Saturday Crossword — September 7, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/7/1985. By James Barrick.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Clyde Barrow or Bonnie Parker (10)
LAWBREAKER
11 Across: Dabs (4)
PATS
15 Across: Goof photographically (10)
OVEREXPOSE
16 Across: Yegg's cache (4)
LOOT
17 Across: Willful (10)
DELIBERATE
18 Across: A first name in folk music (4)
ARLO
19 Across: A first name in fiction (4)
ERLE
20 Across: G tone (3)
SOL
21 Across: Old World plant (6)
LENTIL
23 Across: Vast region south of Eur. (3)
AFR
25 Across: Something for baby (3)
PAP
27 Across: Furlough (5)
LEAVE
28 Across: Further (3)
AID
30 Across: Like some leaf edges (5)
EROSE
32 Across: Scott heroine (5)
ELLEN
33 Across: Goes hungry (7)
STARVES
35 Across: Remote telecast (4)
NEMO
37 Across: What Ali did to Foreman: 1974 (6)
KAYOED
38 Across: Three-legged stand (6)
TEAPOY
42 Across: Church publication (4)
ORDO
44 Across: Pardon, in a way (7)
CONDONE
45 Across: Quiets (5)
CALMS
48 Across: Kind of bag (5)
SCENT
50 Across: Soft (3)
LOW
51 Across: Chameleon's cousin (5)
AGAMA
52 Across: River in Poland (3)
SAN
53 Across: ___ Lanka (3)
SRI
55 Across: Ethiopian's neighbor (6)
SOMALI
57 Across: Peaks: Abbr. (3)
MTS
59 Across: What aquafortists do (4)
ETCH
62 Across: Weight allowance (4)
TRET
63 Across: Teacher's fiat re spelling proper nouns (10)
CAPITALIZE
66 Across: Naturalness (4)
EASE
67 Across: Promoting unity (10)
ECUMENICAL
68 Across: Hardens (4)
SETS
69 Across: Acoustical devices (10)
RESONATORS

Down Answers

1 Down: Underground vein (4)
LODE
2 Down: Say it and mean it (4)
AVER
3 Down: Sorrowful cry (8)
WELLADAY
4 Down: Inform (5)
BRIEF
5 Down: Johnny ___ (3)
REB
6 Down: What Bex and Dax have in common (4)
EXES
7 Down: Relevant (7)
APROPOS
8 Down: Aussie cuties (6)
KOALAS
9 Down: Es follower (3)
EST
10 Down: Set of blades on a mower (4)
REEL
11 Down: Quantity of freight (9)
PLANELOAD
12 Down: Of a body part (6)
AORTAL
13 Down: "I Want ___!," 1958 Susan Hayward film (6)
TOLIVE
14 Down: Hot (6)
STOLEN
22 Down: A B C's (8)
ELEMENTS
24 Down: Undoing (8)
REVERSAL
26 Down: Swan or hutch (3)
PEN
28 Down: Call on (3)
ASK
29 Down: Philippine people (3)
ITA
31 Down: Salmon's spawning area (4)
REDD
34 Down: Some dorm occupants (9)
ROOMMATES
36 Down: School founded by Henry VI (4)
ETON
39 Down: He gets plums (8)
POLITICO
40 Down: Burro: Comb. form (3)
ONO
41 Down: Wood used for archers' bows (3)
YEW
43 Down: C.I.A. forerunner (3)
OSS
44 Down: Coin of small value (7)
CENTIMO
45 Down: Classes (6)
CASTES
46 Down: Ancient assemblies (6)
AGORAE
47 Down: Least plausible (6)
LAMEST
49 Down: Grassy area (6)
CAMPUS
54 Down: Kindled anew (5)
RELIT
56 Down: Pastry chef's helper (4)
ICER
58 Down: Gun or actress (4)
STEN
60 Down: Slavic sovereign (4)
CZAR
61 Down: Copters (4)
HELS
64 Down: Wilander coup (3)
ACE
65 Down: Backward: Prefix (3)
ANA

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