Tuesday Crossword — August 20, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 8/20/1985. By Lois Sidway.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Wanders about (4)
GADS
5 Across: Piece of jewelry (4)
JADE
9 Across: Trim with loops (5)
PICOT
14 Across: An organ stop (4)
OBOE
15 Across: Attic coin (4)
OBOL
16 Across: Place to spend 15 Across (5)
AGORA
17 Across: Kind of crier (4)
TOWN
18 Across: Wowed (10)
BOWLEDOVER
20 Across: Count Vronsky's love (4)
ANNA
21 Across: Bleaching agent (3)
SUN
22 Across: Imprisonment (6)
DURESS
23 Across: Mettle revealers (5)
TESTS
25 Across: Shinbone (5)
TIBIA
27 Across: Spree (4)
TEAR
29 Across: "Do ___ disturb" (3)
NOT
30 Across: Footnote abbr. (4)
IBID
34 Across: Scoundrel (3)
CUR
36 Across: Slugger Staub (5)
RUSTY
38 Across: Diacritical mark (5)
BREVE
39 Across: Children's folk song (15)
OVERINTHEMEADOW
42 Across: Students take these (5)
SEATS
43 Across: Lofty pad (5)
AERIE
44 Across: Parched (3)
DRY
45 Across: Mild (4)
TAME
46 Across: Mil. group (3)
DIV
47 Across: Long (4)
ACHE
49 Across: Single-celled organism (5)
MONAD
51 Across: Hide behind words (5)
HEDGE
54 Across: Robin's lass (6)
MARIAN
58 Across: Zodiacal sign (3)
LEO
60 Across: "An apple ___ . . . " (4)
ADAY
61 Across: Repaired completely (10)
OVERHAULED
63 Across: Amour (4)
LOVE
64 Across: Closet lining (5)
CEDAR
65 Across: ___ Deep (oceanic depression) (4)
NERO
66 Across: Wide-mouthed pitcher (4)
EWER
67 Across: Danish coin (5)
KRONE
68 Across: The vat man (4)
DYER
69 Across: Hereditary factors (4)
DNAS

Down Answers

1 Down: Bribed (5)
GOTAT
2 Down: "To fetch her poor dog ___" (5)
ABONE
3 Down: With the current (10)
DOWNSTREAM
4 Down: Where Mondale once ruled (6)
SENATE
5 Down: Tasks (4)
JOBS
6 Down: Circa (5)
ABOUT
7 Down: Traditional folk song (15)
DOWNINTHEVALLEY
8 Down: Wright wing (3)
ELL
9 Down: "Taming of the Shrew" locale (5)
PADUA
10 Down: Conductor Buketoff (4)
IGOR
11 Down: Place for a marina (4)
COVE
12 Down: Malachite and manganese (4)
ORES
13 Down: Salts (4)
TARS
19 Down: Blue-pencil (4)
EDIT
24 Down: Rani's wardrobe (5)
SARIS
26 Down: Clete or Charles (5)
BOYER
28 Down: Hosiery mishap (3)
RUN
30 Down: Savings plan: Abbr. (3)
IRA
31 Down: Ready for the night (10)
BEDDEDDOWN
32 Down: Welsh actor Novello (4)
IVOR
33 Down: Like a petal in the morning (4)
DEWY
34 Down: Charge (4)
COST
35 Down: Optic layer (4)
UVEA
37 Down: Spot (5)
STAIN
38 Down: Nut-bearing tree (5)
BEECH
40 Down: Map abbr. (3)
RTE
41 Down: Actress Farrow (3)
MIA
46 Down: Lady from Lisbon (4)
DONA
48 Down: Made well (6)
HEALED
49 Down: U.S. Olympic skier (5)
MAHRE
50 Down: A plow inventor (5)
DEERE
52 Down: ___ leg up (lent a hand) (5)
GAVEA
53 Down: Witnesses (5)
EYERS
54 Down: Ersatz (4)
MOCK
55 Down: Say (4)
AVER
56 Down: Work over (4)
REDO
57 Down: Abadán is here (4)
IRAN
59 Down: Repute (4)
ODOR
62 Down: Humperdinck's "Hänsel ___ Gretel" (3)
UND

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