Thursday Crossword — July 4, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 7/4/1985. By A. J. Santora.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Defect (4)
- FLAW
- 5 Across: S.A. country (3)
- ARG
- 8 Across: Groove (4)
- SLOT
- 12 Across: Knobby of Joe Palooka strip (5)
- WALSH
- 13 Across: Actor Gorcey (3)
- LEO
- 14 Across: Bob of U.S.O. fame (4)
- HOPE
- 15 Across: Dejected (6)
- MOROSE
- 16 Across: Map abbr. (3)
- ISL
- 17 Across: Kind of hygiene (4)
- ORAL
- 18 Across: Start of a patriotic song (15)
- IMAYANKEEDOODLE
- 21 Across: Song: Part II (5)
- DANDY
- 22 Across: Start a paragraph (6)
- INDENT
- 23 Across: Not Dem. or Rep. (3)
- IND
- 24 Across: Tidies (6)
- CLEANS
- 25 Across: Latin I word (3)
- AMO
- 28 Across: Panorama (5)
- SCENE
- 30 Across: Wind a rod after a bite (6)
- REELIN
- 32 Across: The George ___ (7)
- MCOHANS
- 35 Across: Bargain (7)
- CUTRATE
- 36 Across: Hate (6)
- DETEST
- 37 Across: Light raft (5)
- BALSA
- 38 Across: Hardened (3)
- SET
- 39 Across: Job security (6)
- TENURE
- 41 Across: Give ___ try (3)
- ITA
- 44 Across: Hemingway (6)
- ERNEST
- 45 Across: "No ___ an island": Donne (5)
- MANIS
- 47 Across: More of the song (15)
- BORNONTHEFOURTH
- 51 Across: Congregation word (4)
- AMEN
- 52 Across: Ending for Jersey (3)
- ITE
- 53 Across: Still more of the song (6)
- OFJULY
- 54 Across: Bill of bites? (4)
- MENU
- 55 Across: Kind of American (3)
- ALL
- 56 Across: Helpful (5)
- OFUSE
- 57 Across: Opposed (4)
- ANTI
- 58 Across: Bandleader Brown (3)
- LES
- 59 Across: Sheer nonsense (4)
- TOSH
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ wide (extensively) (6)
- FARAND
- 2 Down: Actor Nolan (5)
- LLOYD
- 3 Down: Test (5)
- ASSAY
- 4 Down: Declaration starter (4)
- WHEN
- 5 Down: New owner, in law (7)
- ALIENEE
- 6 Down: Mignonette (6)
- RESEDA
- 7 Down: "Do unto others . . . " (10)
- GOLDENRULE
- 8 Down: Discharge a musket (5)
- SHOOT
- 9 Down: Olivier is one (4)
- LORD
- 10 Down: Gemstone (4)
- OPAL
- 11 Down: Part of TV (4)
- TELE
- 12 Down: Helen Reddy's "I Am ___" (5)
- WOMAN
- 15 Down: South of France (4)
- MIDI
- 19 Down: Drying ovens (5)
- KILNS
- 20 Down: Attacks (6)
- ONSETS
- 24 Down: 1876, e.g. (10)
- CENTENNIAL
- 25 Down: Part of the U.S.A. (3)
- ALA
- 26 Down: Cambridge inst. (3)
- MIT
- 27 Down: "___ if by land . . . " (3)
- ONE
- 28 Down: Pronoun for Old Ironsides (3)
- SHE
- 29 Down: His orientation came in Oriente (6)
- CASTRO
- 31 Down: Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling (3)
- ERA
- 32 Down: A.M.A. people (3)
- MDS
- 33 Down: So-so mark (3)
- CEE
- 34 Down: Mel of Cooperstown (3)
- OTT
- 35 Down: Word before blanche (5)
- CARTE
- 37 Down: Large amounts (7)
- BUSHELS
- 40 Down: Irritate (6)
- NETTLE
- 41 Down: Implosion (6)
- INRUSH
- 42 Down: Championship (5)
- TITLE
- 43 Down: Pale (4)
- ASHY
- 44 Down: Boredom (5)
- ENNUI
- 45 Down: Soprano Anna (5)
- MOFFO
- 46 Down: Cookery term (5)
- AUJUS
- 47 Down: Crimson Tide (4)
- BAMA
- 48 Down: Portent (4)
- OMEN
- 49 Down: Lease (4)
- RENT
- 50 Down: Kind of soldier (4)
- FOOT
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