Friday Crossword — August 8, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 8/8/1986. By Eli Wesoff.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Chum, Western style (4)
- PARD
- 5 Across: "___ as eye could see": Kingsley (5)
- ASFAR
- 10 Across: Pituitary-gland product (4)
- ACTH
- 14 Across: Fit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 15 Across: Wynyard or Rigg (5)
- DIANA
- 16 Across: Word before fly (4)
- SHOO
- 17 Across: Mickey Rooney film: 1981 (15)
- LEAVEEMLAUGHING
- 20 Across: Author Ford ___ Ford (5)
- MADOX
- 21 Across: Adherent (3)
- IST
- 22 Across: Lead or bit (4)
- ROLE
- 23 Across: Valor or virtue (5)
- ARETE
- 24 Across: Bernstein (7)
- LEONARD
- 26 Across: Irish Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 28 Across: Epidote or egeran (7)
- MINERAL
- 31 Across: Marked by decadence (6)
- EFFETE
- 34 Across: "___ Misbehavin'" (4)
- AINT
- 35 Across: Journal or Japan suffix (3)
- ESE
- 36 Across: Sticky substances (4)
- GOOS
- 37 Across: Van Dine sleuth (5)
- VANCE
- 39 Across: Stage acronym (4)
- ANTA
- 40 Across: Mus. adaptation (3)
- ARR
- 41 Across: Hyena of comics (4)
- LENA
- 42 Across: Mass of lymphoid tissue (6)
- TONSIL
- 44 Across: Loiterer (7)
- LAGGARD
- 46 Across: Senator or polar explorer (4)
- BYRD
- 47 Across: Purchasing agent, e.g. (7)
- ORDERER
- 49 Across: Many-eyed monster (5)
- ARGUS
- 53 Across: Okla. Indian (4)
- OTOE
- 54 Across: High, to a Hebrew (3)
- ELI
- 55 Across: Stir up (5)
- ROUSE
- 56 Across: Postal requests (15)
- RETURNADDRESSES
- 59 Across: Wallet fillers (4)
- ONES
- 60 Across: Poet Nicolson (5)
- ADELA
- 61 Across: Where to find a thimble (4)
- ETUI
- 62 Across: ___ to a turn (4)
- DONE
- 63 Across: Items on a Soho auto (5)
- TYRES
- 64 Across: Bribes (4)
- SOPS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Part of Pedro's hand (5)
- PALMA
- 2 Down: Go on ___ (have a wild time) (5)
- ATEAR
- 3 Down: "Foul Play" author: 1869 (5)
- READE
- 4 Down: Aficionados (8)
- DEVOTEES
- 5 Down: He wrote "Pink Marsh": 1897 (3)
- ADE
- 6 Down: A trope (6)
- SIMILE
- 7 Down: Kind of face (5)
- FALSE
- 8 Down: Structural (8)
- ANATOMIC
- 9 Down: Noted Indian author (3)
- RAU
- 10 Down: Not asea (6)
- ASHORE
- 11 Down: Hellman's "The ___ Hour" (9)
- CHILDRENS
- 12 Down: Actor in "Advise and Consent" (4)
- TONE
- 13 Down: Hampshire, e.g. (3)
- HOG
- 18 Down: Try hard (5)
- EXERT
- 19 Down: Land follower (5)
- GRANT
- 25 Down: XC (6)
- NINETY
- 27 Down: Harsh (6)
- SEVERE
- 29 Down: ___ spumante (4)
- ASTI
- 30 Down: Pitcher Luis ___ (4)
- LEAL
- 31 Down: Uniform, to Pierre (4)
- EGAL
- 32 Down: Tribunals (4)
- FORA
- 33 Down: John Farrar's "___ Shrines" (9)
- FORGOTTEN
- 34 Down: Actress Alicia (3)
- ANA
- 38 Down: Old Rough-___ (Z. Taylor) (8)
- ANDREADY
- 39 Down: "Days of Wine ___," 1962 film (8)
- ANDROSES
- 41 Down: He does port work (5)
- LADER
- 43 Down: "___ Ben Jonson!" (5)
- ORARE
- 45 Down: Ptarmigan (6)
- GROUSE
- 46 Down: Restrain (6)
- BRIDLE
- 48 Down: Pliny the ___ (5)
- ELDER
- 50 Down: Zest (5)
- GUSTO
- 51 Down: Exhaust (5)
- USEUP
- 52 Down: Black-fin snappers (5)
- SESIS
- 53 Down: Wine: Comb. form (4)
- OENO
- 56 Down: Gunsel's weapon (3)
- ROD
- 57 Down: Historic Turner (3)
- NAT
- 58 Down: A short-napped fabric (3)
- RAS
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