Tuesday Crossword — June 25, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 6/25/1985. By Mark Diehl.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Return-mail acronym (4)
SASE
5 Across: Again and again, in poesy (3)
OFT
8 Across: Grabs clumsily (4)
PAWS
12 Across: Neither ahead nor behind (4)
EVEN
13 Across: In a line (4)
AROW
14 Across: Veranda (5)
LANAI
15 Across: D.C. machinery (4)
GOVT
16 Across: Flintstone's pet (4)
DINO
17 Across: Silly trick (5)
ANTIC
18 Across: Coin swallowers (15)
ONEARMEDBANDITS
21 Across: ___ dicit (he says nothing) (5)
NIHIL
22 Across: Ubiquitous men's org. (4)
YMCA
23 Across: Kin of Jacob's ladder (5)
PHLOX
24 Across: Galas (7)
FIESTAS
28 Across: Pisces neighbor (5)
ARIES
29 Across: Viking inlet (5)
FIORD
31 Across: Stat. for Gooden (3)
ERA
32 Across: Foundry form (4)
MOLD
33 Across: Topologist's doughnut (5)
TORUS
34 Across: Piqued state (4)
SNIT
35 Across: Adverse (3)
ILL
36 Across: Not as misleading (5)
TRUER
37 Across: Sri Lanka money (5)
RUPEE
38 Across: Lose hope (7)
DESPAIR
40 Across: Maker's ID (5)
LABEL
41 Across: Slant (4)
SKEW
42 Across: Predict from signs (5)
AUGUR
43 Across: All-round entertainment (15)
THREERINGCIRCUS
49 Across: Contradict (5)
REBUT
50 Across: Recess (4)
NOOK
51 Across: Set in a course (4)
BENT
52 Across: Of an organic compound (5)
AMIDO
53 Across: Say it isn't so (4)
DENY
54 Across: ___-Chinese (4)
INDO
55 Across: Filipino's coin (4)
PESO
56 Across: Deceitful (3)
SLY
57 Across: On (4)
ATOP

Down Answers

1 Down: Utah's lily (4)
SEGO
2 Down: Bristol's river (4)
AVON
3 Down: Topographical features at Rome (10)
SEVENHILLS
4 Down: Gave rise to (8)
ENTAILED
5 Down: Protuberant window (5)
ORIEL
6 Down: Affectionate (4)
FOND
7 Down: Small; cramped (9)
TWOBYFOUR
8 Down: Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing (6)
PANDAS
9 Down: Hostile to (4)
ANTI
10 Down: Hold the phone (4)
WAIT
11 Down: Lets the dogs loose (4)
SICS
13 Down: Blend (5)
ADMIX
14 Down: Did a surgical chore (6)
LANCED
19 Down: Sigma's antecedents (4)
RHOS
20 Down: Bedouin bigwigs (5)
AMIRS
23 Down: Lowly one of "1984" (5)
PROLE
25 Down: Tithe (10)
TENPERCENT
26 Down: A gazelle (5)
ARIEL
27 Down: Provide too much (4)
SATE
28 Down: In the course of (4)
AMID
29 Down: " . . . the ___ of the heaven": Zech. 2:6 (9)
FOURWINDS
30 Down: Choler (3)
IRE
33 Down: City on the Mosel (5)
TRIER
34 Down: Commuters' realm (8)
SUBURBIA
36 Down: Become fond of (6)
TAKETO
37 Down: Oriental cereal staple (4)
RAGI
39 Down: Spurious (6)
PSEUDO
40 Down: Winning in Vegas (5)
LUCKY
42 Down: Great distress (5)
AGONY
43 Down: Course sand (4)
TRAP
44 Down: Deep red (4)
HEME
45 Down: Sluggers' nos. (4)
RBIS
46 Down: Carol (4)
NOEL
47 Down: Bring to ruin (4)
UNDO
48 Down: Defeat by kayo (4)
STOP

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