Wednesday Crossword — July 17, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/17/1985. By Christopher Sherwood.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Medicine man's choice (4)
- HERB
- 5 Across: Word on a bank (5)
- FIRST
- 10 Across: Cry at Augusta (4)
- FORE
- 14 Across: Gemstone (4)
- OPAL
- 15 Across: Snake River site (5)
- IDAHO
- 16 Across: What a medicine man might seek (4)
- OMEN
- 17 Across: Determine duration (4)
- TIME
- 18 Across: Give back capital (5)
- REPAY
- 19 Across: South African currency (4)
- RAND
- 20 Across: Hiawatha's transports (6)
- CANOES
- 22 Across: Shields (7)
- DEFENDS
- 24 Across: Crow's cousin (3)
- DAW
- 25 Across: Part of a car or bike (5)
- PEDAL
- 26 Across: Settlers or Long Knives (9)
- PALEFACES
- 30 Across: Marries (4)
- WEDS
- 33 Across: Food additive (4)
- AGAR
- 34 Across: ___ and feather (3)
- TAR
- 35 Across: Bars from the gold rush (6)
- INGOTS
- 37 Across: Bunch of bucks (3)
- WAD
- 38 Across: Guardians of a sort (7)
- CENSORS
- 40 Across: "___, Andrew Marvell": MacLeish (3)
- YOU
- 41 Across: Lone Ranger's horse (6)
- SILVER
- 43 Across: Nigerian yam-eater (3)
- IBO
- 44 Across: Papoose, to Pontiac (4)
- HEIR
- 45 Across: Approach (4)
- NEAR
- 46 Across: Braves' ritual during a drought (9)
- RAINDANCE
- 48 Across: Car that won't go far (5)
- LEMON
- 50 Across: Computer in "2001" (3)
- HAL
- 51 Across: Cooked meat, in a way (7)
- BRAISED
- 54 Across: Raid (6)
- SORTIE
- 57 Across: Nimbus (4)
- AURA
- 58 Across: Title for Pizarro (5)
- SENOR
- 60 Across: Red-coated dairy product (4)
- EDAM
- 62 Across: Use the dotted line (4)
- SIGN
- 63 Across: Author Nin (5)
- ANAIS
- 64 Across: Rambler or sweetbrier (4)
- ROSE
- 65 Across: Kind of bind (4)
- KNOT
- 66 Across: Element in elegance (5)
- STYLE
- 67 Across: Scads (4)
- SLEW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Like a T. Williams roof (3)
- HOT
- 2 Down: Heroic tale (4)
- EPIC
- 3 Down: Hindu deity (4)
- RAMA
- 4 Down: Kitchen device (7)
- BLENDER
- 5 Down: Liquor, to Geronimo (9)
- FIREWATER
- 6 Down: Mid-month, to Caesar (4)
- IDES
- 7 Down: Denigrate (3)
- RAP
- 8 Down: Nuances (6)
- SHADES
- 9 Down: Dallied (5)
- TOYED
- 10 Down: Part of a pinto (7)
- FORELEG
- 11 Down: Where to find Muscat (4)
- OMAN
- 12 Down: Tear (4)
- REND
- 13 Down: Goals (4)
- ENDS
- 21 Down: Lout (3)
- OAF
- 23 Down: Cringes and flatters (5)
- FAWNS
- 25 Down: Kind of rug (7)
- PERSIAN
- 26 Down: Parts of poodles (4)
- PAWS
- 27 Down: Anew (5)
- AGAIN
- 28 Down: Soup scoop (5)
- LADLE
- 29 Down: Supermarket item (3)
- CAN
- 31 Down: Group's senior member (5)
- DOYEN
- 32 Down: Calm during calamities (5)
- STOIC
- 35 Down: Locomotive (9)
- IRONHORSE
- 36 Down: Positive (4)
- SURE
- 38 Down: Goddess of agriculture (5)
- CERES
- 39 Down: Kimono cincture (3)
- OBI
- 42 Down: Like a brave brave (7)
- VALIANT
- 44 Down: Nooses feared by rustlers (7)
- HALTERS
- 46 Down: Squirrel or paca (6)
- RODENT
- 47 Down: Women's org. (3)
- DAR
- 49 Down: Navajo milieus (5)
- MESAS
- 51 Down: Sit in the sun (4)
- BASK
- 52 Down: Bankrupt (4)
- RUIN
- 53 Down: Jason's vessel (4)
- ARGO
- 54 Down: Whence maize comes (4)
- SOIL
- 55 Down: Totem-pole image (4)
- IDOL
- 56 Down: Moderate or mitigate (4)
- EASE
- 59 Down: Negative ballot (3)
- NAY
- 61 Down: Gull's sound (3)
- MEW
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