Thursday Crossword — August 8, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/8/1985. By Martha J. DeWitt.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: One of the three B's (4)
- BACH
- 5 Across: Give a ___ (boost) (5)
- LEGUP
- 10 Across: Actor Crawford's nickname (4)
- BROD
- 14 Across: Kind of hemp (4)
- ALOE
- 15 Across: One of David's mighty men (5)
- ADINO
- 16 Across: "Cavalleria" temptress (4)
- LOLA
- 17 Across: Antitoxins (4)
- SERA
- 18 Across: ___ say die (5)
- NEVER
- 19 Across: Neighbor of Hung. (4)
- AUST
- 20 Across: Constitutional (8)
- EXERCISE
- 22 Across: Exam taker (6)
- TESTEE
- 24 Across: "Bells on her ___" (4)
- TOES
- 25 Across: Stretch out (7)
- DISTEND
- 26 Across: Probe (11)
- EXPLORATION
- 30 Across: Subleased (5)
- RELET
- 31 Across: Tempered (8)
- ANNEALED
- 36 Across: Sr. citizens' nest eggs (4)
- IRAS
- 37 Across: Erhard's therapy (3)
- EST
- 38 Across: Big cat (4)
- PUMA
- 39 Across: Faithful (8)
- CONSTANT
- 42 Across: Roborant (5)
- TONIC
- 43 Across: Probe (11)
- INVESTIGATE
- 46 Across: Spectacle (7)
- DISPLAY
- 50 Across: A teacher of Liszt (4)
- PAER
- 51 Across: Too (6)
- ASWELL
- 52 Across: Orders (8)
- MANDATES
- 56 Across: Red stains for marking lumber (4)
- KEEL
- 57 Across: Hanker (5)
- YEARN
- 59 Across: Foraminous item (4)
- PORE
- 60 Across: "Like ___ without a tail": Macbeth (4)
- ARAT
- 61 Across: Mud volcano (5)
- SALSE
- 62 Across: Kind of plate (4)
- HOME
- 63 Across: Macerates (4)
- RETS
- 64 Across: Where Trajan built an amphitheater (5)
- TRIER
- 65 Across: Columnist Abelson (4)
- ALAN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Low (4)
- BASE
- 2 Down: Haley or Comfort (4)
- ALEX
- 3 Down: Gist (4)
- CORE
- 4 Down: Cruel (9)
- HEARTLESS
- 5 Down: He wrote "Song of the Chattahoochee" (6)
- LANIER
- 6 Down: Early center of Christianity (6)
- EDESSA
- 7 Down: Endow (4)
- GIVE
- 8 Down: Deux preceder (3)
- UNE
- 9 Down: Serving (7)
- PORTION
- 10 Down: Ruin (5)
- BLAST
- 11 Down: Itinerary (5)
- ROUTE
- 12 Down: Comedian Ole (5)
- OLSEN
- 13 Down: Passé (5)
- DATED
- 21 Down: Mudhen (4)
- COOT
- 23 Down: He had his grief in a fief (4)
- ESNE
- 25 Down: Effort (4)
- DINT
- 26 Down: Sevareid or Coates (4)
- ERIC
- 27 Down: Dry: Comb. form (4)
- XERO
- 28 Down: Device (4)
- PLAN
- 29 Down: Discernment (5)
- TASTE
- 32 Down: Transcripts (9)
- APOGRAPHA
- 33 Down: Moon goddess (4)
- LUNA
- 34 Down: Discharge (4)
- EMIT
- 35 Down: Chub (4)
- DACE
- 37 Down: What Gay called "a kind of praise" (4)
- ENVY
- 40 Down: Cash drawer (4)
- TILL
- 41 Down: Wall Street seer (7)
- ANALYST
- 42 Down: All even (4)
- TIED
- 44 Down: Meager (6)
- SPARSE
- 45 Down: He seeks hides (6)
- TANNER
- 46 Down: Senegal's capital (5)
- DAKAR
- 47 Down: Grenoble's river (5)
- ISERE
- 48 Down: Kind of shop (5)
- SWEAT
- 49 Down: Astor's collection (5)
- PELTS
- 52 Down: Where Bamako is (4)
- MALI
- 53 Down: Jimmy or jack (4)
- TOOL
- 54 Down: Columnist Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 55 Down: Understood (4)
- SEEN
- 58 Down: Dr. Ménière's specialty (3)
- EAR
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