Friday Crossword — December 19, 1986

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Eugene T. Maleska12/19/1986

New to crosswords? Learn how to play

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Touchstone's companion (6 letters)
7 Across
Famed film director–script writer (6 letters)
13 Across
Green ___, lady in a 1580 ballad (7 letters)
15 Across
Get (7 letters)
16 Across
Composer of "The Devil's Trill" (7 letters)
17 Across
Fined (7 letters)
18 Across
Actor Wallach (3 letters)
19 Across
Settled (7 letters)
21 Across
Annoy (3 letters)
22 Across
Fish resembling a roach (4 letters)
24 Across
Italian automotive center (5 letters)
25 Across
Adduce (4 letters)
26 Across
Pochards (5 letters)
28 Across
Add up (3 letters)
29 Across
Mercury's talaria (5 letters)
30 Across
Bar at the bar (5 letters)
32 Across
"The Lost ___,"1945 film (7 letters)
34 Across
King Hadad's land (4 letters)
36 Across
Ancient ambulatory (4 letters)
37 Across
"Five Graves ___," 1943 film (7 letters)
40 Across
Feed feasters for a fee (5 letters)
43 Across
Bevels, tilts or whines (5 letters)
44 Across
Davis or Ryder (3 letters)
46 Across
Shunned one (5 letters)
48 Across
Beauvais blockheads (4 letters)
49 Across
Hosted a bash (5 letters)
51 Across
___ Gauche, Paris (4 letters)
52 Across
Mayan Indian (3 letters)
53 Across
Controversialist (7 letters)
55 Across
An O'Neill (3 letters)
56 Across
Experience enhancing self-esteem (7 letters)
58 Across
City in Colo. (7 letters)
60 Across
Altar screen (7 letters)
61 Across
Vegetarian's course (7 letters)
62 Across
Punta ___, Chilean port (6 letters)
63 Across
Loathe (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Late bloomers (6 letters)
2 Down
Poe poem (7 letters)
3 Down
Mocks (7 letters)
4 Down
Soak timber (3 letters)
5 Down
Christie's "___ Under the Sun" (4 letters)
6 Down
" . . . enter ___": Matt. 10:5 (5 letters)
7 Down
" . . . ___ are a little breed": Tennyson (5 letters)
8 Down
Hit a puck too far (4 letters)
9 Down
Irish sea god (3 letters)
10 Down
Asset for an actor (7 letters)
11 Down
Turned inside out (7 letters)
12 Down
Does a beautician's job (6 letters)
14 Down
Just as, to Justinian (5 letters)
15 Down
Rheas, e.g. (7 letters)
20 Down
In single file (4 letters)
23 Down
Emulates Holmes (7 letters)
25 Down
Con man (7 letters)
27 Down
Concoctions by some jerks (5 letters)
29 Down
Kin of "Prosit!" (5 letters)
31 Down
Next, to Solti (3 letters)
33 Down
Bel Kaufman's "Love, ___" (3 letters)
35 Down
Role for Donat or O'Toole (7 letters)
37 Down
Scarlet ___ (red robin) (7 letters)
38 Down
"Just ___ Chance," Crosby hit (7 letters)
39 Down
Bear, in Brest (4 letters)
41 Down
Abstract (7 letters)
42 Down
Emends (7 letters)
43 Down
Sine qua non for 7 Across (6 letters)
45 Down
Potpourri item (5 letters)
47 Down
One of three squares (6 letters)
49 Down
Graces and Gorgons (5 letters)
50 Down
Enticed (5 letters)
53 Down
Wagnerian earth goddess (4 letters)
54 Down
D. C. Fisher's "The Squirrel ___" (4 letters)
57 Down
Kind of strike (3 letters)
59 Down
Theban mother goddess (3 letters)

More Hard Puzzles

Browse all hard puzzles →