Friday Crossword — September 20, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 9/20/1985. By Irene Smullyan.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Laver rival, once (4)
- ASHE
- 5 Across: Climax (3)
- CAP
- 8 Across: La Casa ___ (The White House) (6)
- BLANCA
- 14 Across: Legal claim (4)
- LIEN
- 15 Across: Gallina's largess (3)
- OVA
- 16 Across: Compensation (6)
- REWARD
- 17 Across: Pianist Templeton (4)
- ALEC
- 18 Across: Gas-pressure gauge (10)
- TENSIMETER
- 20 Across: Emulates John R. Neill (11)
- ILLUSTRATES
- 22 Across: News serv. (3)
- UPI
- 23 Across: Emanation from stagnation (6)
- MIASMA
- 24 Across: Acad. title (4)
- PROF
- 25 Across: Ben Adhem's group (5)
- TRIBE
- 28 Across: Merit (4)
- EARN
- 30 Across: Wild speech (4)
- RANT
- 31 Across: Carpenter's companion (6)
- WALRUS
- 33 Across: Leaf appendage (6)
- STIPEL
- 35 Across: Ursa Minor cynosure (7)
- POLARIS
- 37 Across: Francis Marion's ploys (7)
- SORTIES
- 40 Across: Having a handle (6)
- ANSATE
- 42 Across: Tropical break (6)
- SIESTA
- 43 Across: Elec. term (4)
- ACDC
- 45 Across: Belgian city (4)
- MONS
- 47 Across: Branch of zool. (5)
- ENTOM
- 48 Across: Kind of review (4)
- RAVE
- 49 Across: Finally (6)
- ATLAST
- 51 Across: Hero of Uris's "Exodus" (3)
- ARI
- 52 Across: Calumnies (11)
- DETRACTIONS
- 57 Across: Rambling (10)
- DISCURSIVE
- 59 Across: Sub in a tub (4)
- OLEO
- 60 Across: White poplars (6)
- ABELES
- 61 Across: "___ let them clash!": Burns (3)
- EEN
- 62 Across: Well informed about (4)
- UPON
- 63 Across: Church seat (6)
- SEDILE
- 64 Across: TU-144, e.g. (3)
- SST
- 65 Across: City on the Yonne (4)
- SENS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Turkish regiment (4)
- ALAI
- 2 Down: Threshold (4)
- SILL
- 3 Down: Bounder (4)
- HEEL
- 4 Down: Burden (11)
- ENCUMBRANCE
- 5 Down: Short surplice (5)
- COTTA
- 6 Down: Disinclined (6)
- AVERSE
- 7 Down: Hats, trees or sheep (7)
- PANAMAS
- 8 Down: Cheese-making French region (4)
- BRIE
- 9 Down: Units on space vehicles (4)
- LEMS
- 10 Down: Reverential feeling (3)
- AWE
- 11 Down: Student of flora and fauna (10)
- NATURALIST
- 12 Down: Crinkled fabric (6)
- CREPON
- 13 Down: Aimless (6)
- ADRIFT
- 19 Down: Jumps a battery (6)
- STARTS
- 21 Down: Sirs, to Louis XIV (6)
- SIEURS
- 24 Down: Affectedly grand (11)
- PRETENTIOUS
- 25 Down: County subdiv. (3)
- TWP
- 26 Down: Contemporary Indian novelist (3)
- RAO
- 27 Down: Unwise (10)
- ILLADVISED
- 29 Down: Homer's legendary burial place (4)
- NIOS
- 32 Down: Rama's land (4)
- SIAM
- 34 Down: Cobb's Judge ___ (6)
- PRIEST
- 36 Down: Ermines in summer (6)
- STOATS
- 38 Down: W.W. II arena (3)
- ETO
- 39 Down: U.S. missile (3)
- SAM
- 41 Down: Log notations (7)
- ENTRIES
- 43 Down: Cultivated areas in Tex. (6)
- ARADAS
- 44 Down: Vicious tropical fish (6)
- CARIBE
- 46 Down: Aïda and Spartacus, e.g. (6)
- SLAVES
- 50 Down: " . . . not ___ for tribute": Harper (5)
- ACENT
- 52 Down: Affair of honor (4)
- DUEL
- 53 Down: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 54 Down: Spoutless jug (4)
- OLPE
- 55 Down: It glows for shows (4)
- NEON
- 56 Down: Pearl Buck book (4)
- SONS
- 58 Down: Year in the reign of Antoninus Pius (3)
- CLI
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