Thursday Crossword — May 16, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/16/1985. By Whitten.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Jazz style (4)
- SCAT
- 5 Across: Shelflike projection (5)
- LEDGE
- 10 Across: Pundit (4)
- SAGE
- 14 Across: "M*A*S*H" star (4)
- ALDA
- 15 Across: Lagoon feature (5)
- ATOLL
- 16 Across: Egyptian god (4)
- AMON
- 17 Across: Shish-kebab ingredient (4)
- LAMB
- 18 Across: Capital of Surinam (10)
- PARAMARIBO
- 20 Across: German admiral who turned against Hitler (14)
- WILHELMCANARIS
- 22 Across: Circus animal (4)
- SEAL
- 23 Across: Chemical ending (3)
- ENE
- 24 Across: Pallid (5)
- PASTY
- 26 Across: Sextet in "Little Nellie Kelly" (3)
- ELS
- 28 Across: Furniture wood (5)
- MAPLE
- 33 Across: Col. in Troy (3)
- RPI
- 34 Across: "___ Yankee Doodle . . . " (3)
- IMA
- 35 Across: Glass (6)
- MIRROR
- 36 Across: Admiral who led the Pearl Harbor attack (15)
- ISOROKUYAMAMOTO
- 40 Across: Threat (6)
- MENACE
- 41 Across: Dijon season (3)
- ETE
- 42 Across: Lemon (3)
- DUD
- 43 Across: Property, e.g. (5)
- ASSET
- 44 Across: Paid athlete (3)
- PRO
- 45 Across: Drench (5)
- DOUSE
- 47 Across: Tokyo, once (3)
- EDO
- 49 Across: Phonograph record (4)
- DISC
- 50 Across: Chief of U.S. Naval Operations: 1945–47 (14)
- CHESTERWNIMITZ
- 57 Across: Move (10)
- REPOSITION
- 58 Across: Melee (4)
- RIOT
- 60 Across: Price offering (4)
- ARIA
- 61 Across: Feel (5)
- SENSE
- 62 Across: Cyclotron items (4)
- IONS
- 63 Across: Imitation (4)
- MOCK
- 64 Across: Corners (5)
- TREES
- 65 Across: Cinch (4)
- SNAP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Gal of song (3)
- SAL
- 2 Down: Lobster feature (4)
- CLAW
- 3 Down: Entrance fees (10)
- ADMISSIONS
- 4 Down: Pill (6)
- TABLET
- 5 Down: Boutonniere's place (5)
- LAPEL
- 6 Down: And others: Lat. (4)
- ETAL
- 7 Down: Campus pad (4)
- DORM
- 8 Down: French ice creams (6)
- GLACES
- 9 Down: Violinist Mischa (5)
- ELMAN
- 10 Down: A Roosevelt (4)
- SARA
- 11 Down: Meccan magnate (4)
- AMIR
- 12 Down: Mongolian desert (4)
- GOBI
- 13 Down: Biblical patriarch (4)
- ENOS
- 19 Down: Lifelessness (6)
- ANEMIA
- 21 Down: Manger's contents (3)
- HAY
- 24 Down: Louis from La. (5)
- PRIMA
- 25 Down: Church recesses (5)
- APSES
- 26 Down: Flightless bird (3)
- EMU
- 27 Down: Hen (5)
- LAYER
- 29 Down: Limb (3)
- ARM
- 30 Down: David Merrick venture (10)
- PRODUCTION
- 31 Down: Plant of forgetfulness (5)
- LOTUS
- 32 Down: Wear away (5)
- ERODE
- 34 Down: Berlin's "They Like ___" (3)
- IKE
- 35 Down: Fr. title (3)
- MME
- 37 Down: "Norma ___" (3)
- RAE
- 38 Down: Musical groups (6)
- OCTETS
- 39 Down: ___ Z (the works) (3)
- ATO
- 44 Down: Redcap (6)
- PORTER
- 45 Down: Indistinct (3)
- DIM
- 46 Down: Husband of Isis (6)
- OSIRIS
- 48 Down: An 18th-century rationalist (5)
- DEIST
- 49 Down: Sups (5)
- DINES
- 50 Down: Study hard (4)
- CRAM
- 51 Down: Submarine (4)
- HERO
- 52 Down: Heroic tale (4)
- EPIC
- 53 Down: Sting a customer (4)
- SOAK
- 54 Down: Zinfandel, e.g. (4)
- WINE
- 55 Down: Proboscis (4)
- NOSE
- 56 Down: Author Gale (4)
- ZONA
- 59 Down: Recipe abbr. (3)
- TSP
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