Saturday Crossword — July 20, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 7/20/1985. By William Lutwiniak.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Waives rights (5)
- CEDES
- 6 Across: Handled problems successfully (5)
- COPED
- 11 Across: High-pitched (6)
- SHRILL
- 12 Across: Diner offering (6)
- OMELET
- 14 Across: Lederer-Burdick book (15)
- THEUGLYAMERICAN
- 17 Across: Abacá and bhang (5)
- HEMPS
- 18 Across: Ivan's pancake (4)
- BLIN
- 19 Across: Seafood (4)
- SOLE
- 20 Across: Utter (4)
- EMIT
- 21 Across: Exuviates (5)
- MOLTS
- 22 Across: Dawn damp (3)
- DEW
- 23 Across: Ending with Michael (3)
- MAS
- 24 Across: Spoils (5)
- BOOTY
- 25 Across: He played in "Jezebel": 1938 (5)
- BRENT
- 27 Across: A canine (8)
- EYETOOTH
- 29 Across: Salutes, in a way (6)
- TOASTS
- 30 Across: Flog (9)
- HORSEWHIP
- 32 Across: Covet (6)
- DESIRE
- 35 Across: Strives (8)
- WRESTLES
- 39 Across: Unzips (5)
- OPENS
- 40 Across: Social asset (5)
- POISE
- 41 Across: Quite (3)
- ALL
- 42 Across: Goddess of night (3)
- NOX
- 43 Across: One's cup of tea (5)
- FORTE
- 44 Across: Popular pop (4)
- COLA
- 45 Across: Does something (4)
- ACTS
- 47 Across: "Winnie ___ Pu" (4)
- ILLE
- 48 Across: Like some cereal (5)
- OATEN
- 49 Across: Disney movie: 1939 (15)
- THEUGLYDUCKLING
- 52 Across: Best Actress: 1982 (6)
- STREEP
- 53 Across: Asteroid between Mars and Jupiter (6)
- PALLAS
- 54 Across: Bird food (5)
- SEEDS
- 55 Across: Land of paella (5)
- SPAIN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Lingerie item (7)
- CHEMISE
- 2 Down: Break out (5)
- ERUPT
- 3 Down: One's pad (4)
- DIGS
- 4 Down: Forty-five inches, once (3)
- ELL
- 5 Down: Crafty one (8)
- SLYBOOTS
- 6 Down: Courteous behavior (6)
- COMITY
- 7 Down: Delphic data (5)
- OMENS
- 8 Down: Apiece (3)
- PER
- 9 Down: First Olympic Games site (4)
- ELIS
- 10 Down: Emulates a cryptographer (7)
- DECODES
- 11 Down: "___ Have Seen Better Days," old song (6)
- SHEMAY
- 13 Down: Star quality (6)
- TALENT
- 14 Down: Recurring idea (5)
- THEME
- 15 Down: "As ___ is cheered by the sun . . . ": Shak. (11)
- ALLTHEWORLD
- 16 Down: Salamanders (5)
- NEWTS
- 21 Down: Poet Marianne (5)
- MOORE
- 24 Down: Social duds (5)
- BOORS
- 25 Down: Idaho's largest city (5)
- BOISE
- 26 Down: Immersed (4)
- RAPT
- 28 Down: Scarcely credible (4)
- THIN
- 29 Down: Ones at hand (5)
- THESE
- 31 Down: Prose descriptions (8)
- WRITEUPS
- 32 Down: He portrayed Mr. Chips (5)
- DONAT
- 33 Down: Eocene and Pleistocene (6)
- EPOCHS
- 34 Down: Certain bands (7)
- SEXTETS
- 36 Down: Vientiane native (7)
- LAOTIAN
- 37 Down: Terry and Drew (6)
- ELLENS
- 38 Down: Jive talk (5)
- SLANG
- 40 Down: Reef-builders (6)
- POLYPS
- 43 Down: Stashed retrievably (5)
- FILED
- 44 Down: Thickened areas on plant surfaces (5)
- CALLI
- 46 Down: Indisputable (4)
- SURE
- 48 Down: A neighbor of Tex. (4)
- OKLA
- 50 Down: A thou (3)
- GEE
- 51 Down: Biggin or tuque (3)
- CAP
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