Thursday Crossword — January 30, 1986 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/30/1986. By Christy Ridley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: A product of Australia (4)
LAMB
5 Across: Old Testament queen's land (5)
SHEBA
10 Across: A product of Australia (4)
WOOL
14 Across: Olive for Ovid (4)
OLEA
15 Across: Having magical meaning (5)
RUNIC
16 Across: Stratagem (4)
WILE
17 Across: Aussie song by A. B. (Banjo) Patterson (15)
WALTZINGMATILDA
20 Across: Irish fairy folk (5)
SIDHE
21 Across: Instant; moment (5)
TRICE
22 Across: Former Japanese coin (3)
SEN
23 Across: Thought-transfer initials (3)
ESP
25 Across: ___ Fei, Chinese bandits (4)
NIEN
27 Across: Down Under mountains (14)
AUSTRALIANALPS
34 Across: Suffix with cardinal points (3)
ERN
35 Across: Hindu discipline (4)
YOGA
36 Across: Cordwood measure (5)
STERE
37 Across: Observance (4)
RITE
39 Across: Parisian's "Eureka!" (5)
VOILA
42 Across: Ham's word (4)
OVER
43 Across: Line or verse in prosody (5)
STICH
45 Across: Paint thinner, for short (4)
TURP
47 Across: Devon river (3)
EXE
48 Across: Eric Berne book (14)
THEHAPPYVALLEY
52 Across: Hodgepodge (4)
OLIO
53 Across: Fall for a pitch (3)
BUY
54 Across: Baseball stat. (3)
RBI
57 Across: Notched, as a leaf (5)
EROSE
60 Across: Year in the reign of Edward I (5)
MCCCI
64 Across: Koalas (15)
AUSTRALIANBEARS
67 Across: Young kangaroo (4)
JOEY
68 Across: Taut (5)
TENSE
69 Across: ___ Mountains of E Europe (4)
URAL
70 Across: Yesterday, in Lima (4)
AYER
71 Across: Sharp; trenchant (5)
EDGED
72 Across: Allot (4)
METE

Down Answers

1 Down: Moos (4)
LOWS
2 Down: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
3 Down: Canasta play (4)
MELD
4 Down: Showers (6)
BATHES
5 Down: ___ Lanka (3)
SRI
6 Down: Chase (4)
HUNT
7 Down: Locomotive dvr. (4)
ENGR
8 Down: A neighbor of Fla. (6)
BIMINI
9 Down: Aussie blackwood (6)
ACACIA
10 Down: Conflict that ended on Nov. 11, 1918 (3)
WWI
11 Down: Bellows medium (4)
OILS
12 Down: Word with "shoppe" (4)
OLDE
13 Down: Skinny (4)
LEAN
18 Down: Piquant (5)
ZESTY
19 Down: Adolescent period (5)
TEENS
24 Down: Que. or Sask. (4)
PROV
26 Down: Treaty org. (4)
NATO
27 Down: School subj. (5)
ARITH
28 Down: Loosen (5)
UNTIE
29 Down: Have ___ at (3)
AGO
30 Down: Nonclergy (5)
LAITY
31 Down: Embankment (5)
LEVEE
32 Down: College chief: Slang (5)
PREXY
33 Down: Withered (4)
SERE
34 Down: First, in Frankfurt (4)
ERST
38 Down: Resound (4)
ECHO
40 Down: Schisgal play (3)
LUV
41 Down: Haik wearer (4)
ARAB
44 Down: Czech's coin (5)
HALER
46 Down: Vertical (5)
PLUMB
49 Down: Spoliation is his vocation (6)
PIRATE
50 Down: Combined resources (6)
POOLED
51 Down: Where to get a lecture (6)
LYCEUM
54 Down: Indian ruler (4)
RAJA
55 Down: Float (4)
BUOY
56 Down: Listener's phrase (4)
ISEE
58 Down: Vocalize (4)
SING
59 Down: Facility (4)
EASE
61 Down: Solicitude (4)
CARE
62 Down: Ending with pluto or bureau (4)
CRAT
63 Down: Cay (4)
ISLE
65 Down: Norse god of battle (3)
TYR
66 Down: Buntline or Sparks (3)
NED

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