Saturday Crossword — June 22, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/22/1985. By Dorothea E. Shipp.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Human ___ (5)
BEING
6 Across: Inundated (5)
AWASH
11 Across: Genuine (7)
SINCERE
13 Across: Played (7)
SPORTED
15 Across: Indecisive one (7)
HESITATER
16 Across: Kind of mousse or cake (7)
CHOCOLATE
17 Across: Photographer's abbr. (3)
ENL
18 Across: Hardship (7)
TRAVAIL
20 Across: ___ desperandum (3)
NIL
21 Across: Airport info (4)
ETAS
23 Across: Moves (5)
STIRS
24 Across: "I conquered," to Caesar (4)
VICI
25 Across: Nomad (5)
ROVER
27 Across: Killer whale (3)
ORC
28 Across: Puccini's "___ Lescaut" (5)
MANON
29 Across: Dovetail parts (6)
TENONS
31 Across: Ornate centerpiece (7)
EPERGNE
33 Across: Ike's initials (3)
DDE
34 Across: Handel hero (3)
ACI
35 Across: Less orderly (7)
MUSSIER
39 Across: Opening (6)
ACCESS
42 Across: Author Myrer (5)
ANTON
43 Across: N.Y. time (3)
EST
45 Across: Mideastern chiefs (5)
AGHAS
47 Across: ___ Island (4)
STATEN
48 Across: Capri, for one (5)
ISOLA
50 Across: Dined at a friend's home (4)
ATEOUT
51 Across: Marble (3)
TAW
52 Across: Marriages (7)
BRIDALS
54 Across: Wood sorrel (3)
OCA
55 Across: Leaves one's country (7)
EMIGRATES
57 Across: Less daunted (7)
STOUTER
59 Across: Started a new rubber (7)
REDEALT
60 Across: Bell ringers (7)
TOLLERS
61 Across: Actor Reginald: 1891–1967 (5)
DENNY
62 Across: Flies high (5)
SOARS

Down Answers

1 Down: Soon, in Lille (7)
BIENTOT
2 Down: Subjugate (7)
ENSLAVE
3 Down: Here, in Haiti (3)
ICI
4 Down: Londoner's seine (4)
NETT
5 Down: Kitchen utensils (5)
GRATERS
6 Down: Orchard pest (5)
APHIS
7 Down: Worsted (4)
WOOL
8 Down: Kind of lamp (3)
ARC
9 Down: Hurling rocks (7)
STONING
10 Down: Sousaphone's relative (7)
HELICON
11 Down: Like chiffon (5)
SHEER
12 Down: A Muse and a Dryad (6)
ERATOS
13 Down: Rare (6)
SCARCE
14 Down: News-story item (6)
DATELINE
19 Down: Caesar, for one (3)
VIR
22 Down: Forwards (7)
SENDSON
24 Down: Dapple (7)
VARIEGATE
26 Down: "Man With a Broken Nose" sculptor (5)
RODIN
28 Down: Goal of one on a hadj (5)
MECCA
30 Down: Society-notice word (3)
NEE
32 Down: Moccasin (3)
PAC
35 Down: Type of plan (6)
MASTER
36 Down: Feral (7)
UNTAMED
37 Down: Everywhere in the commonwealth (7)
STATEWIDE
38 Down: Oppose (6)
RESIST
39 Down: Finally (6)
ATLAST
40 Down: Tell was one (7)
SHOOTER
41 Down: Sights in the sky? (7)
SAUCERS
44 Down: Material for some igloos (3)
SOD
46 Down: Has the lead (5)
STARS
48 Down: With wrath (5)
IRATELY
49 Down: Choir members (5)
ALTOS
52 Down: Breakfast fare (4)
BRAN
53 Down: "Star Wars" hero (4)
SOLO
56 Down: Army V.I.P. (3)
GEN
58 Down: Gums (3)
ULA

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