Saturday Crossword — October 25, 1986 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/25/1986. By Nancy Joline.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sideslip (4)
- SKID
- 5 Across: Celtic minstrel (4)
- BARD
- 9 Across: A companion of Aeneas (4)
- ABAS
- 13 Across: Bernardi role on TV (5)
- ARNIE
- 15 Across: Bitter, in Brest (4)
- AMER
- 16 Across: "The ___ of the Rose": Eco (4)
- NAME
- 17 Across: Famed choreographer (10)
- BALANCHINE
- 19 Across: Unaccompanied group song (4)
- GLEE
- 20 Across: German admiral: 1876–1960 (6)
- RAEDER
- 21 Across: RR abbr. (3)
- STA
- 22 Across: City where the Irtysh and Om meet (4)
- OMSK
- 23 Across: Der ___ (Adenauer) (4)
- ALTE
- 24 Across: Granada attraction (8)
- ALHAMBRA
- 27 Across: He portrayed Zola (4)
- MUNI
- 29 Across: Harness parts (6)
- TRACES
- 32 Across: Bettors' letters in N.Y.C. (3)
- OTB
- 35 Across: "___ Solemnis" (5)
- MISSA
- 38 Across: Hindu month (5)
- ASARH
- 39 Across: Mouths (3)
- ORA
- 40 Across: Bunkum (7)
- BALONEY
- 42 Across: Fifth word of Gettysburg Address (3)
- AGO
- 43 Across: Preceder of circle or front (5)
- POLAR
- 45 Across: Strike out (5)
- ELIDE
- 46 Across: "___ Voyager" (3)
- NOW
- 47 Across: Atmospherics (6)
- STATIC
- 49 Across: Author (4)
- SIRE
- 51 Across: Cathedral city SW of Paris (8)
- CHARTRES
- 54 Across: Latin I word (4)
- AMAT
- 58 Across: Game of Asian origin (4)
- POLO
- 60 Across: Burrows or Vigoda (3)
- ABE
- 61 Across: Houston eleven (6)
- OILERS
- 63 Across: Cousin of zounds (4)
- EGAD
- 64 Across: Fashion name (10)
- BALENCIAGA
- 66 Across: Impose, in a way (4)
- LEVY
- 67 Across: Foment (4)
- BREW
- 68 Across: The Witch of ___ (5)
- ENDOR
- 69 Across: Usher (4)
- LEAD
- 70 Across: Ruling family at Modena: 1288 (4)
- ESTE
- 71 Across: Returns at Wimbledon (4)
- GETS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Native-born Israeli (5)
- SABRA
- 2 Down: S. African native village (5)
- KRAAL
- 3 Down: Shoreline feature (5)
- INLET
- 4 Down: Royal adornment (6)
- DIADEM
- 5 Down: Scrooge word (3)
- BAH
- 6 Down: Mennonite sect (5)
- AMISH
- 7 Down: Oscar de la ___ (5)
- RENTA
- 8 Down: " . . . ___ of in your philosophy": Shak. (6)
- DREAMT
- 9 Down: Some cats and goats (7)
- ANGORAS
- 10 Down: Loose, boxy overcoat (9)
- BALMACAAN
- 11 Down: Site of Iowa State campus (4)
- AMES
- 12 Down: Hide companion (4)
- SEEK
- 14 Down: Dir. of Rochester from Buffalo (3)
- ENE
- 18 Down: Skulls (6)
- CRANIA
- 25 Down: Kind of cotton thread (5)
- LISLE
- 26 Down: Printer's hand inking roller (6)
- BRAYER
- 28 Down: Hilly region of Italy (6)
- UMBRIA
- 30 Down: "Cogito ___ sum" (4)
- ERGO
- 31 Down: Come in third (4)
- SHOW
- 32 Down: Apologetic interjection (4)
- OOPS
- 33 Down: Fox ___ (4)
- TROT
- 34 Down: Knitted helmet (9)
- BALACLAVA
- 36 Down: Fa follower (3)
- SOL
- 37 Down: Herb used for flavoring (5)
- ANISE
- 41 Down: Menlo Park denizen (6)
- EDISON
- 44 Down: Ramjet engine, e.g. (7)
- ATHODYD
- 48 Down: An Olympic swimming champ: 1932 (6)
- CRABBE
- 50 Down: Thomas Huxley's birthplace (6)
- EALING
- 52 Down: Ski lifts (5)
- TBARS
- 53 Down: Obtain a sublease (5)
- RELET
- 55 Down: Union general at Gettysburg (5)
- MEADE
- 56 Down: Dialect (5)
- ARGOT
- 57 Down: Peter and Nicholas (5)
- TSARS
- 58 Down: R.I. Senator (4)
- PELL
- 59 Down: Kind of arch (4)
- OGEE
- 62 Down: "Soul on ___": Cleaver (3)
- ICE
- 65 Down: An African language (3)
- EWE
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