Thursday Crossword — October 17, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 10/17/1985. By Kathryn Righter.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Eden discard (4)
- CORE
- 5 Across: Loser to Joe Louis: Sept. 1939 (6)
- PASTOR
- 11 Across: Boardwalk investments (6)
- HOTELS
- 13 Across: Aperture for ventilation (7)
- AIRHOLE
- 14 Across: Franc fraction (7)
- CENTIME
- 15 Across: Narrates anew (7)
- RETELLS
- 16 Across: Elbow (5)
- ANCON
- 17 Across: Branches (4)
- RAMI
- 19 Across: Came to earth (4)
- ALIT
- 20 Across: Greek letters (4)
- RHOS
- 21 Across: Stone (3)
- PIT
- 22 Across: Dispenser of T.L.C. (5)
- NURSE
- 24 Across: This may incur vigorish (3)
- IOU
- 25 Across: "It's raining ___": Loveman (7)
- VIOLETS
- 27 Across: Two-tailed flag (6)
- BURGEE
- 29 Across: Went Dutch (6)
- SHARED
- 33 Across: "Ape and ___": A. Huxley (7)
- ESSENCE
- 35 Across: Fred Flintstone's daughter (7)
- PEBBLES
- 37 Across: More unearthly (6)
- EERIER
- 38 Across: Most foxy (6)
- SLIEST
- 39 Across: Assemble by summons (7)
- CONVOKE
- 42 Across: Baltique, e.g. (3)
- MER
- 43 Across: He has sticky fingers (5)
- THIEF
- 46 Across: Indefinite quantity (3)
- ANY
- 47 Across: A Dumas (4)
- PERE
- 48 Across: ___ boy (hero sandwich) (4)
- POOR
- 49 Across: Beds sans heads (4)
- COTS
- 51 Across: Homophone for sense (5)
- CENTS
- 52 Across: Lizards seen in Yucatan (7)
- IGUANAS
- 54 Across: Puts on a par with (7)
- EQUATES
- 56 Across: "___ as doth the Bee": Dickinson (7)
- PARTAKE
- 57 Across: Group of four (6)
- TETRAD
- 58 Across: Ancient ascetic (6)
- ESSENE
- 59 Across: Dewey ___, Faulkner girl (4)
- DELL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Throng (9)
- CONCOURSE
- 2 Down: Some Holy Roman Empire rulers (5)
- OTTOS
- 3 Down: Bridle strap (4)
- REIN
- 4 Down: Shade tree (3)
- ELM
- 5 Down: Illusory prospect of profit (11)
- PIEINTHESKY
- 6 Down: Tate display (3)
- ART
- 7 Down: Clip fleece (5)
- SHEAR
- 8 Down: Turnpike charges (5)
- TOLLS
- 9 Down: A friend of Kukla (5)
- OLLIE
- 10 Down: Relax (4)
- REST
- 11 Down: Partlets' place (8)
- HENHOUSE
- 12 Down: This makes a comic less comic (5)
- SERIO
- 13 Down: Accouter (3)
- ARM
- 14 Down: Piranha (6)
- CARIBE
- 18 Down: Opposite of the Pac. (3)
- ATL
- 21 Down: Cinch (11)
- PIECEOFCAKE
- 23 Down: Fit; convenient (6)
- USABLE
- 25 Down: Gratiano's milieu (6)
- VENICE
- 26 Down: Prescience of a sort (3)
- ESP
- 28 Down: Eur. language (3)
- GER
- 30 Down: Baseball stat (3)
- RBI
- 31 Down: Basic and potent (9)
- ELEMENTAL
- 32 Down: Like Goldsmith's village (8)
- DESERTED
- 34 Down: Ending for a cardinal point (3)
- ERN
- 36 Down: Bridge builder's concern (6)
- STRESS
- 40 Down: Kier or keeve (3)
- VAT
- 41 Down: Beginning (5)
- ONSET
- 43 Down: Robes of office (5)
- TOGAS
- 44 Down: Units of time (5)
- HOURS
- 45 Down: Angry (5)
- IRATE
- 47 Down: Oyster's largess (5)
- PEARL
- 48 Down: Calumet, for one (4)
- PIPE
- 50 Down: Suffix with filament (3)
- OSE
- 51 Down: Pleasingly attractive (4)
- CUTE
- 53 Down: Dwarf: Comb. form (3)
- NAN
- 55 Down: Math proof (3)
- QED
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