Saturday Crossword — October 5, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 10/5/1985. By Peter Swift.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cheese made backward? (4)
- EDAM
- 5 Across: Coopers' tools (5)
- ADZES
- 10 Across: Canaanites' supreme god (4)
- BAAL
- 14 Across: An incarnation of Vishnu (4)
- RAMA
- 15 Across: Actress Nissen (5)
- GRETA
- 16 Across: U.S.S.R. Baltic port (4)
- RIGA
- 17 Across: Stone of ___, in the Orkneys (4)
- ODIN
- 18 Across: Bucolic (5)
- RURAL
- 19 Across: Graven image (4)
- IDOL
- 20 Across: Calif. affliction? (15)
- SANDIEGOLUMBAGO
- 23 Across: Dijon donkeys (4)
- ANES
- 24 Across: Foulard (3)
- TIE
- 25 Across: Archeologists' finds (6)
- SHARDS
- 28 Across: Fleet commander's vessel (8)
- FLAGSHIP
- 33 Across: Cliff-top shelter (5)
- AERIE
- 34 Across: Pseudologist (4)
- LIAR
- 35 Across: Em followers (3)
- ENO
- 36 Across: Nightclubs near Yankee Stadium? (15)
- BRONXHONKYTONKS
- 40 Across: Male gypsy (3)
- ROM
- 41 Across: In the horse latitudes (4)
- ASEA
- 42 Across: Hindu princess (5)
- RANEE
- 43 Across: Having a glossy surface (8)
- ENAMELED
- 46 Across: Delay (6)
- RETARD
- 47 Across: Expanse west of Eur. (3)
- ATL
- 48 Across: "Ulalume," e.g. (4)
- POEM
- 49 Across: Chinese slammer? (15)
- FOOCHOWHOOSEGOW
- 57 Across: Swedish pop quartet (4)
- ABBA
- 58 Across: Keens (5)
- WAILS
- 59 Across: Stage org. (4)
- ANTA
- 60 Across: Grimalkin's plaint (4)
- MEOW
- 61 Across: Wading bird (5)
- EGRET
- 62 Across: "Waiting for Godot" actor (4)
- LAHR
- 63 Across: Ophthalmologist's concern (4)
- EYES
- 64 Across: Exploits (5)
- DEEDS
- 65 Across: Punctuation mark in England (4)
- STOP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Libido (4)
- EROS
- 2 Down: Art movement born in 1916 (4)
- DADA
- 3 Down: Lebanon's ___ Gemayel (4)
- AMIN
- 4 Down: Small orange (8)
- MANDARIN
- 5 Down: Coincides (6)
- AGREES
- 6 Down: Cargo of some smugglers (5)
- DRUGS
- 7 Down: Memorable comic Mostel (4)
- ZERO
- 8 Down: Relative of etc. (4)
- ETAL
- 9 Down: Beneficial (8)
- SALUTARY
- 10 Down: Temptations for politicians (6)
- BRIBES
- 11 Down: Verdi work (4)
- AIDA
- 12 Down: All excited (4)
- AGOG
- 13 Down: Sugarcane shoot (4)
- LALO
- 21 Down: Needle on a dial (5)
- INDEX
- 22 Down: U.S.S.R. aircraft (3)
- MIG
- 25 Down: Buffalo athlete (5)
- SABRE
- 26 Down: Avian anagram for Rhone (5)
- HERON
- 27 Down: Redolence (5)
- AROMA
- 28 Down: Amerced (5)
- FINED
- 29 Down: "Mighty ___ Rose": Nevin (4)
- LAKA
- 30 Down: Reddish dyestuff (5)
- HENNA
- 31 Down: Printer's roller (5)
- INKER
- 32 Down: Got shot (5)
- POSED
- 34 Down: What schlimazels usually do (4)
- LOSE
- 37 Down: Sacrosanct (8)
- HALLOWED
- 38 Down: Cycad and poon (5)
- TREES
- 39 Down: Certain porridges (8)
- OATMEALS
- 44 Down: Parrots (6)
- MACAWS
- 45 Down: Biblical verb ending (3)
- ETH
- 46 Down: Places for hen parties? (6)
- ROOSTS
- 48 Down: Propelled a raft (5)
- POLED
- 49 Down: Repute (4)
- FAME
- 50 Down: Toe the line (4)
- OBEY
- 51 Down: Heckelphone, e.g. (4)
- OBOE
- 52 Down: Remuneration of a sort (4)
- WAGE
- 53 Down: Take on (4)
- HIRE
- 54 Down: Punkie (4)
- GNAT
- 55 Down: He overthrew Galba (4)
- OTHO
- 56 Down: Woof's partner (4)
- WARP
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