Thursday Crossword — January 15, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/15/1987. By William Canine.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Piece of cake (5)
SLICE
6 Across: A symbol of Eire (4)
HARP
10 Across: Nashville university (4)
FISK
14 Across: Authorized (5)
LEGAL
15 Across: Melville novel (4)
OMOO
16 Across: Fainéant (4)
IDLE
17 Across: Montemezzi's "L'___ dei Tre Re" (5)
AMORE
18 Across: Pulitzer Prize dramatist: 1927 (9)
PAULGREEN
20 Across: Boat basin (6)
MARINA
22 Across: Emulated Rosalynn Sumners (6)
SKATED
23 Across: Famed Green Bay Packer (9)
BARTSTARR
26 Across: Cheers for the above (4)
RAHS
29 Across: Items of interest to realtors (4)
LOTS
30 Across: Jazz style (5)
BEBOP
34 Across: Rhea's cousin (3)
EMU
35 Across: Othello, for one (4)
MOOR
36 Across: Take off (5)
LEAVE
37 Across: Site of Pago Pago (5)
SAMOA
39 Across: London suburb (3)
KEW
41 Across: Sand ridge (5)
ESKER
42 Across: Hokkaido city (5)
OTARU
43 Across: Bound (4)
TIED
45 Across: Do wrong (3)
ERR
46 Across: Belgrade coin (5)
DINAR
47 Across: Rose Bowl champs: 1986 (4)
UCLA
48 Across: Highfalutin' (4)
ARTY
49 Across: Greenhorns (9)
NEOPHYTES
52 Across: City ENE of Nantes (6)
ANGERS
54 Across: Enfold (6)
SWATHE
58 Across: Site of Cape Farewell (9)
GREENLAND
61 Across: Flynn of filmdom (5)
ERROL
62 Across: Seaweed derivative (4)
AGAR
63 Across: Hodgepodge (4)
OLIO
64 Across: Athens attraction (5)
RUINS
65 Across: Colorful parrot (4)
LORY
66 Across: Sheet of stamps (4)
PANE
67 Across: Kipling's word for "a good cigar" (5)
SMOKE

Down Answers

1 Down: Coup in bridge (4)
SLAM
2 Down: Champagne Tony of golf (4)
LEMA
3 Down: Borodin's prince (4)
IGOR
4 Down: West Indian group (6)
CARIBS
5 Down: Diva Obraztsova (5)
ELENA
6 Down: Poe's "___ Frog" (3)
HOP
7 Down: Candlenut (3)
AMA
8 Down: Drives out (6)
ROUSTS
9 Down: Strenuous dance (5)
POLKA
10 Down: Evergreens (8)
FIRTREES
11 Down: ___ fixe (4)
IDEE
12 Down: Vehicle for Frome (4)
SLED
13 Down: Range of knowledge (3)
KEN
19 Down: Mixed up (7)
GARBLED
21 Down: Guthrie (4)
ARLO
24 Down: Stole (4)
TOOK
25 Down: Indulge in pandiculation (7)
STRETCH
26 Down: Do a lawn job (5)
RESOD
27 Down: Violinmaker (5)
AMATI
28 Down: "The ___ Comedy": Saroyan (5)
HUMAN
31 Down: Napoleon creator (5)
BAKER
32 Down: Public (5)
OVERT
33 Down: He "opened" Japan: 1854 (5)
PERRY
35 Down: Actress O'Hara (7)
MAUREEN
38 Down: Type of greenhouse (8)
ORANGERY
40 Down: Like a coyote (4)
WILY
44 Down: Chophouse sign (4)
EATS
47 Down: N.J. college (6)
UPSALA
48 Down: Flavoring agent from wild ginger (6)
ASARUM
50 Down: Warship deck (5)
ORLOP
51 Down: Urns (5)
EWERS
52 Down: Former constellation (4)
ARGO
53 Down: Contiguous (4)
NEAR
55 Down: The Andrews Sisters, e.g. (4)
TRIO
56 Down: Brant's sound (4)
HONK
57 Down: In addition (4)
ELSE
58 Down: Unit of acceleration (3)
GAL
59 Down: "Winter of Artifice" author (3)
NIN
60 Down: Bambi's dam (3)
DOE

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