Saturday Crossword — May 11, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/11/1985. By John M. Samson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Model-airplane wood (5)
- BALSA
- 6 Across: Dance step (3)
- PAS
- 9 Across: G sharp (5)
- AFLAT
- 14 Across: Bergman and Lerner (5)
- ALANS
- 15 Across: Rhea's relative (3)
- EMU
- 16 Across: César Franck's birthplace (5)
- LIEGE
- 17 Across: With "They," 1946 Irving Berlin song (15)
- SAYITSWONDERFUL
- 20 Across: Sonnet division (6)
- SESTET
- 21 Across: Landon's running mate (4)
- KNOX
- 22 Across: Chess champ: 1960–61 (3)
- TAL
- 23 Across: Complain (4)
- CRAB
- 25 Across: Certain vote (3)
- YEA
- 26 Across: Kind of window brush (4)
- SASH
- 29 Across: Coach Warner (3)
- POP
- 31 Across: Busybodies (6)
- SNOOPS
- 36 Across: Org. for a D.A. (3)
- ABA
- 37 Across: Actress in "Limelight" (5)
- BLOOM
- 39 Across: Ship's crane (5)
- DAVIT
- 40 Across: Berlin classic: 1939 (15)
- GODBLESSAMERICA
- 43 Across: Au revoir's cousin (5)
- ADIEU
- 44 Across: Jon Vickers, e.g. (5)
- TENOR
- 45 Across: Silent greeting (3)
- NOD
- 46 Across: Required (6)
- NEEDED
- 48 Across: ___ Claro, Brazil (3)
- RIO
- 49 Across: Numbered, to Daniel (4)
- MENE
- 50 Across: Call for help (3)
- SOS
- 52 Across: Actor Ray (4)
- ALDO
- 54 Across: River near Emden (3)
- EMS
- 57 Across: Emulate Haji-Sheikh (4)
- KICK
- 59 Across: Mame, to Patrick Dennis (6)
- AUNTIE
- 63 Across: Berlin song: 1929 (15)
- PUTTINONTHERITZ
- 66 Across: "___ a Piano," 1915 Berlin song (5)
- ILOVE
- 67 Across: Caddy contents (3)
- TEA
- 68 Across: Charlie Chan actor (5)
- TOLER
- 69 Across: Genre (5)
- CLASS
- 70 Across: Composer Snyder (3)
- TED
- 71 Across: Novelist Lagerlöf (5)
- SELMA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Combo member (4)
- BASS
- 2 Down: Insect's wings (4)
- ALAE
- 3 Down: Melodies of yore (4)
- LAYS
- 4 Down: Tattle (6)
- SNITCH
- 5 Down: Tanglefoot (5)
- ASTER
- 6 Down: Basilica bench (3)
- PEW
- 7 Down: In a frenzy (4)
- AMOK
- 8 Down: "Some ___ Day," 1922 Berlin song (5)
- SUNNY
- 9 Down: He had Berlin's ragtime band (9)
- ALEXANDER
- 10 Down: Fragrant tree (3)
- FIR
- 11 Down: An outfield field (4)
- LEFT
- 12 Down: Water, to Domingo (4)
- AGUA
- 13 Down: Divulge (4)
- TELL
- 18 Down: Principal (6)
- STAPLE
- 19 Down: Female rabbits (4)
- DOES
- 24 Down: Promote (5)
- BOOST
- 26 Down: "Cosmos" host (5)
- SAGAN
- 27 Down: Home (5)
- ABODE
- 28 Down: "___ Salome . . . ," 1909 Berlin song (5)
- SADIE
- 30 Down: Toughie (5)
- POSER
- 32 Down: Row (3)
- OAR
- 33 Down: Bighorn, e.g. (5)
- OVINE
- 34 Down: Molly of the stage (5)
- PICON
- 35 Down: Frederica von ___ (5)
- STADE
- 37 Down: Berlin song: 1927 (9)
- BLUESKIES
- 38 Down: Craze (5)
- MANIA
- 41 Down: Board's buddy (3)
- BED
- 42 Down: Gelt (6)
- MOOLAH
- 47 Down: "___ What Comes Natur'lly," 1946 Berlin song (4)
- DOIN
- 49 Down: Marilyn who sang Berlin's "Show Business" (6)
- MONROE
- 51 Down: Composer Joplin (5)
- SCOTT
- 53 Down: MacDonald-Eddy songs (5)
- DUETS
- 54 Down: Grandiose (4)
- EPIC
- 55 Down: Spice up cider (4)
- MULL
- 56 Down: Plato's portico (4)
- STOA
- 58 Down: Deep-___ bend (4)
- KNEE
- 60 Down: Cultivate (4)
- TILL
- 61 Down: Particular (4)
- ITEM
- 62 Down: Biblical book (4)
- EZRA
- 64 Down: Tubes, to some (3)
- TVS
- 65 Down: Bit (3)
- TAD
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