Friday Crossword — June 14, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/14/1985. By Frank Geary.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Unrelenting (4)
HARD
5 Across: March sound (5)
TRAMP
10 Across: Get the groceries (4)
SHOP
14 Across: On the Indian (4)
ASEA
15 Across: Fibber McGee's medium (5)
RADIO
16 Across: Court cipher (4)
LOVE
17 Across: Publication for servicemen (15)
STARSANDSTRIPES
20 Across: Mel Blanc "role" (5)
PORKY
21 Across: Will (9)
TESTAMENT
22 Across: Road-sign figure (3)
ESS
24 Across: Offend the nose (4)
REEK
25 Across: Cambridge student, for short (6)
CANTAB
28 Across: Invent (7)
DREAMUP
33 Across: La's predecessor (3)
SOL
34 Across: Final, e.g. (4)
EXAM
36 Across: Impish Norse god (4)
LOKI
37 Across: Old Glory (15)
THEAMERICANFLAG
42 Across: What tholes hold (4)
OARS
43 Across: Hay unit (4)
BALE
44 Across: Boob (3)
ASS
45 Across: Dada (7)
ANTIART
49 Across: Skimpy, in Sleaford (6)
MEAGRE
51 Across: Tea, e.g. (4)
MEAL
53 Across: Cenozoic or Archeozoic (3)
ERA
54 Across: Rigid (9)
INELASTIC
59 Across: Post or Hahn (5)
EMILY
63 Across: Patriotic colors (15)
REDWHITEANDBLUE
65 Across: Cassio's rival (4)
IAGO
66 Across: Managed (5)
GOTBY
67 Across: Muscovite gal (4)
OLGA
68 Across: Oodles (4)
SLEW
69 Across: Snare (5)
NOOSE
70 Across: Salacious eye (4)
LEER

Down Answers

1 Down: Fastener (4)
HASP
2 Down: Anent (4)
ASTO
3 Down: Raise (4)
REAR
4 Down: Becloud (6)
DARKEN
5 Down: La's predecessor (3)
TRA
6 Down: Verbal extravagance (4)
RANT
7 Down: Calculating person (5)
ADDER
8 Down: Overlooked (6)
MISSED
9 Down: Olla maker (6)
POTTER
10 Down: Not very thick (4)
SLIM
11 Down: Road man of Hollywood (4)
HOPE
12 Down: Kiln (4)
OVEN
13 Down: Gadfly (4)
PEST
18 Down: Structured procedure (6)
SYSTEM
19 Down: Spray with gunfire (4)
RAKE
23 Down: German duchy name (4)
SAXE
25 Down: "Yankee Doodle Boy" composer (5)
COHAN
26 Down: On the qui vive (5)
ALERT
27 Down: Estop (3)
BAR
29 Down: 1936 loser (3)
ALF
30 Down: Bicuspid's neighbor (5)
MOLAR
31 Down: Czarist proclamation (5)
UKASE
32 Down: Kin of 20 Across (4)
PIGS
33 Down: Classical colonnade (4)
STOA
35 Down: Taw (3)
MIB
38 Down: "___ was saying . . . " (3)
ASI
39 Down: Wheel projection (3)
CAM
40 Down: Not windward (4)
ALEE
41 Down: Came hard by (6)
NEARED
46 Down: Eastern nurse (4)
AMAH
47 Down: Call it quits (6)
RESIGN
48 Down: Call to quarters (6)
TATTOO
50 Down: Frolic (6)
GAMBOL
52 Down: Stay stationary, nautically (5)
LIETO
54 Down: Flower girl (4)
IRIS
55 Down: Actress Patricia (4)
NEAL
56 Down: Brink (4)
EDGE
57 Down: Former Polish department (4)
LWOW
58 Down: Hacks (4)
CABS
60 Down: That one, to Cato (4)
ILLE
61 Down: Racing sled (4)
LUGE
62 Down: Four seasons (4)
YEAR
64 Down: Humorist who sounds close (3)
NYE

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