Wednesday Crossword — January 15, 1986 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/15/1986. By Shirley Soloway.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Days of yore (4)
PAST
5 Across: Rings (5)
PEALS
10 Across: Woman's workbasket (4)
CABA
14 Across: Poet translated by FitzGerald (4)
OMAR
15 Across: Bandleader Shaw (5)
ARTIE
16 Across: King or Ladd (4)
ALAN
17 Across: "The ___ the merrier" (4)
MORE
18 Across: People with turned-up noses (5)
SNOBS
19 Across: Rave's partner (4)
RANT
20 Across: Physician's business arrangement (15)
PRIVATEPRACTICE
23 Across: Prefix with bar or therm (3)
ISO
24 Across: Stéphane's "steady" (4)
AMIE
25 Across: Topper for R. Burns (3)
TAM
28 Across: Snare (4)
TRAP
31 Across: Identification on an animal (6)
EARTAG
35 Across: Señor follower (3)
ITA
36 Across: National symbol (5)
EAGLE
38 Across: Author Bombeck (4)
ERMA
39 Across: Cardinals or Royals (15)
MAJORLEAGUETEAM
43 Across: Scandinavian monarch (4)
OLAV
44 Across: Duty (5)
STINT
45 Across: Cronkite's "You ___ There" (3)
ARE
46 Across: Take exception to (6)
RESENT
49 Across: Film terrier (4)
ASTA
50 Across: Wagner's "___ Rheingold" (3)
DAS
51 Across: Stir up (4)
ROIL
53 Across: Center preceder (3)
EPI
55 Across: United Nations body (15)
GENERALASSEMBLY
63 Across: Former Jordanian queen (4)
ALIA
64 Across: Moroccan capital (5)
RABAT
65 Across: "Woe is me!" (4)
ALAS
66 Across: Savoir-faire (4)
TACT
67 Across: Entertain (5)
AMUSE
68 Across: Start of a Mitchell title (4)
GONE
69 Across: Singles (4)
ONES
70 Across: Overgratified (5)
SATED
71 Across: Piece of crockery (4)
EWER

Down Answers

1 Down: Brilliant display (4)
POMP
2 Down: Don José's emotion (4)
AMOR
3 Down: Rani's gown (4)
SARI
4 Down: Roman fountain (5)
TREVI
5 Down: Of shepherds (8)
PASTORAL
6 Down: Fulmar's kin (4)
ERNE
7 Down: Overhead (4)
ATOP
8 Down: Zodiacal sign (5)
LIBRA
9 Down: Open ___ (6)
SESAME
10 Down: Englishman for whom N.J. was named (8)
CARTERET
11 Down: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
12 Down: French bench (4)
BANC
13 Down: Dealer's command, at poker (4)
ANTE
21 Down: Fall bloom (5)
ASTER
22 Down: Investigative org. (3)
CIA
25 Down: One of the Lesser Sundas (5)
TIMOR
26 Down: "___ of Two Cities" (5)
ATALE
27 Down: Lower-class Spanish belles (5)
MAJAS
29 Down: Iron and Stone (4)
AGES
30 Down: "Oro y ___," Mont. motto (5)
PLATA
32 Down: Kind of mill (5)
TREAD
33 Down: Date-shipping town in Iraq (5)
AMARA
34 Down: Fun and ___ (5)
GAMES
37 Down: Sponsorship (4)
EGIS
40 Down: Has too much at dinner (8)
OVEREATS
41 Down: Not tried out (8)
UNTESTED
42 Down: Military camping area (5)
ETAPE
47 Down: Neither's partner (3)
NOR
48 Down: Queenly headdresses (6)
TIARAS
52 Down: Andes climber (5)
LLAMA
54 Down: Reflection (5)
IMAGE
55 Down: Castilian cat (4)
GATO
56 Down: Vivacity (4)
ELAN
57 Down: Riviera port (4)
NICE
58 Down: Be adjacent to (4)
ABUT
59 Down: Envelope encl. (4)
SASE
60 Down: Sudden misfortune (4)
BLOW
61 Down: Rural way (4)
LANE
62 Down: Belgian waterway (4)
YSER

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