Saturday Crossword — May 18, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 5/18/1985. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Judge's seat (4)
BANC
5 Across: Gunwale pin (5)
THOLE
10 Across: David, for one (4)
CAMP
14 Across: Conception (4)
IDEA
15 Across: Kind of sleeve (5)
SETIN
16 Across: By mouth (4)
ORAL
17 Across: Group of Clydesdales (4)
TEAM
18 Across: "Long tails" (5)
ERIES
19 Across: High dudgeon (4)
RAGE
20 Across: Winner of 35 Across: 1979 (14)
SPECTACULARBID
23 Across: Be diuturnal (4)
LAST
24 Across: ___ Tau, U.S.S.R. range (3)
ALA
25 Across: Esteem (5)
VALUE
27 Across: Elaborate tent (8)
PAVILION
32 Across: Nitpick (5)
CAVIL
33 Across: Greece's ___ of Tempe (4)
VALE
34 Across: ___ Dinh Diem of S. Vietnam (3)
NGO
35 Across: One of racing's "Big Three" (15)
PREAKNESSSTAKES
39 Across: Broadcast (3)
AIR
40 Across: Against (4)
INTO
41 Across: Book by D. S. Freeman (5)
RELEE
42 Across: An epithet of Juno (8)
SATURNIA
45 Across: Commodities (5)
WARES
46 Across: Sarah Polk, ___ Childress (3)
NEE
47 Across: " . . . in corpore ___" (4)
SANO
48 Across: Winner of 35 Across: 1969 (14)
MAJESTICPRINCE
55 Across: Scope (4)
AREA
56 Across: Bandleader Jones (5)
ISHAM
57 Across: Earthen pot (4)
OLLA
59 Across: Ligatures (4)
TIES
60 Across: Suppress (5)
ELIDE
61 Across: U.S. naturalist: 1838–1914 (4)
MUIR
62 Across: Leveret (4)
HARE
63 Across: Full (5)
SATED
64 Across: Word with leap or lunar (4)
YEAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Pelham or stiver (3)
BIT
2 Down: July drinks (4)
ADES
3 Down: Kind of tide (4)
NEAP
4 Down: Flower named for a Jesuit (8)
CAMELLIA
5 Down: African sleep-inducer (6)
TSETSE
6 Down: Afghan city (5)
HERAT
7 Down: Of a sound receiver (4)
OTIC
8 Down: Stead (4)
LIEU
9 Down: Dominates (8)
ENSLAVES
10 Down: Enclosure for horses (6)
CORRAL
11 Down: Fine horse (4)
ARAB
12 Down: Star-trekkers of old (4)
MAGI
13 Down: Begged (4)
PLED
21 Down: Make watertight (5)
CAULK
22 Down: A.k.a. The Greatest (3)
ALI
25 Down: Miscellany (5)
VARIA
26 Down: Sidestep (5)
AVERT
27 Down: Vermicelli, e.g. (5)
PASTA
28 Down: Likewise (4)
ALSO
29 Down: Linen tape for trimming (5)
INKLE
30 Down: Double curves (5)
OGEES
31 Down: Word with bag or cone (4)
NOSE
32 Down: Apr. is their busy month (4)
CPAS
33 Down: First of a Latin trio (4)
VENI
36 Down: A gay time (8)
NINETIES
37 Down: SE Italian seaport (5)
TRANI
38 Down: Study of phenomena on high (8)
AERONOMY
43 Down: Discomfort (6)
UNEASE
44 Down: Dos' followers (3)
RES
45 Down: Basked (6)
WARMED
47 Down: Deck item (5)
SPADE
48 Down: School subj. (4)
MATH
49 Down: Scotto specialty (4)
ARIA
50 Down: Scoff (4)
JEER
51 Down: ___ de Pascua (Easter Island) (4)
ISLA
52 Down: I.o.u. (4)
CHIT
53 Down: Aid to solution (4)
CLUE
54 Down: Tales man (4)
ELIA
58 Down: Schedule abbr. (3)
ARR

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