Thursday Crossword — August 15, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/15/1985. By Nancy McCarthy.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Menace for Cleo's subjects (4)
- CROC
- 5 Across: Goof (4)
- FLUB
- 9 Across: Pirate pelf (4)
- SWAG
- 13 Across: ___ Alto (4)
- PALO
- 14 Across: Cattail of India (5)
- REREE
- 16 Across: "___ Smile Be . . . " (4)
- LETA
- 17 Across: Oppresses (10)
- OVERWEIGHS
- 19 Across: River isles (4)
- AITS
- 20 Across: Mister, in Messina (6)
- SIGNOR
- 21 Across: Consuming totally (8)
- EATINGUP
- 23 Across: Produce Pilsner (4)
- BREW
- 25 Across: Cardinal compass point (5)
- NORTH
- 26 Across: Blind alleys (8)
- IMPASSES
- 30 Across: Sadat's predecessor (6)
- NASSER
- 33 Across: Fine silk net (5)
- TULLE
- 34 Across: Kind of stitch or weave (5)
- SATIN
- 36 Across: ___ volente (3)
- DEO
- 37 Across: Of a period (4)
- ERAL
- 38 Across: Brownish photo (5)
- SEPIA
- 39 Across: Business abbr. (4)
- CORP
- 40 Across: "Darling buds" time (3)
- MAY
- 41 Across: Young haddock (5)
- SCROD
- 42 Across: Kind of knife (5)
- BOWIE
- 43 Across: Soprano from W. Va. (6)
- STEBER
- 45 Across: Coated a soldering iron (8)
- RETINNED
- 47 Across: Obsolete (5)
- DATED
- 49 Across: Mailed (4)
- SENT
- 50 Across: Some pedestrians (8)
- CROSSERS
- 53 Across: London's ___ Arch (6)
- MARBLE
- 57 Across: Garbo film: 1927 (4)
- LOVE
- 58 Across: Softpedaled; de-emphasized (10)
- DOWNPLAYED
- 60 Across: Home of the Cyclones (4)
- AMES
- 61 Across: Ten in two, on an alley (5)
- SPARE
- 62 Across: Rough, rugged rock (4)
- CRAG
- 63 Across: Start suddenly (4)
- DART
- 64 Across: Lustrous mineral (4)
- SPAR
- 65 Across: Shoe size (4)
- TENE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Naval noncoms (4)
- CPOS
- 2 Down: Sitarist Shankar (4)
- RAVI
- 3 Down: Cassini, the couturier (4)
- OLEG
- 4 Down: Fuddy-duddy or schmaltzer (8)
- CORNBALL
- 5 Down: Jacques et al. (6)
- FRERES
- 6 Down: Garland for Ho (3)
- LEI
- 7 Down: Exhort (4)
- URGE
- 8 Down: "Borstal Boy" playwright (5)
- BEHAN
- 9 Down: One's opinions (6)
- SLANTS
- 10 Down: Overburdens (10)
- WEIGHSDOWN
- 11 Down: Volcanic island near Russia (4)
- ATTU
- 12 Down: Inhale suddenly (4)
- GASP
- 15 Down: Tallinn's locale (7)
- ESTONIA
- 18 Down: Less desirable (5)
- WORSE
- 22 Down: Ayatollah's land (4)
- IRAN
- 24 Down: German river (5)
- WESER
- 26 Down: Details (5)
- ITEMS
- 27 Down: "Dandy King" of Naples: 1808 (5)
- MURAT
- 28 Down: Took it from the top, musically (10)
- PLAYEDOVER
- 29 Down: Flavor (5)
- SAPOR
- 31 Down: Hair-raising (5)
- EERIE
- 32 Down: Tethered tightly (5)
- ROPED
- 35 Down: Proverbial non-waiters (5)
- TIDES
- 38 Down: Tirades (7)
- SCREEDS
- 39 Down: Kind of bridge (8)
- CONTRACT
- 41 Down: Defeats a declarer (4)
- SETS
- 42 Down: Double (5)
- BINAL
- 44 Down: Most meanspirited (6)
- BASEST
- 46 Down: Moderate (6)
- TEMPER
- 48 Down: Stage devices (5)
- DROPS
- 50 Down: Dressed (4)
- CLAD
- 51 Down: Where the Tevere flows (4)
- ROMA
- 52 Down: Quid-pro-quo deal (4)
- SWAP
- 54 Down: Stable for Jersey's Jerseys (4)
- BYRE
- 55 Down: Like Cassius (4)
- LEAN
- 56 Down: Barely beat (4)
- EDGE
- 59 Down: Blue Eagle inits. (3)
- NRA
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