Friday Crossword — May 24, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 5/24/1985. By Jesse Roarke.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sail support (4)
- MAST
- 5 Across: Strait near Java (5)
- SUNDA
- 10 Across: Shadowbox (4)
- SPAR
- 14 Across: Big Egyptian bird (4)
- IBIS
- 15 Across: Neighbor of Taurus (5)
- ORION
- 16 Across: English river (4)
- AIRE
- 17 Across: Stones from the sky (10)
- METEORITES
- 19 Across: Bright star in Lyra (4)
- VEGA
- 20 Across: Click beetle (6)
- ELATER
- 21 Across: Ford of "Can You Top This?" (7)
- SENATOR
- 23 Across: Commemorative slab (5)
- STELA
- 26 Across: "Oysters ___ season" (3)
- RIN
- 27 Across: Tattletale (8)
- REVEALER
- 30 Across: All there (6)
- INTACT
- 34 Across: Date for Domitian (4)
- IDES
- 35 Across: A ship remembered (5)
- MAINE
- 37 Across: Waikiki wreath (3)
- LEI
- 38 Across: Firearm (3)
- GUN
- 39 Across: Sugar, bread, etc. (7)
- STAPLES
- 41 Across: Silence (3)
- GAG
- 42 Across: Old French coin (3)
- ECU
- 43 Across: Alaskan peninsula (5)
- KENAI
- 44 Across: Measured quantity (4)
- DOSE
- 45 Across: Renter (6)
- LESSEE
- 47 Across: Innkeeper of old (8)
- HOSTELER
- 50 Across: ___ and outs (3)
- INS
- 51 Across: Plant of the lily family (5)
- ONION
- 52 Across: Compensation (7)
- REDRESS
- 56 Across: "Let ___ do it" (6)
- GEORGE
- 60 Across: Jai ___ (4)
- ALAI
- 61 Across: Variable, as a nova (10)
- INCONSTANT
- 64 Across: Neighbor of Ecuador (4)
- PERU
- 65 Across: Extinguish (5)
- DOUSE
- 66 Across: Famed Alaskan (4)
- EGAN
- 67 Across: Whops (4)
- TANS
- 68 Across: Green newt (5)
- EBBET
- 69 Across: Bristlelike organ (4)
- SETA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mute actor (4)
- MIME
- 2 Down: A labor leader (4)
- ABEL
- 3 Down: Wife of Ramachandra (4)
- SITA
- 4 Down: Disease-carrying flies (7)
- TSETSES
- 5 Down: Bay (6)
- SORREL
- 6 Down: Swiss canton (3)
- URI
- 7 Down: Basketball tourn. (3)
- NIT
- 8 Down: Bucks' mates (4)
- DOES
- 9 Down: Stupid (8)
- ANSERINE
- 10 Down: Wise man (6)
- SAVANT
- 11 Down: Painter Mondrian (4)
- PIET
- 12 Down: Former constellation (4)
- ARGO
- 13 Down: Rise high (4)
- REAR
- 18 Down: Greek mountain chain (4)
- OETA
- 22 Down: Mets, Padres et al. (5)
- NINES
- 24 Down: Geneva's lake (5)
- LEMAN
- 25 Down: Plains Indian (7)
- ARAPAHO
- 27 Down: Star in 15 Across (5)
- RIGEL
- 28 Down: Bring out (5)
- EDUCE
- 29 Down: Morning star (5)
- VENUS
- 31 Down: Star in Perseus (5)
- ALGOL
- 32 Down: Desist (5)
- CEASE
- 33 Down: Striped animal (5)
- TIGER
- 36 Down: Troy, to Achilles (5)
- ILION
- 39 Down: Part of a Greek theater (5)
- SKENE
- 40 Down: Place on a Yorkshire river (8)
- TEESSIDE
- 44 Down: Signifies (7)
- DENOTES
- 46 Down: Dog Star (6)
- SIRIUS
- 48 Down: Seal (6)
- SIGNET
- 49 Down: Pedal appendages (4)
- TOES
- 52 Down: Spellbound (4)
- RAPT
- 53 Down: Ancient town in Lucania, Italy (4)
- ELEA
- 54 Down: Mend socks (4)
- DARN
- 55 Down: Supercilious one (4)
- SNOB
- 57 Down: Furor (4)
- RAGE
- 58 Down: Small biting fly (4)
- GNAT
- 59 Down: Sicilian volcano (4)
- ETNA
- 62 Down: Ernie Banks was one (3)
- CUB
- 63 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
- OSE
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