Tuesday Crossword — April 1, 1986 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 4/1/1986. By Kenneth Haxton.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mizzen and lateen (5)
SAILS
6 Across: Motet man (4)
BACH
10 Across: Kettle and Bell (3)
MAS
13 Across: Forearm (5)
CUBIT
14 Across: Light tan (4)
ECRU
15 Across: Nightingale symbol (4)
LAMP
17 Across: Auriculate seal (5)
OTARY
18 Across: Warp and weft locale (4)
LOOM
19 Across: Martian: Comb. form (4)
AREO
20 Across: Puzzle direction, horizontally (14)
HINDPARTBEFORE
23 Across: Like the Rock of Ages (5)
CLEFT
24 Across: Copland ballet (5)
RODEO
25 Across: Puzzle direction, horizontally (11)
WITHERSHINS
30 Across: Netman Nastase (4)
ILIE
31 Across: Like Miss America (7)
SHAPELY
36 Across: Halo (7)
AUREOLE
40 Across: Crayons user (7)
COLORER
41 Across: Tapped for the service (7)
DRAFTED
42 Across: Say confidently (4)
AVER
43 Across: Puzzle direction, horizontally (11)
BACKTOFRONT
48 Across: Expunge (5)
ERASE
52 Across: Show carried in a box (5)
RAREE
53 Across: Puzzle direction, horizontally (14)
WRONGWAYAROUND
58 Across: Run causer (4)
SNAG
59 Across: Arab prince (4)
EMIR
60 Across: Actor Williams (5)
TREAT
62 Across: To be, in France (4)
ETRE
63 Across: Huit predecessor (4)
SEPT
64 Across: Beauty-parlor specialty (5)
RINSE
65 Across: Carrie or Louis (3)
NYE
66 Across: Oak or elm (4)
TREE
67 Across: Les ___-Unis (5)
ETATS

Down Answers

1 Down: Porcine pen (3)
STY
2 Down: Wherewithal in Roma (4)
LIRE
3 Down: Construction rod (4)
IBAR
4 Down: Motorist's anathema (9)
AUTOTHIEF
5 Down: Pooh-poohs (6)
SCOFFS
6 Down: Meek (6)
HUMBLE
7 Down: Square on a billiard table (6)
CROTCH
8 Down: Acidity, to an M.D. (4)
ACOR
9 Down: Bartók (4)
BELA
10 Down: English potter: 1754–1827 (5)
SPODE
11 Down: Improve (5)
AMEND
12 Down: "Tosca" hero (5)
MARIO
16 Down: Bert of stage and screen (4)
LAHR
21 Down: Shelley's always (3)
EER
22 Down: Might (5)
POWER
25 Down: Spore (4)
SEED
26 Down: White or Blue (4)
NILE
27 Down: Seine sight (4)
ILOT
28 Down: Odin's bellicose son (3)
TYR
29 Down: ___ de France (3)
ILE
32 Down: Menu item (9)
PORKROAST
33 Down: A Waugh (4)
ALEC
34 Down: Malagasy native (4)
HOVA
35 Down: Picket target (4)
SCAB
37 Down: Assessor (5)
RATER
38 Down: Samovar (3)
URN
39 Down: Brouhaha (3)
ADO
44 Down: Finishing tool (6)
REAMER
45 Down: Least's cousin (6)
FEWEST
46 Down: P.T.A. or B.S.A. (3)
ORG
47 Down: Some of René's kin (6)
TANTES
48 Down: Rim (4)
EDGE
49 Down: Trap (5)
SNARE
50 Down: Family member, affectionately (5)
AUNTY
51 Down: Pianist Charles (5)
ROSEN
54 Down: Commedia dell'___ (4)
ARTE
55 Down: Cry of dismay (4)
YIPE
56 Down: Rockfish (4)
RENA
57 Down: Habeas corpus, for one (4)
WRIT
61 Down: Three, to Mastroianni (3)
TRE

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