Wednesday Crossword — June 26, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/26/1985. By Elaine George.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: "To ___ and a bone . . . ": Kipling (4)
- ARAG
- 5 Across: Best-selling drink (4)
- COLA
- 9 Across: Phase (5)
- FACET
- 14 Across: Island off Java (4)
- BALI
- 15 Across: Whilom Reagan Sec. of State (4)
- HAIG
- 16 Across: Idolize (5)
- ADORE
- 17 Across: "Give ___ a horse . . . " (4)
- AMAN
- 18 Across: Bayou soup ingredient (4)
- OKRA
- 19 Across: Balzac's birthplace (5)
- TOURS
- 20 Across: Iced, spiced wine drink (8)
- SANGAREE
- 22 Across: Engine lever (6)
- TAPPET
- 23 Across: Author Hunter (4)
- EVAN
- 24 Across: Fountain treats (7)
- MALTEDS
- 25 Across: Gyroidal (6)
- SPIRAL
- 28 Across: Sack (4)
- FIRE
- 29 Across: Torment (10)
- HARASSMENT
- 31 Across: Aptly named cheese (4)
- EDAM
- 35 Across: Askew (5)
- ATILT
- 36 Across: "Snake eye" (3)
- ONE
- 37 Across: Having wings (5)
- ALATE
- 38 Across: Iranian of yore (4)
- MEDE
- 39 Across: Baptism, matrimony, etc. (10)
- SACRAMENTS
- 41 Across: Cause of ruin (4)
- BANE
- 42 Across: Lord Nelson's crewmen (6)
- LIMEYS
- 43 Across: Plentiful (7)
- COPIOUS
- 47 Across: Last royal governor of Mass. (4)
- GAGE
- 48 Across: Ethically neutral (6)
- AMORAL
- 49 Across: Cooling drink (8)
- LEMONADE
- 53 Across: Fall yard-worker (5)
- RAKER
- 54 Across: Diminish (4)
- WANE
- 55 Across: Top Romanov (4)
- TSAR
- 56 Across: Upright (5)
- ONEND
- 57 Across: Glimpsed (4)
- EYED
- 58 Across: Envelope abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 59 Across: Gets stuck in muck (5)
- MIRES
- 60 Across: This, to Maria (4)
- ESTA
- 61 Across: Whoppers (4)
- LIES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Down with, in Paris (4)
- ABAS
- 2 Down: Hindu deity (4)
- RAMA
- 3 Down: King of the comics (4)
- ALAN
- 4 Down: Mixer at a bar (9)
- GINGERALE
- 5 Down: Hymn tunes (7)
- CHORALS
- 6 Down: Like a bucket of song (5)
- OAKEN
- 7 Down: Capital of Rome (4)
- LIRE
- 8 Down: One of the Khans (3)
- AGA
- 9 Down: Femme ___ (6)
- FATALE
- 10 Down: Espouse (5)
- ADOPT
- 11 Down: Two-door on four wheels (5)
- COUPE
- 12 Down: Threw wildly at Shea (5)
- ERRED
- 13 Down: Checks and probes (5)
- TESTS
- 21 Down: Skipper's "Stop!" (5)
- AVAST
- 22 Down: Piquant (4)
- TART
- 24 Down: U.M.W. member (5)
- MINER
- 25 Down: Spurious (4)
- SHAM
- 26 Down: Noggin (4)
- PATE
- 27 Down: Crocus or gladiolus (4)
- IRID
- 28 Down: Fight with Athos (5)
- FENCE
- 30 Down: Voices anguish (5)
- MOANS
- 31 Down: Basic and powerful (9)
- ELEMENTAL
- 32 Down: Canute, for one (4)
- DANE
- 33 Down: Ramsey Clark's occ. (4)
- ATTY
- 34 Down: Kind of hall (4)
- MESS
- 37 Down: Chico's comrade (5)
- AMIGO
- 39 Down: Author Bellow (4)
- SAUL
- 40 Down: San Francisco Bay city (7)
- ALAMEDA
- 41 Down: Managerial groups (6)
- BOARDS
- 43 Down: Hoppe shot (5)
- CAROM
- 44 Down: Muscat native (5)
- OMANI
- 45 Down: Raising game (5)
- POKER
- 46 Down: Ballroom Castle (5)
- IRENE
- 47 Down: Playwright Jean (5)
- GENET
- 49 Down: Wagers (4)
- LAYS
- 50 Down: Piedmontese wine center (4)
- ASTI
- 51 Down: Go out with (4)
- DATE
- 52 Down: Large sea birds (4)
- ERNS
- 54 Down: Teensy (3)
- WEE
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