Thursday Crossword — September 19, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 9/19/1985. By Mary C. Whitten.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Chen's game (4)
- GOLF
- 5 Across: Strikebreaker (4)
- SCAB
- 9 Across: W.W. II town (4)
- STLO
- 13 Across: Cupid (4)
- AMOR
- 14 Across: Pool ploy (5)
- CAROM
- 16 Across: ___ d'Orsay (French Foreign Office) (4)
- QUAI
- 17 Across: Greenback (4)
- NOTE
- 18 Across: Silly (5)
- INANE
- 19 Across: Literary Leon (4)
- URIS
- 20 Across: Come to the point (15)
- GOINTOONESDANCE
- 23 Across: Westerns' Grey (4)
- ZANE
- 24 Across: Latin abbr. (3)
- QED
- 25 Across: Rudiments (6)
- BASICS
- 28 Across: Porgy (4)
- SCUP
- 30 Across: Blarney-stone gift (3)
- GAB
- 33 Across: Healing plant (4)
- ALOE
- 34 Across: Expect (5)
- AWAIT
- 35 Across: Dockers' org. (3)
- ILA
- 36 Across: Goofed off (15)
- LAYDOWNONTHEJOB
- 40 Across: Ratite bird (3)
- EMU
- 41 Across: Bring to court again (5)
- RETRY
- 42 Across: Photo-finish item (4)
- NOSE
- 43 Across: Russell nickname (3)
- ROZ
- 44 Across: Extorted (4)
- BLED
- 45 Across: Lines for hoisting sails (6)
- SHEETS
- 47 Across: Prefix for fraction (3)
- DIF
- 48 Across: London flunky (4)
- CHAR
- 49 Across: Expose inner feelings (15)
- LETITALLHANGOUT
- 57 Across: Neighbor of N.M. (4)
- ARIZ
- 58 Across: Omani money (5)
- RIALS
- 59 Across: Pointless (4)
- IDLE
- 60 Across: Former Mexican president (4)
- DIAZ
- 61 Across: Squire Cass's creator (5)
- ELIOT
- 62 Across: Enthusiasm (4)
- ZEAL
- 63 Across: This does it (4)
- EASY
- 64 Across: Cartoon "bulb" (4)
- IDEA
- 65 Across: Coastal cruiser (4)
- ERNE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Troop of toughs (4)
- GANG
- 2 Down: Melville opus (4)
- OMOO
- 3 Down: Writer Pierre (4)
- LOTI
- 4 Down: Running amok (8)
- FRENZIED
- 5 Down: Heirs (6)
- SCIONS
- 6 Down: Tippy craft (5)
- CANOE
- 7 Down: ___ Islands, off Galway (4)
- ARAN
- 8 Down: Fido's treasure (4)
- BONE
- 9 Down: Unit fighting vice (5)
- SQUAD
- 10 Down: Toss's partner (4)
- TURN
- 11 Down: Not of the cloth (4)
- LAIC
- 12 Down: Seine tributary (4)
- OISE
- 15 Down: Fodder tree (7)
- MESQUIT
- 21 Down: Tic-___-toe (3)
- TAC
- 22 Down: Sonar reading (5)
- DEPTH
- 25 Down: Cotton packer (5)
- BALER
- 26 Down: Tex. shrine (5)
- ALAMO
- 27 Down: Soviet space venture (5)
- SOYUZ
- 28 Down: Prince Valiant's weapon (5)
- SWORD
- 29 Down: Like rattan (4)
- CANY
- 30 Down: NCO's charge (5)
- GIJOE
- 31 Down: Cather's "___ Lady" (5)
- ALOST
- 32 Down: Innocent ones (5)
- BABES
- 34 Down: Chip in a chip (4)
- ANTE
- 37 Down: Celestial path (5)
- ORBIT
- 38 Down: Social worker's concern (7)
- WELFARE
- 39 Down: Activate (8)
- ENERGIZE
- 45 Down: Calif. mount (6)
- SHASTA
- 46 Down: Solo of "Star Wars" (3)
- HAN
- 47 Down: Jazzman Gillespie (5)
- DIZZY
- 48 Down: Lover of Daphnis (5)
- CHLOE
- 49 Down: Put on cargo (4)
- LADE
- 50 Down: Silkworm (4)
- ERIA
- 51 Down: Juan's aunts (4)
- TIAS
- 52 Down: Role for Caron (4)
- LILI
- 53 Down: Produced an egg (4)
- LAID
- 54 Down: ___-Neisse Line (4)
- ODER
- 55 Down: ___ Bator, Mongolia (4)
- ULAN
- 56 Down: Far: Comb. form (4)
- TELE
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