Friday Crossword — January 17, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/17/1986. By Page.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Aide (7)
- STAFFER
- 8 Across: Comforted (7)
- SOLACED
- 15 Across: Kennedy tenant (7)
- AIRLINE
- 16 Across: Ambiance (7)
- CLIMATE
- 17 Across: Like St. Peter's glass (7)
- STAINED
- 18 Across: Frets (7)
- REPINES
- 19 Across: English cavalry weapon (5)
- SABRE
- 20 Across: Devon river (3)
- EXE
- 22 Across: Steep slope (5)
- SCARP
- 23 Across: G.B.S. component (4)
- INIT
- 24 Across: Reliever's successes (5)
- SAVES
- 26 Across: "Ignorance ___ excuse" (4)
- ISNO
- 27 Across: Stuttgart skater's surface (3)
- EIS
- 28 Across: Tongues in building timber (7)
- SPLINES
- 30 Across: Make lace (3)
- TAT
- 31 Across: Pawl's complement (7)
- RATCHET
- 33 Across: Huaraches (7)
- SANDALS
- 35 Across: Waterproof boot (3)
- PAC
- 36 Across: Heroine of Debussy's "Prodigal Son" (3)
- LIA
- 37 Across: Ancient Hebrew kingdom (7)
- SAMARIA
- 41 Across: Battery terminal (7)
- CATHODE
- 45 Across: Tuareg's robe (3)
- ABA
- 46 Across: Streamers on knights' lances (7)
- PENNONS
- 48 Across: "Oedipus ___" (3)
- REX
- 49 Across: Bookie's ballgame odds (4)
- LINE
- 51 Across: Prop (5)
- SHORE
- 52 Across: File (4)
- RASP
- 53 Across: Sevillian souls (5)
- ALMAS
- 55 Across: Admit (3)
- OWN
- 56 Across: Pound parts (5)
- PENCE
- 57 Across: Less insubstantial (7)
- MEATIER
- 59 Across: Legionary ant (7)
- FORAGER
- 61 Across: Causes (7)
- INDUCES
- 62 Across: Clear (7)
- EVIDENT
- 63 Across: Infiltration (7)
- SEEPAGE
- 64 Across: Compendiums (7)
- DIGESTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: More cheeky (7)
- SASSIER
- 2 Down: Fairy queen (7)
- TITANIA
- 3 Down: Sir Richard Francis Burton was one (7)
- ARABIST
- 4 Down: Tease of a sort (5)
- FLIRT
- 5 Down: Mulct (4)
- FINE
- 6 Down: Dir. from Nantes to Angers (3)
- ENE
- 7 Down: Distributed fresh hands (7)
- REDEALT
- 8 Down: Projectors' targets (7)
- SCREENS
- 9 Down: Music to Manolete's ears (3)
- OLE
- 10 Down: Hot ___ Houlihan of "M*A*S*H" (4)
- LIPS
- 11 Down: Palermo pals (5)
- AMICI
- 12 Down: A card game (7)
- CANASTA
- 13 Down: Everlasting (7)
- ETERNAL
- 14 Down: Tyrants (7)
- DESPOTS
- 21 Down: A sweet age for Calpurnia (3)
- XVI
- 24 Down: Kind (7)
- SPECIES
- 25 Down: Maritime route (7)
- SEALANE
- 28 Down: Kind of shooter (5)
- SHARP
- 29 Down: Momentary fits of pique (5)
- SNITS
- 32 Down: Numbers man, for short (3)
- CPA
- 34 Down: Lah-di-___ (genteel) (3)
- DAH
- 37 Down: Chief city of ancient Cyprus (7)
- SALAMIS
- 38 Down: Where young Ike lived (7)
- ABILENE
- 39 Down: Like Lake Mead (7)
- MANMADE
- 40 Down: " . . . the strength of ___": Psalm 147 (7)
- ANHORSE
- 41 Down: Plump; healthy (7)
- CORNFED
- 42 Down: Valencias, e.g. (7)
- ORANGES
- 43 Down: Heritage (7)
- DESCENT
- 44 Down: Mavens (7)
- EXPERTS
- 47 Down: Without delay (3)
- NOW
- 50 Down: Devour avidly (5)
- EATUP
- 52 Down: Legible author? (5)
- READE
- 54 Down: Director Vittorio De ___ (4)
- SICA
- 56 Down: Smug type (4)
- PRIG
- 58 Down: Brain specialist's rec. (3)
- EEG
- 60 Down: Egg: Comb. form (3)
- OVI
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