Saturday Crossword — February 15, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 2/15/1986. By Charlotte Shore.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Three scruples (4)
- DRAM
- 5 Across: First Hebrew letter (4)
- ALEF
- 9 Across: Agitated, country style (5)
- HETUP
- 14 Across: Facility (4)
- EASE
- 15 Across: Robin Cook novel (4)
- COMA
- 16 Across: Site for Androcles (5)
- ARENA
- 17 Across: Ron's least-liked dish? (15)
- WHITEHOUSELEEKS
- 20 Across: Farm team (4)
- OXEN
- 21 Across: ___ old cat (3)
- TWO
- 22 Across: Scale notes (3)
- TIS
- 23 Across: Shropshire (5)
- SALOP
- 26 Across: Blunted weapon (4)
- EPEE
- 28 Across: Less, in music (4)
- MENO
- 29 Across: Suffix with expert (3)
- ISE
- 30 Across: Stock (5)
- LAYIN
- 32 Across: Funny fellows (5)
- CARDS
- 33 Across: Dunked item (6)
- TEABAG
- 35 Across: Corrupt (5)
- VENAL
- 37 Across: Quid pro quo, D.C. style? (13)
- ANAYEFORANAYE
- 41 Across: Murrow's "___ Now" (5)
- SEEIT
- 42 Across: St. ___, Switzerland (6)
- MORITZ
- 44 Across: Possessive adjective (5)
- THEIR
- 47 Across: Like many donkeys (5)
- LADEN
- 49 Across: "Ulalume" poet (3)
- POE
- 50 Across: Barney of ring fame (4)
- ROSS
- 51 Across: Magazine for Parisiennes (4)
- ELLE
- 52 Across: Actress Papas (5)
- IRENE
- 54 Across: Alternatives (3)
- ORS
- 55 Across: Fi preceder (3)
- SCI
- 56 Across: Be languorous (4)
- LAZE
- 58 Across: Journalistic highlights? (15)
- PREZCONFERENCES
- 64 Across: Ancient Asia Minor region (5)
- IONIA
- 65 Across: Miguel's cat (4)
- GATO
- 66 Across: Prickly pear (4)
- TUNA
- 67 Across: Went furtively (5)
- CREPT
- 68 Across: Olla contents (4)
- STEW
- 69 Across: Trader's abbr. (4)
- AMEX
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Kind of line (3)
- DEW
- 2 Down: Expression of support (3)
- RAH
- 3 Down: Thus, in Taxco (3)
- ASI
- 4 Down: Copycat words (5)
- METOO
- 5 Down: Pine (4)
- ACHE
- 6 Down: "___ Tunes," movie cartoon series (6)
- LOONEY
- 7 Down: Crossword avian (3)
- EMU
- 8 Down: Staple, e.g. (8)
- FASTENER
- 9 Down: Gloria (4)
- HALO
- 10 Down: Poetic preposition (3)
- ERE
- 11 Down: Rock on one's heels (6)
- TEETER
- 12 Down: Harsh (6)
- UNKIND
- 13 Down: Author Dos ___ (6)
- PASSOS
- 18 Down: Former jock (8)
- EXPLAYER
- 19 Down: Woolly one (3)
- EWE
- 23 Down: Use a tuffet (3)
- SIT
- 24 Down: Yachting, perhaps (4)
- ASEA
- 25 Down: Svelte (4)
- LEAN
- 27 Down: Key (7)
- PIVOTAL
- 28 Down: Of the cheek (5)
- MALAR
- 31 Down: Cockeyed, in Cornwall (4)
- AGEE
- 32 Down: Make sacrosanct (8)
- CANONIZE
- 34 Down: Underlying premise (5)
- BASIS
- 36 Down: Receptionist's request (4)
- NAME
- 38 Down: Dental jobs (8)
- FILLINGS
- 39 Down: Canine protest (4)
- YIPE
- 40 Down: English school (4)
- ETON
- 43 Down: The mark of Zorro (3)
- ZEE
- 44 Down: Turning: Comb. form (6)
- TROPIC
- 45 Down: Stephen King's forte (6)
- HORROR
- 46 Down: Second-century ascetic (6)
- ESSENE
- 48 Down: Take out (6)
- DELETE
- 51 Down: "The Name of the Rose" author (3)
- ECO
- 53 Down: Designer de la ___ (5)
- RENTA
- 55 Down: "Shoo, kitty!" (4)
- SCAT
- 57 Down: In a queue (4)
- AROW
- 59 Down: Make haste (3)
- ZIP
- 60 Down: Lipide (3)
- FAT
- 61 Down: ___ laude (3)
- CUM
- 62 Down: Compass dir. (3)
- ENE
- 63 Down: Cannonball Adderley's instrument (3)
- SAX
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