Monday Crossword — November 4, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 11/4/1985. By Albert J. Klaus.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mineral springs (4)
SPAS
5 Across: Spaghetti, e.g. (5)
PASTA
10 Across: "Get out!" (4)
SCAT
14 Across: Cavity (4)
HOLE
15 Across: Town in N Mass. (5)
ATHOL
16 Across: Bohemian (4)
ARTY
17 Across: Mischa or Leopold (4)
AUER
18 Across: P.O. sales item (5)
STAMP
19 Across: Satellite of a planet (4)
MOON
20 Across: One that intertwines (8)
WREATHER
22 Across: Argument (6)
HASSLE
24 Across: She painted at age 100 (12)
GRANDMAMOSES
26 Across: Field of films (5)
SALLY
29 Across: Japanese gold coin of yore (4)
OBAN
30 Across: Russian range (4)
ALAI
31 Across: Manservant (5)
VALET
33 Across: ___ Tolstoy (wrote at age 82) (3)
LEO
36 Across: Theme of this puzzle (15)
FAMOUSOLDTIMERS
40 Across: Before, to the Bard (3)
ERE
41 Across: Diamond and Sedaka (5)
NEILS
42 Across: Elliptical (4)
OVAL
43 Across: Perimeter of a disk: Abbr. (4)
CIRC
44 Across: Philippine ancestral spirit (5)
ANITO
45 Across: He drew and engraved at age 90 (12)
PABLOPICASSO
51 Across: Suave (6)
URBANE
52 Across: Renegade (8)
APOSTATE
56 Across: Equips (4)
RIGS
57 Across: Designator (5)
NAMER
59 Across: Spoken (4)
ORAL
60 Across: Porgy (4)
SCUP
61 Across: Trick or ___ (5)
TREAT
62 Across: Ending for glad or sad (4)
NESS
63 Across: Begets, as lambs (4)
EANS
64 Across: Jockey's cap and blouse (5)
SILKS
65 Across: Alleviate (4)
EASE

Down Answers

1 Down: He wrote a play at age 93 (4)
SHAW
2 Down: Rain heavily (4)
POUR
3 Down: Toward shelter (4)
ALEE
4 Down: Harem (8)
SERAGLIO
5 Down: Turkish title (5)
PASHA
6 Down: "You used to come ___ o'clock" (5)
ATTEN
7 Down: Pottery fragment (5)
SHARD
8 Down: Jones or Poston (3)
TOM
9 Down: Tot's recital (8)
ALPHABET
10 Down: Biblical strong man (6)
SAMSON
11 Down: Irritable (5)
CROSS
12 Down: Cornmeal (5)
ATOLE
13 Down: Soprano who joined the Met in 1974 (5)
TYNES
21 Down: Attempt (3)
TRY
23 Down: Famous violin-maker (5)
AMATI
25 Down: Shapes (5)
MOLDS
26 Down: Secure (4)
SAFE
27 Down: Winged (4)
ALAR
28 Down: Like John Silver (4)
LAME
31 Down: Behold, in Brest (5)
VOICI
32 Down: Wholly (3)
ALL
33 Down: Jacob's third son (4)
LEVI
34 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
ERAT
35 Down: Capital of Norway (4)
OSLO
37 Down: Alliance (5)
UNION
38 Down: Snakes (8)
SERPENTS
39 Down: Johnny One Note's problem (8)
MONOTONE
43 Down: Fastens (6)
CLASPS
44 Down: Silly person (3)
ASS
45 Down: Handbag (5)
PURSE
46 Down: City in N Chile (5)
ARICA
47 Down: Pellet rifle (5)
BBGUN
48 Down: Dromedary (5)
CAMEL
49 Down: In a vertical position, at sea (5)
APEAK
50 Down: Classifies (5)
SORTS
53 Down: District (4)
AREA
54 Down: Russian news agency (4)
TASS
55 Down: Other (4)
ELSE
58 Down: Character in "Exodus" (3)
ARI

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