Saturday Crossword — October 18, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 10/18/1986. By Frederick Duda.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Wild goose (5)
- BRANT
- 6 Across: ___ Selassie (5)
- HAILE
- 11 Across: Fashion (6)
- TAILOR
- 12 Across: Like a shrike (6)
- OSCINE
- 14 Across: Start of the title of a Broadway musical (15)
- SUNDAYINTHEPARK
- 17 Across: Word with hat or time (3)
- OLD
- 18 Across: Rests (7)
- REPOSES
- 19 Across: Country singer Bandy (3)
- MOE
- 20 Across: ___-Mare, Rumanian town (4)
- BAIA
- 22 Across: Errs (5)
- SLIPS
- 23 Across: Buffalo Bill (4)
- CODY
- 24 Across: Pop song lead-in (5)
- INTRO
- 26 Across: Compass dir. (3)
- ESE
- 27 Across: Veers (5)
- SLUES
- 28 Across: "With ___" (ending for 14 Across) (6)
- GEORGE
- 30 Across: Some newlyweds (7)
- ELOPERS
- 32 Across: Parisian's lily (3)
- LIS
- 34 Across: Tai Buddhist (3)
- LAO
- 35 Across: Jeremiads (7)
- LAMENTS
- 39 Across: Water sound (6)
- RIPPLE
- 44 Across: College bldgs. (5)
- DORMS
- 45 Across: "Bel ___," 1978 Burnford novel (3)
- RIA
- 47 Across: A 1961 Oscar winner (5)
- LOREN
- 48 Across: An elder, in Essen (4)
- ALTE
- 49 Across: Score (5)
- TALLY
- 51 Across: Soil (4)
- DIRT
- 52 Across: Legendary father of Irish kings (3)
- MIL
- 53 Across: Dispirited (7)
- CHILLED
- 55 Across: Low (3)
- MOO
- 56 Across: Creator of 14 and 28 Across (15)
- STEPHENSONDHEIM
- 59 Across: "___ Goes By," 1931 song (6)
- ASTIME
- 60 Across: Speaks (6)
- UTTERS
- 61 Across: Blasé (5)
- SATED
- 62 Across: He wrote "Jerusalem Delivered" (5)
- TASSO
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Pancho Villa, to Díaz (7)
- BANDITO
- 2 Down: Free (of) (3)
- RID
- 3 Down: Opposite of apterous (4)
- ALAR
- 4 Down: He wrote "The Loom of Years" (5)
- NOYES
- 5 Down: Homer's next of kin (6)
- TRIPLE
- 6 Down: Heat wave (8)
- HOTSPELL
- 7 Down: Sackcloth's partner (5)
- ASHES
- 8 Down: Frozen desserts (4)
- ICES
- 9 Down: Embouchure (3)
- LIP
- 10 Down: Captivate, in Cheshire (7)
- ENAMOUR
- 11 Down: New Orleans university (6)
- TULANE
- 13 Down: Rots (6)
- ERODES
- 14 Down: Ferber novel (5)
- SOBIG
- 15 Down: Clamor (5)
- NOISE
- 16 Down: Harmonizes (4)
- KEYS
- 21 Down: RR abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 23 Down: ___ Elum, city in Wash. (3)
- CLE
- 25 Down: Stares at a pinup (5)
- OGLES
- 27 Down: Coddle (5)
- SPOIL
- 29 Down: Article, in Arnsberg (3)
- EIN
- 31 Down: Row (3)
- OAR
- 33 Down: Filtered (8)
- STRAINED
- 35 Down: Nabokov novel (6)
- LOLITA
- 36 Down: Ingenuous (7)
- ARTLESS
- 37 Down: Mrs., in Metz (3)
- MME
- 38 Down: Famed name in opera (5)
- SILLS
- 40 Down: Pea or bean follower (3)
- POD
- 41 Down: Old card game (7)
- PRIMERO
- 42 Down: Playwright Jones et al. (6)
- LEROIS
- 43 Down: Insect: Comb. form (5)
- ENTOM
- 44 Down: Sires' mates (4)
- DAMS
- 46 Down: Kind of effort (6)
- ALLOUT
- 49 Down: Subject (5)
- THEME
- 50 Down: Gossip, Yiddish style (5)
- YENTA
- 53 Down: Voucher (4)
- CHIT
- 54 Down: Insecticides (4)
- DDTS
- 57 Down: School org. (3)
- PTA
- 58 Down: "For ___ a jolly . . . " (3)
- HES
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