Thursday Crossword — March 21, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 80 clues). Published 3/21/1985. By Daniel Girardi.
Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.
Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle
Across Answers
- 1 Across: D.A.'s aide (4)
- ASST
- 5 Across: Radarscope signals (5)
- BLIPS
- 10 Across: Area over an eye or eyes (4)
- BROW
- 14 Across: Chopped cabbage (4)
- SLAW
- 15 Across: "And thus shall ye ___": Exod. (5)
- EATIT
- 16 Across: Papal court (4)
- ROTA
- 17 Across: Categorize (10)
- PIGEONHOLE
- 19 Across: Swan genus (4)
- OLOR
- 20 Across: Jehu (7)
- SPEEDER
- 21 Across: Diamond birds (7)
- ORIOLES
- 23 Across: Asian holiday (3)
- TET
- 24 Across: Behalf (5)
- STEAD
- 25 Across: Pleases a glutton (5)
- SATES
- 28 Across: In medias ___ (3)
- RES
- 29 Across: Part of a jack-in-the-green (5)
- SEPAL
- 33 Across: Good motor sound (4)
- PURR
- 34 Across: By way of (3)
- VIA
- 35 Across: Teach, e.g. (6)
- PIRATE
- 36 Across: Half a Broadway title (3)
- IDO
- 37 Across: Comes tumbling down (7)
- TOPPLES
- 39 Across: Flax fibers (3)
- TOW
- 40 Across: Soprano Farrell (6)
- EILEEN
- 42 Across: Suffix for Arab or Serb (3)
- IAN
- 43 Across: Excellent (4)
- AONE
- 44 Across: Kind of heat (5)
- SOLAR
- 45 Across: Med.-test reading (3)
- EEG
- 46 Across: "___ of God," stage hit (5)
- AGNES
- 47 Across: Mom's and Dad's moms (5)
- GRANS
- 49 Across: Its cap. is Tallahassee (3)
- FLA
- 50 Across: Wild duck (7)
- MALLARD
- 53 Across: Rap sessions? (7)
- SEANCES
- 57 Across: Lily from Africa (4)
- ALOE
- 58 Across: Christmas-song creature (10)
- TURTLEDOVE
- 60 Across: Incision (4)
- SLIT
- 61 Across: "Paradise Lost" figure (5)
- URIEL
- 62 Across: Foil's kin (4)
- EPEE
- 63 Across: Their teeth are scarce (4)
- HENS
- 64 Across: Cleans a meerschaum (5)
- REAMS
- 65 Across: Millstone support (4)
- RYND
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Nile menaces (4)
- ASPS
- 2 Down: Pink item (4)
- SLIP
- 3 Down: Emerson, e.g. (4)
- SAGE
- 4 Down: Stereo component (7)
- TWEETER
- 5 Down: He wrote "Western Star" (5)
- BENET
- 6 Down: "Waiting for Godot" actor (4)
- LAHR
- 7 Down: Assassinated Japanese statesman (3)
- ITO
- 8 Down: Guides (6)
- PILOTS
- 9 Down: Anagram for trees (5)
- STERE
- 10 Down: Chick's pad (7)
- BROODER
- 11 Down: Wad's relative (4)
- ROLL
- 12 Down: County in Neb. (4)
- OTOE
- 13 Down: ___ of the Roses (4)
- WARS
- 18 Down: Pindaric pieces (4)
- ODES
- 22 Down: Medical comb. form (5)
- IASIS
- 24 Down: Oyster catchers (7)
- SEAPIES
- 25 Down: People of intelligence (5)
- SPIES
- 26 Down: Partner of visual (5)
- AUDIO
- 27 Down: Sing lustily (5)
- TROLL
- 28 Down: Sunder (3)
- RIP
- 30 Down: "Cry, the Beloved Country" author (5)
- PATON
- 31 Down: Redeem oneself (5)
- ATONE
- 32 Down: English writer-critic: 1817–78 (5)
- LEWES
- 34 Down: Director ___ Stroheim (3)
- VON
- 35 Down: Female swan (3)
- PEN
- 37 Down: "O ___ addio," Verdi aria (5)
- TERRA
- 38 Down: Pool stroke (3)
- LAG
- 41 Down: Bald nestlings (7)
- EAGLETS
- 43 Down: Take ___ (glim) (7)
- AGANDER
- 45 Down: Last (6)
- ENDURE
- 46 Down: Wings on an avis (4)
- ALAE
- 48 Down: Pianist Rubinstein from Poland (5)
- ARTUR
- 49 Down: Drops a bay (5)
- FELLS
- 50 Down: Beer ingredient (4)
- MASH
- 51 Down: Auk genus (4)
- ALLE
- 52 Down: Kind of cloth (4)
- LOIN
- 53 Down: Contain (4)
- STEM
- 54 Down: Ape (4)
- COPY
- 55 Down: Deadlocked (4)
- EVEN
- 56 Down: Source; origin (4)
- SEED
- 59 Down: Ebro estuary (3)
- RIA
Ready to play?
Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.