Thursday Crossword — June 27, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 6/27/1985. By Kathryn Righter.

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle

Across Answers

1 Across: Erstwhile gas-station giveaways (4)
MAPS
5 Across: "Arrivederci ___" (4)
ROMA
9 Across: Wild duck (5)
SCAUP
14 Across: Gelling agent (4)
AGAR
15 Across: Youngest of the gods (4)
EROS
16 Across: Esthete's attribute (5)
TASTE
17 Across: Noisy revels (9)
CAROUSALS
19 Across: Soviet cooperative (5)
ARTEL
20 Across: Took potluck (3)
ATE
21 Across: Noisy spook (11)
POLTERGEIST
23 Across: Antigone's father (7)
OEDIPUS
25 Across: Symbol of poverty (4)
RAGS
26 Across: Place of squalor (3)
DEN
27 Across: Highlighted (8)
STRESSED
31 Across: Agreement (6)
ACCORD
34 Across: Legal equal (4)
PEER
35 Across: Be nosy (3)
PRY
36 Across: Stud-farm product (4)
FOAL
37 Across: Frenzied (3)
MAD
38 Across: Circuit safeguard (4)
FUSE
39 Across: The works (3)
ALL
40 Across: Disgrace (4)
BLOT
42 Across: Squiffed (6)
STONED
44 Across: Doesn't indulge (8)
REFRAINS
46 Across: Private eye (3)
TEC
47 Across: Province of Sicily (4)
ENNA
48 Across: Advanced study group (7)
SEMINAR
52 Across: Noise from on high (11)
THUNDERCLAP
56 Across: Bowed sash (3)
OBI
57 Across: Lariat eye (5)
HONDA
58 Across: Noisy (9)
CLAMOROUS
60 Across: Green-card holder (5)
ALIEN
61 Across: B.S.A. activity (4)
HIKE
62 Across: Being, in philosophy (4)
ESSE
63 Across: One more than tri (5)
TETRA
64 Across: Made tracks (4)
SPED
65 Across: Antelope's playmate (4)
DEER

Down Answers

1 Down: Portuguese territory (5)
MACAO
2 Down: Marble (5)
AGATE
3 Down: Shaved a Baldwin (5)
PARED
4 Down: Sign of success (3)
SRO
5 Down: Extol loudly (7)
RESOUND
6 Down: Certain exams (5)
ORALS
7 Down: Shed (4)
MOLT
8 Down: Said with conviction (8)
ASSERTED
9 Down: Arrange alternately (7)
STAGGER
10 Down: Pet (6)
CARESS
11 Down: ___ spumante (4)
ASTI
12 Down: Salt Lake City team (4)
UTES
13 Down: Trapper's trophy (4)
PELT
18 Down: Kind of berth (5)
UPPER
22 Down: Less than medium (4)
RARE
24 Down: Object of devotion (4)
IDOL
27 Down: Mudguards of a sort (5)
SPATS
28 Down: Whirled (4)
SPUN
29 Down: Celtic tongue (4)
ERSE
30 Down: Colored, in a way (4)
DYED
31 Down: Way out yonder (4)
AFAR
32 Down: King or Natalie (4)
COLE
33 Down: Young hippo (4)
CALF
37 Down: Big butterflies (8)
MONARCHS
38 Down: Central points (4)
FOCI
40 Down: Colorful kerchief (7)
BANDANA
41 Down: Rock Island or B.&O. (4)
LINE
42 Down: Prepared cherrystones (7)
STEAMED
43 Down: Mehta's rate (5)
TEMPO
45 Down: Melt down (6)
RENDER
48 Down: Satisfy a thirst (5)
SLAKE
49 Down: Vigilante "necktie" (5)
NOOSE
50 Down: Vituperation (5)
ABUSE
51 Down: Ex-sleeper (5)
RISER
52 Down: " . . . a man for a' ___": Burns (4)
THAT
53 Down: Target for Tom Kite (4)
HOLE
54 Down: Standard quantity (4)
UNIT
55 Down: Trim (4)
CLIP
59 Down: Menshevik's foe (3)
RED

Ready to play?

Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.