Friday Crossword — May 10, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 5/10/1985. By I. Judah Koolyk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Libra's symbol (6)
- SCALES
- 7 Across: All-day rain (6)
- SOAKER
- 13 Across: Bach work (7)
- CHORALE
- 14 Across: Tunisian coin (7)
- MILLIME
- 15 Across: Purple (15)
- RANKOFACARDINAL
- 17 Across: Baseball pos. (3)
- INF
- 18 Across: Fodders for livestock (7)
- SILAGES
- 19 Across: Genetic initials (3)
- DNA
- 20 Across: Wicker basket (4)
- SKEP
- 22 Across: Remote broadcasts (5)
- NEMOS
- 23 Across: Item in a bar (4)
- SOAP
- 24 Across: Piano part (5)
- PEDAL
- 26 Across: Pea or carrot, for short (3)
- VEG
- 27 Across: Winnows (5)
- SIFTS
- 28 Across: Mock (6)
- DERIDE
- 30 Across: Churchill's successor: 1945 (6)
- ATTLEE
- 31 Across: Debussy contemporary (5)
- RAVEL
- 32 Across: Writer Loos (5)
- ANITA
- 33 Across: Sluggish (6)
- LEADEN
- 35 Across: Gets an extension (6)
- RENEWS
- 37 Across: Become a member of (5)
- ENTER
- 38 Across: Play by E. E. Cummings (3)
- HIM
- 40 Across: Kind of therapy (5)
- GROUP
- 42 Across: Honors during a rubber (4)
- ACES
- 43 Across: ___ whole hog (5)
- GOTHE
- 45 Across: Mlle.'s counterpart (4)
- SRTA
- 46 Across: Blue Eagle inits. (3)
- NRA
- 47 Across: Wise counselors (7)
- NESTORS
- 49 Across: Football pos. (3)
- CTR
- 50 Across: Tan (15)
- TURNINTOLEATHER
- 53 Across: Type of diffusion (7)
- OSMOSIS
- 54 Across: Frosted cream puffs (7)
- ECLAIRS
- 55 Across: Thwart (6)
- STYMIE
- 56 Across: Saturates (6)
- STEEPS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Flubbed a drive (7)
- SHANKED
- 2 Down: Gray (15)
- CONFEDERATEARMY
- 3 Down: Item in the holy of holies (3)
- ARK
- 4 Down: Vientiane is its capital (4)
- LAOS
- 5 Down: Mischievous (5)
- ELFIN
- 6 Down: Standard for altitudes (8)
- SEALEVEL
- 7 Down: Dams' mates (5)
- SIRES
- 8 Down: Ransom, the car maker (4)
- OLDS
- 9 Down: Subject of a Sheed book (3)
- ALI
- 10 Down: Blue (15)
- KINDOFLAWORCHIP
- 11 Down: Spring forth (7)
- EMANATE
- 12 Down: Fall back (7)
- RELAPSE
- 13 Down: Friable (5)
- CRISP
- 14 Down: Second son of Japheth (5)
- MAGOG
- 16 Down: Confessed, with "clean" (4)
- CAME
- 21 Down: Mardi Gras events (7)
- PARADES
- 23 Down: Brooding hens (7)
- SITTERS
- 25 Down: Reddish brown (5)
- LIVER
- 27 Down: Attack, scorpion style (5)
- STING
- 29 Down: Cub Scout unit (3)
- DEN
- 30 Down: Suffix for a paraffin (3)
- ANE
- 32 Down: Vest pair (8)
- ARMHOLES
- 33 Down: Sheds (7)
- LEANTOS
- 34 Down: Cover with a hard coating (7)
- ENCRUST
- 36 Down: ___ Mill, near Sacramento (7)
- SUTTERS
- 38 Down: Parasites' victims (5)
- HOSTS
- 39 Down: "Leave ___ Beaver" (4)
- ITTO
- 41 Down: Young salmon (5)
- PARRS
- 43 Down: Islamic spirit (5)
- GENIE
- 44 Down: Construct (5)
- ERECT
- 47 Down: Unless, in law (4)
- NISI
- 48 Down: Hawker's goal (4)
- SALE
- 51 Down: Henri or Jacques (3)
- NOM
- 52 Down: Inventor's initials (3)
- TAE
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