Thursday Crossword — September 18, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/18/1986. By Wilson McBeath.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Both: Prefix (4)
- AMBI
- 5 Across: Tolled (4)
- RANG
- 9 Across: Music or painting (3)
- ART
- 12 Across: Fermenting yeast (4)
- BARM
- 13 Across: Drive forward (5)
- IMPEL
- 14 Across: Colorful fish (4)
- OPAH
- 15 Across: Nonsense! (10)
- INAPIGSEYE
- 17 Across: "___ Now," Al Smith's autobiography (4)
- UPTO
- 18 Across: Ultimate conclusion (6)
- ENDALL
- 19 Across: Pioneer, e.g. (7)
- SETTLER
- 21 Across: Wooden-soled shoes (5)
- CLOGS
- 24 Across: Resentful (4)
- SORE
- 25 Across: Flattery (8)
- SOFTSOAP
- 28 Across: Black Sea port (6)
- ODESSA
- 31 Across: "La Bohémienne" painter (4)
- HALS
- 32 Across: Andean animal (5)
- LLAMA
- 34 Across: Goal (3)
- AIM
- 35 Across: Goddess of destruction (3)
- ARA
- 36 Across: Nonsense (7)
- BALONEY
- 38 Across: Its capital is Altdorf (3)
- URI
- 39 Across: Cluster of fibers (3)
- NEP
- 40 Across: D.A. helpers (5)
- ASSTS
- 41 Across: Bakery worker (4)
- ICER
- 42 Across: Summers (6)
- ADDERS
- 44 Across: Woman in a Christian community (8)
- CANONESS
- 47 Across: Adjective for shoppe (4)
- OLDE
- 48 Across: Managers (5)
- HEADS
- 49 Across: Self-conceits (7)
- EGOISMS
- 52 Across: Capote's "Other ___ . . . " (6)
- VOICES
- 56 Across: Make over (4)
- REDO
- 57 Across: Nonsense (10)
- BALDERDASH
- 60 Across: Condiment (4)
- SALT
- 61 Across: Service group (5)
- LIONS
- 62 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
- ENTO
- 63 Across: Before, to Poe (3)
- ERE
- 64 Across: Actress Lanchester (4)
- ELSA
- 65 Across: Bamboo, e.g. (4)
- REED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Rose's love (4)
- ABIE
- 2 Down: Delbert ___, film director (4)
- MANN
- 3 Down: Small nail (4)
- BRAD
- 4 Down: Influences (7)
- IMPACTS
- 5 Down: Want-ad abbr. (3)
- RMS
- 6 Down: Simian (3)
- APE
- 7 Down: Family of a Napoleonic marshal (4)
- NEYS
- 8 Down: Merry (8)
- GLEESOME
- 9 Down: Nonsense (10)
- APPLESAUCE
- 10 Down: Degree of speed (4)
- RATE
- 11 Down: God of thunder (4)
- THOR
- 13 Down: Snow house (5)
- IGLOO
- 14 Down: Bizarre (5)
- OUTRE
- 16 Down: Troubles (4)
- ILLS
- 20 Down: Now (5)
- TODAY
- 22 Down: Irritates (5)
- GALLS
- 23 Down: Stain (7)
- SPLOTCH
- 25 Down: Author Alexander (5)
- SHANA
- 26 Down: Propelled a gig (5)
- OARED
- 27 Down: Nonsense (10)
- FLAPDOODLE
- 29 Down: Fathers (5)
- SIRES
- 30 Down: Moslem princes (5)
- AMIRS
- 33 Down: Ancient vase handles (5)
- ANSAE
- 36 Down: Medieval poets (5)
- BARDS
- 37 Down: Convene (8)
- ASSEMBLE
- 41 Down: One in the know (7)
- INSIDER
- 43 Down: Nobelist in Literature: 1948 (5)
- ELIOT
- 45 Down: Church sections (5)
- NAVES
- 46 Down: Aroma (4)
- ODOR
- 49 Down: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 50 Down: Transmission part (4)
- GEAR
- 51 Down: Square-rigger feature (4)
- SAIL
- 53 Down: Walking stick (4)
- CANE
- 54 Down: Villa d'___, in Tivoli (4)
- ESTE
- 55 Down: Not barefoot (4)
- SHOD
- 58 Down: ___ Angeles (3)
- LOS
- 59 Down: Nucleic acid initials (3)
- DNA
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