Thursday Crossword — November 27, 1986 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/27/1986. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Indian trade item (4)
PELT
5 Across: Sell (4)
VEND
9 Across: Thanksgiving pie (5)
MINCE
14 Across: Beehive State (4)
UTAH
15 Across: Jai ___ (4)
ALAI
16 Across: Lend ___ (listen) (5)
ANEAR
17 Across: Labyrinth (4)
MAZE
18 Across: Shipments from India (4)
LACS
19 Across: Stravinsky and Sikorsky (5)
IGORS
20 Across: Site of first Thanksgiving (14)
PLYMOUTHCOLONY
23 Across: Bonnet occupant? (3)
BEE
24 Across: Encountered (3)
MET
25 Across: Lowered lights (6)
DIMMED
29 Across: Stadium section (4)
TIER
31 Across: Some mun. groups (3)
CCS
34 Across: College at Oxford (5)
ORIEL
35 Across: Hymned (4)
SANG
36 Across: " . . . just tickle her with ___ . . . ": Jerrold (4)
AHOE
37 Across: Proclaimer of first Thanksgiving (15)
WILLIAMBRADFORD
40 Across: "L'___ c'est moi" (4)
ETAT
41 Across: Walesa, e.g. (4)
POLE
42 Across: Muster (5)
RAISE
43 Across: Operated (3)
RAN
44 Across: Kind of scale (4)
WAGE
45 Across: Reign of ___: 1793–94 (6)
TERROR
46 Across: Law-court part (3)
BAR
47 Across: Lima Mrs. (3)
SRA
48 Across: Thanksgiving date decreed in 1941 (14)
FOURTHTHURSDAY
56 Across: Homophone for wood (5)
WOULD
57 Across: Cinnabar and galena (4)
ORES
58 Across: Belém's other name (4)
PARA
59 Across: Cathedral area (5)
AISLE
60 Across: Borscht ingredient (4)
BEET
61 Across: Enos's grandfather (4)
ADAM
62 Across: Thorough (5)
CLEAN
63 Across: Observe (4)
ESPY
64 Across: Some turkeys (4)
TOMS

Down Answers

1 Down: Question persistently (4)
PUMP
2 Down: Latin abbr. (4)
ETAL
3 Down: Otiose (4)
LAZY
4 Down: Oates book (4)
THEM
5 Down: Cherished (6)
VALUED
6 Down: Make joyful (5)
ELATE
7 Down: After, in Augsburg (4)
NACH
8 Down: Kind of harrow (4)
DISC
9 Down: He wrote "The Deer Park": 1955 (6)
MAILER
10 Down: Metal mold (5)
INGOT
11 Down: Light gas (4)
NEON
12 Down: Grant or Middlecoff (4)
CARY
13 Down: Vocalized pauses (3)
ERS
21 Down: Printers' daggers (5)
OBELI
22 Down: Psi chaser (5)
OMEGA
25 Down: Natural talent (5)
DOWER
26 Down: A Van Doren (5)
IRITA
27 Down: City not far from Turin (5)
MILAN
28 Down: Disintegrate (4)
MELT
29 Down: Gathering place on Thanksgiving (5)
TABLE
30 Down: As to (4)
INRE
31 Down: Hall-Johnson singers, e.g. (5)
CHOIR
32 Down: Promenade (5)
CORSO
33 Down: Passover feast (5)
SEDER
35 Down: Portmanteau word (4)
SMOG
36 Down: At a distance (4)
AFAR
38 Down: Separate (5)
APART
39 Down: Melancholy, to Keats (5)
DREAR
44 Down: Lewis Edward Lawes was one (6)
WARDEN
45 Down: Dependable (6)
TRUSTY
46 Down: Pope's seal (5)
BULLA
47 Down: Merinos or Romneys (5)
SHEEP
48 Down: Fencing weapon (4)
FOIL
49 Down: Buckingham's river (4)
OUSE
50 Down: ___ Sound, Fla. resort (4)
HOBE
51 Down: Very, in Cannes (4)
TRES
52 Down: Tiff (4)
SPAT
53 Down: Pedestal part (4)
DADO
54 Down: Composer Khachaturian (4)
ARAM
55 Down: Thanksgiving vegetables (4)
YAMS
56 Down: G.I. Jane (3)
WAC

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