Thursday Crossword — January 16, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/16/1986. By Jeffrey A. Mercer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Basal anagram (5)
- BALSA
- 6 Across: Cheese made backward? (4)
- EDAM
- 10 Across: Style for a dome? (4)
- MODE
- 14 Across: Clouded quartz (5)
- AGATE
- 15 Across: June 6, 1944 (4)
- DDAY
- 16 Across: Particular (4)
- ITEM
- 17 Across: "The Twelfth of ___," Mathis song (5)
- NEVER
- 18 Across: Peary's winter base (4)
- ETAH
- 19 Across: Gaelic fairy (4)
- SHEE
- 20 Across: G.I.'s fare (8)
- CRATIONS
- 22 Across: Rearward (6)
- ASTERN
- 24 Across: Maxims (4)
- SAWS
- 25 Across: Recorded (7)
- ENTERED
- 26 Across: Shoe part (6)
- INSOLE
- 29 Across: Wood for bridges (5)
- ALDER
- 30 Across: Claim on property (4)
- LIEN
- 31 Across: "Atlas Shrugged" character (4)
- GALT
- 33 Across: Coral island (5)
- ATOLL
- 37 Across: Ethyl follower (3)
- ENE
- 38 Across: Dwight Gooden's sobriquet (7)
- DOCTORK
- 40 Across: Ginnie or Fannie of finance (3)
- MAE
- 41 Across: Beetle Bailey's boss (5)
- SARGE
- 43 Across: Tenor Kollo (4)
- RENE
- 44 Across: ___ colada (4)
- PINA
- 45 Across: Banker's client (5)
- SAVER
- 47 Across: Weasel's cousin (6)
- MARTEN
- 49 Across: Babies' toys (7)
- RATTLES
- 52 Across: Telegram (4)
- WIRE
- 53 Across: Forestalls (6)
- AVERTS
- 54 Across: Nutritive substance found in greens (8)
- VITAMINE
- 58 Across: Luigi's lunch, sometimes (4)
- ZITI
- 59 Across: Problem for Peete (4)
- TRAP
- 61 Across: Stair part (5)
- RISER
- 62 Across: Make money (4)
- EARN
- 63 Across: Excellent (4)
- AONE
- 64 Across: "___ Is Born" (5)
- ASTAR
- 65 Across: Obstacle (4)
- SNAG
- 66 Across: Not so much (4)
- LESS
- 67 Across: Proves (5)
- TESTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Judge's bench (4)
- BANC
- 2 Down: Catalyst of a sort (4)
- AGER
- 3 Down: Pahoehoe, e.g. (4)
- LAVA
- 4 Down: Cowboy hat (7)
- STETSON
- 5 Down: Rooftop fixture (6)
- AERIAL
- 6 Down: British noble family (5)
- EDENS
- 7 Down: Insecticides, for short (4)
- DDTS
- 8 Down: Motorists' org. (3)
- AAA
- 9 Down: "With ___ upon his head": E. B. Browning (6)
- MYHAND
- 10 Down: A-Team man (7)
- MISTERT
- 11 Down: Different (5)
- OTHER
- 12 Down: Name on a tractor (5)
- DEERE
- 13 Down: Revise (5)
- EMEND
- 21 Down: Upstate N.Y. town (5)
- OWEGO
- 23 Down: Sirloin, e.g. (5)
- STEAK
- 25 Down: Singer John (5)
- ELTON
- 26 Down: French islands (4)
- ILES
- 27 Down: Historic ship (4)
- NINA
- 28 Down: Divination is his vocation (4)
- SEER
- 29 Down: Vary (5)
- ALTER
- 32 Down: Farm measurements (5)
- ACRES
- 34 Down: Bypass (4)
- OMIT
- 35 Down: Country road (4)
- LANE
- 36 Down: Director David (4)
- LEAN
- 38 Down: Trafficked (5)
- DEALT
- 39 Down: Excuse (5)
- REMIT
- 42 Down: Stripper's garb (7)
- GSTRING
- 44 Down: Hypothesis (7)
- PREMISE
- 46 Down: Chaste (6)
- VESTAL
- 48 Down: Mountain in Turkey (6)
- ARARAT
- 49 Down: Demolishes (5)
- RAZES
- 50 Down: Birdlike (5)
- AVIAN
- 51 Down: Prefix with chord or meter (5)
- TETRA
- 52 Down: Swabs (5)
- WIPES
- 54 Down: Highway behemoths (4)
- VANS
- 55 Down: They're dogged about their dogmas (4)
- ISTS
- 56 Down: Straight (4)
- NEAT
- 57 Down: Does wrong (4)
- ERRS
- 60 Down: Caviar (3)
- ROE
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