Saturday Crossword — August 10, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/10/1985. By Arnold Moss.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ water (bleach) (5)
- JAVEL
- 6 Across: Hannibal's gateway to Rome (4)
- ALPS
- 10 Across: Winglike (4)
- ALAR
- 14 Across: Functional (5)
- UTILE
- 15 Across: ___-poly (4)
- ROLY
- 16 Across: French name for a Swiss canton (4)
- BALE
- 17 Across: Appears menacingly (5)
- LOOMS
- 18 Across: Activist (4)
- DOER
- 19 Across: RLS burial place (4)
- APIA
- 20 Across: 45 inches, once, in Exeter (3)
- ELL
- 21 Across: With 53 Across, clergyman's order to his devious decorators (10)
- REPAINTAND
- 23 Across: Blood enzyme (7)
- PLASMIN
- 26 Across: Evokes "gesundheit!" (7)
- SNEEZES
- 27 Across: Cockle (4)
- OAST
- 28 Across: Roe (4)
- EGGS
- 29 Across: Braemar boy (6)
- LADDIE
- 32 Across: Hectarage (4)
- AREA
- 33 Across: Tsar follower (3)
- INA
- 36 Across: St. Bonaventure neighbor (5)
- OLEAN
- 37 Across: Scale notes (3)
- TIS
- 38 Across: Israeli peak (5)
- TABOR
- 40 Across: Lurch (3)
- YAW
- 41 Across: Class; rank (4)
- TIER
- 43 Across: Kind of mite (6)
- WIDOWS
- 44 Across: River in Ireland (4)
- BANN
- 45 Across: A jewelry setting (4)
- PAVE
- 46 Across: U.S. problem, according to J.E.C. (7)
- MALAISE
- 49 Across: Ways (7)
- AVENUES
- 53 Across: See 21 Across (10)
- THINNOMORE
- 55 Across: Narcotic shrub (3)
- KAT
- 56 Across: "___ Old Cowhand" (4)
- IMAN
- 57 Across: Parker of Ft. Worth (4)
- FESS
- 58 Across: TV's "Hootchy-Kootchy" girl (5)
- CHARO
- 60 Across: Canadian Indian (4)
- DENE
- 61 Across: ___ bellum (4)
- ANTE
- 62 Across: Joel preceder (5)
- HOSEA
- 63 Across: Purim month (4)
- ADAR
- 64 Across: H'ways (4)
- RTES
- 65 Across: Some newspaper pages (5)
- OPEDS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sweet drink (5)
- JULEP
- 2 Down: Bikini, e.g. (5)
- ATOLL
- 3 Down: Sebastian's sister (5)
- VIOLA
- 4 Down: Slippery ___ (3)
- ELM
- 5 Down: Guitarist Paul (3)
- LES
- 6 Down: Zealous (6)
- ARDENT
- 7 Down: Coque (4)
- LOOP
- 8 Down: Yes-men (8)
- PLEASERS
- 9 Down: R.N.'s device (7)
- SYRINGE
- 10 Down: Quashes, in law (6)
- ABATES
- 11 Down: Bolivian city (5)
- LAPAZ
- 12 Down: Actress MacMahon (5)
- ALINE
- 13 Down: Interprets (5)
- READS
- 21 Down: Opera's Stevens (4)
- RISE
- 22 Down: Sculptor's reverse impression (8)
- NEGATIVE
- 24 Down: Faro card (4)
- SODA
- 25 Down: Carry on (8)
- MAINTAIN
- 29 Down: Trumpeter Tommie (3)
- LOY
- 30 Down: ___ Tau, U.S.S.R. ranges (3)
- ALA
- 31 Down: ___ line (3)
- DEW
- 32 Down: Display (3)
- AIR
- 33 Down: A Nigerian (3)
- IBO
- 34 Down: Presently (3)
- NOW
- 35 Down: Ovid's "___ Amatoria" (3)
- ARS
- 37 Down: Ghetto sight (8)
- TENEMENT
- 39 Down: Gulf of Arabian Sea (4)
- ADEN
- 42 Down: To such an extent (7)
- INSOFAR
- 43 Down: Naval lass (4)
- WAVE
- 44 Down: Ensign (6)
- BANNER
- 45 Down: Does a Latin I task (6)
- PARSES
- 46 Down: Where Zeus was raised (5)
- MTIDA
- 47 Down: Ottoman sultan (5)
- AHMED
- 48 Down: Wild grapevine (5)
- LIANA
- 50 Down: Bull of a sort (5)
- UKASE
- 51 Down: Auriculate (5)
- EARED
- 52 Down: Hangouts for Zeno (5)
- STOAS
- 54 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4)
- OSTE
- 58 Down: Set designer Ming ___ Lee (3)
- CHO
- 59 Down: College dance (3)
- HOP
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