Tuesday Crossword — April 23, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/23/1985. By Mary S. Snyder.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Roost (5)
PERCH
6 Across: Baby's word (4)
DADA
10 Across: Actor James from N.Y.C. (4)
CAAN
14 Across: Public (5)
OVERT
15 Across: Minor prophet: Abbr. (4)
OBAD
16 Across: Fabled runner (4)
HARE
17 Across: Entrees for an English peer? (15)
SALISBURYSTEAKS
20 Across: Emulate Mencken (4)
EDIT
21 Across: Edwardian and gaslight (4)
ERAS
22 Across: Marine call (5)
AVAST
23 Across: Change the shade (6)
RETINT
25 Across: Greek letter (3)
ETA
26 Across: Emperor's favorite course? (11)
CAESARSALAD
32 Across: Word in a palindrome (5)
MADAM
35 Across: Alda and Ladd (5)
ALANS
36 Across: Actress Farrow (3)
MIA
38 Across: Inclusive abbr. (4)
ETAL
39 Across: Kind of branch (5)
OLIVE
40 Across: Mark on a car (4)
DENT
41 Across: Jehovah (3)
GOD
42 Across: Painting subject (5)
SCENE
43 Across: Sorbonne psychologist (5)
BINET
44 Across: Sweets for a diva? (11)
PEACHMELBAS
47 Across: Farmer's deg. (3)
BAS
48 Across: Allen and Frome (6)
ETHANS
52 Across: Smithy's need (5)
ANVIL
55 Across: Rumanian dance (4)
HORA
58 Across: Mélange (4)
OLIO
59 Across: Side dish for a czar? (15)
NOODLESROMANOFF
62 Across: Animal enclosure (4)
COTE
63 Across: Delicious, to Picasso (4)
RICO
64 Across: ___ Delgada, Portuguese port (5)
PONTA
65 Across: Chem. endings (4)
ENES
66 Across: Midge (4)
GNAT
67 Across: Cards in a Yarborough (5)
TREYS

Down Answers

1 Down: Puzzle (5)
POSER
2 Down: Outwit a pursuer (5)
EVADE
3 Down: Got a pipe going again (5)
RELIT
4 Down: Very choosy (8)
CRITICAL
5 Down: Alts. (3)
HTS
6 Down: Gloomy (4)
DOUR
7 Down: Southwestern canyon mouth (4)
ABRA
8 Down: "Long ___ Journey . . . ": O'Neill (4)
DAYS
9 Down: Lures of a mfr. (3)
ADS
10 Down: ___ glass (a full-length mirror) (6)
CHEVAL
11 Down: Report-card quartet (4)
AAAA
12 Down: Refuges (4)
ARKS
13 Down: Kind of egg (4)
NEST
18 Down: ___ noire (4)
BETE
19 Down: Teddy boys' goodbyes (5)
TATAS
24 Down: Business org. (3)
NAM
25 Down: Laborer of yore (4)
ESNE
27 Down: An ancient name of Jerusalem (5)
SALEM
28 Down: Kind of skirt (5)
ALINE
29 Down: Composer of "Ma Mère l'Oye" (5)
RAVEL
30 Down: Grace's finish (4)
AMEN
31 Down: What epicures like to do (4)
DINE
32 Down: "Little Women" lass (3)
MEG
33 Down: Surmounting (4)
ATOP
34 Down: Fla. county (4)
DADE
37 Down: LL.B. holder (3)
ATT
39 Down: Famous publisher (4)
OCHS
40 Down: Use calumny (8)
DISHONOR
42 Down: Dermal outgrowth (5)
SCALL
43 Down: Spree (3)
BAT
45 Down: Lives (6)
ABIDES
46 Down: Show delight (4)
BEAM
49 Down: Like an eremite (5)
ALONE
50 Down: Swellegant (5)
NIFTY
51 Down: Some British squabs (5)
SOFAS
52 Down: Suffix for suffer (4)
ANCE
53 Down: P.M. starter (4)
NOON
54 Down: Capitol Hill action (4)
VOTE
55 Down: ___ Hsüeh (Chinese philosophy) (4)
HSIN
56 Down: Large sea creature (4)
ORCA
57 Down: What cheerleaders do (4)
ROOT
60 Down: Unit of work (3)
ERG
61 Down: Appropriate (3)
APT

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