (3)
- SOL
- 29 Down: "Doc Savage" producer (3)
- PAL
- 30 Down: Battery terminal (5)
- ANODE
- 31 Down: Nile valley region (5)
- NUBIA
- 32 Down: Grani or Sleipnir (5)
- STEED
- 35 Down: Direct (6)
- MANAGE
- 38 Down: Candlenut tree (3)
- AMA
- 40 Down: "___ Heldenleben," Strauss work (3)
- EIN
- 43 Down: Diaskeuasts (7)
- EDITORS
- 45 Down: Athenian (5)
- ATTIC
- 48 Down: Tidbit (6)
- MORSEL
- 50 Down: Shifts (6)
- RELAYS
- 52 Down: Russian range (5)
- URALS
- 53 Down: Superboy's girlfriend (4)
- LANA
- 54 Down: Bakery worker (4)
- ICER
- 55 Down: Siamese (4)
- THAI
- 56 Down: Govt. agent (4)
- TMAN
- 57 Down: Melville book (4)
- OMOO
- 58 Down: Hindu religious instructor (4)
- GURU
- 59 Down: Scene of battles: 1914–18 (4)
- YSER
- 60 Down: General's pinup (3)
- MAP
- 62 Down: Suffix for press (3)
- URE
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