Monday Crossword — December 2, 1985 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/2/1985. By Virginia L. Yates.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Ness or Lomond (4)
LOCH
5 Across: "___ Love Song": 1929 (5)
PAGAN
10 Across: Knife handle (4)
HAFT
14 Across: Yearn (4)
ACHE
15 Across: Worship (5)
ADORE
16 Across: ___ Sedgwick, tragic heiress (4)
EDIE
17 Across: U.S. ballistic missile (4)
THOR
18 Across: Economize (10)
CUTCORNERS
20 Across: Embrace (7)
ESPOUSE
22 Across: Scrap (7)
SNIPPET
23 Across: Gridiron's Dawson (3)
LEN
24 Across: Fall guy (5)
PATSY
25 Across: Corrodible (7)
EROSIVE
29 Across: Pilsener, for one (4)
BEER
31 Across: Follow (3)
DOG
32 Across: Relative of Limburger (6)
TILSIT
34 Across: "___ Hagen Girl," Reagan film (4)
THAT
38 Across: "Beowulf," e.g. (4)
EPIC
40 Across: Reduce prices drastically (5)
SLASH
41 Across: Home of the Elis (4)
YALE
42 Across: Receipt, in Reims (4)
RECU
43 Across: "My Sister ___," 1942 film (6)
EILEEN
45 Across: Bee's follower (3)
CEE
46 Across: U.S.S.R. news service (4)
TASS
48 Across: Relax (7)
SLACKEN
50 Across: Qum native (5)
IRANI
53 Across: Scampered (3)
RAN
54 Across: Is a member (7)
BELONGS
57 Across: Coquettish manner (7)
COYNESS
61 Across: Quibble (10)
SPLITHAIRS
63 Across: Use a word processor (4)
TYPE
64 Across: Viking name (4)
ERIC
65 Across: Old Indian coins (5)
ANNAS
66 Across: Cordelia's sire (4)
LEAR
67 Across: Christie's "And Then There Were ___" (4)
NONE
68 Across: Seed coat (5)
TESTA
69 Across: Author Ferber (4)
EDNA

Down Answers

1 Down: Tardy (4)
LATE
2 Down: Noted publisher: 1858–1935 (4)
OCHS
3 Down: Sophistic, involved argumentation (9)
CHOPLOGIC
4 Down: "Hogan's ___," TV series (6)
HEROES
5 Down: Cold-weather footwear (4)
PACS
6 Down: Together: Mus. (4)
ADUE
7 Down: Acquired (3)
GOT
8 Down: Curves (4)
ARCS
9 Down: Inert gas (4)
NEON
10 Down: She-only shindig (8)
HENPARTY
11 Down: Skilled (5)
ADEPT
12 Down: Gives the ax (5)
FIRES
13 Down: Peevish (5)
TESTY
19 Down: Ready to pick (4)
RIPE
21 Down: Type of pricing (4)
UNIT
25 Down: Fulda tributary (4)
EDER
26 Down: Lasso (4)
ROPE
27 Down: Clamps (5)
VISES
28 Down: Psychologist Havelock ___ (5)
ELLIS
29 Down: Winds from the Alps (5)
BISES
30 Down: One of the Barrymores (5)
ETHEL
33 Down: Gal of song (3)
SAL
35 Down: Trite (9)
HACKNEYED
36 Down: Aweather's opposite (4)
ALEE
37 Down: Youth 'twixt 12 and 20 (4)
TEEN
39 Down: Didn't make the grade (8)
CUTNOICE
44 Down: Not a one, in Appalachia (4)
NARY
47 Down: "___ Misbehavin'," 1929 song (4)
AINT
49 Down: Rear of a saddle (6)
CANTLE
50 Down: "Ghosts" playwright (5)
IBSEN
51 Down: Printer's proof, for short (5)
REPRO
52 Down: Tuckered out (5)
ALLIN
55 Down: Indian mountain pass (4)
GHAT
56 Down: Sensible (4)
SANE
57 Down: Follower of pluto or auto (4)
CRAT
58 Down: Greek peak (4)
OSSA
59 Down: Bridge (4)
SPAN
60 Down: Antitoxins (4)
SERA
62 Down: Officeholders (3)
INS

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