Tuesday Crossword — December 17, 1985 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/17/1985. By Sidney L. Robbins.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tableland (4)
- MESA
- 5 Across: N.H.'s state flower (5)
- LILAC
- 10 Across: Pop (3)
- DAD
- 13 Across: King toppers (4)
- ACES
- 14 Across: Sports area (5)
- ARENA
- 15 Across: Artist Charles ___ Gibson (4)
- DANA
- 16 Across: Temporary prexy (15)
- PRESIDENTPROTEM
- 19 Across: Khartoum is its capital (5)
- SUDAN
- 20 Across: Explode (8)
- DETONATE
- 21 Across: Scratch producer (4)
- ITCH
- 24 Across: Soft drink (4)
- SODA
- 25 Across: "Bonjour, mon ___" (3)
- AMI
- 28 Across: Babylonian deity (4)
- ERUA
- 30 Across: Quit working (6)
- RETIRE
- 34 Across: Forbid (3)
- BAN
- 35 Across: Inclines (5)
- RAMPS
- 37 Across: Periods of time (4)
- ERAS
- 38 Across: Veep's possible role (15)
- ACTINGPRESIDENT
- 42 Across: Cultivate (4)
- FARM
- 43 Across: Discover (5)
- HITON
- 44 Across: Born (3)
- NEE
- 45 Across: Cheap: Slang (6)
- TWOBIT
- 48 Across: Secular (4)
- LAIC
- 49 Across: Eternally, to Poe (3)
- EER
- 50 Across: Juice drinks (4)
- ADES
- 52 Across: Hebrew month (4)
- ELUL
- 54 Across: Horned (8)
- ANTLERED
- 58 Across: Ernie of baseball fame (5)
- BANKS
- 62 Across: Ford or Carter (15)
- FORMERPRESIDENT
- 65 Across: Regrets (4)
- RUES
- 66 Across: Giant grass (5)
- OTATE
- 67 Across: Kind of spirit (4)
- EVIL
- 68 Across: Quarter of four (3)
- ONE
- 69 Across: Clergyman's dickey (5)
- RABAT
- 70 Across: Alliance acronym (4)
- NATO
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Charts (4)
- MAPS
- 2 Down: Tannish (4)
- ECRU
- 3 Down: Pip (4)
- SEED
- 4 Down: Very: Mus. (5)
- ASSAI
- 5 Down: Boy (3)
- LAD
- 6 Down: Anger (3)
- IRE
- 7 Down: Lease preceder (4)
- LEND
- 8 Down: Poker payments (5)
- ANTES
- 9 Down: Paris, to Helen (6)
- CAPTOR
- 10 Down: Information (4)
- DATA
- 11 Down: Dill of the Bible (4)
- ANET
- 12 Down: Title Christie held (4)
- DAME
- 15 Down: Made a charitable gift (7)
- DONATED
- 17 Down: Clinic figure (6)
- INTERN
- 18 Down: Took a cab (4)
- RODE
- 22 Down: Bluff (4)
- CRAG
- 23 Down: Sound of doubt or disdain (5)
- HUMPH
- 25 Down: In the rear, at sea (5)
- ABAFT
- 26 Down: Parrot (5)
- MACAW
- 27 Down: Opening monologue, for short (5)
- INTRO
- 29 Down: Showery month (5)
- APRIL
- 31 Down: Good-night girl (5)
- IRENE
- 32 Down: Rajah's mate (5)
- RANEE
- 33 Down: Chemical compound (5)
- ESTER
- 36 Down: Bristles (5)
- SETAE
- 39 Down: Preserves in memory: Var. (7)
- IMBALMS
- 40 Down: Earth (4)
- SOIL
- 41 Down: Nightmares (6)
- INCUBI
- 46 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 47 Down: Holy ___ (brat) (6)
- TERROR
- 51 Down: Partitions (5)
- SEPTA
- 53 Down: Burdened (5)
- LADEN
- 54 Down: Hairdo for a soul brother (4)
- AFRO
- 55 Down: Part of speech (4)
- NOUN
- 56 Down: What Daphne became (4)
- TREE
- 57 Down: Colorless; monotonous (4)
- DRAB
- 59 Down: Soviet river (4)
- NEVA
- 60 Down: Emulate Mme. Defarge (4)
- KNIT
- 61 Down: Town in Normandy (4)
- STLO
- 63 Down: Letter from Athens (3)
- ETA
- 64 Down: Gel (3)
- SET
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