Thursday Crossword — March 12, 1987 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 3/12/1987. By Mary S. Snyder.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cavils (5)
- CARPS
- 6 Across: Corvine sound (3)
- CAW
- 9 Across: Kind of door (4)
- TRAP
- 13 Across: N.Y. city (5)
- OLEAN
- 14 Across: Turkish title (3)
- AGA
- 15 Across: Israeli dance (4)
- HORA
- 16 Across: Italian poet (5)
- DANTE
- 17 Across: Protector of the public (9)
- POLICEMAN
- 20 Across: Exact by way of levy (7)
- ESTREAT
- 22 Across: Adds a glossy coating (7)
- ENAMELS
- 23 Across: A deck (5)
- ORLOP
- 25 Across: R.E. Lee's cause (3)
- CSA
- 26 Across: Abbr. after a list (4)
- ETAL
- 29 Across: Bouquets (6)
- AROMAS
- 31 Across: Diving bird (3)
- AUK
- 34 Across: Protector of the public (6)
- FBIMAN
- 36 Across: Prepare to ride again (8)
- RESADDLE
- 38 Across: Tibetan priests (5)
- LAMAS
- 39 Across: Dep. (3)
- STA
- 40 Across: Geological seam, in Sedan (5)
- VEINE
- 41 Across: Russian composer's family (8)
- ARENSKYS
- 43 Across: Comics hero (6)
- BATMAN
- 44 Across: W.H.A. contemporary (3)
- TSE
- 45 Across: Bacterium needing oxygen (6)
- AEROBE
- 47 Across: Wide shoes (4)
- EEES
- 48 Across: ___ generis (unique) (3)
- SUI
- 49 Across: Coin for René (5)
- FRANC
- 51 Across: Affront, in Asti (7)
- INSULTO
- 55 Across: Ape (7)
- IMITATE
- 59 Across: Protector of the public (9)
- CONSTABLE
- 61 Across: ESP word (5)
- VIBES
- 62 Across: To me, in Tours (4)
- AMOI
- 63 Across: Dumbbell (3)
- OAF
- 64 Across: Blessed ___ (5)
- EVENT
- 65 Across: Dir. at sea (4)
- NEBE
- 66 Across: Asner and Sullivan (3)
- EDS
- 67 Across: Snuggeries (5)
- NESTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Penal ___ (4)
- CODE
- 2 Down: Word of woe (4)
- ALAS
- 3 Down: Tear (4)
- RENT
- 4 Down: Protector of the public (9)
- PATROLMAN
- 5 Down: Look of derision (5)
- SNEER
- 6 Down: Hercules, to Iole (6)
- CAPTOR
- 7 Down: In the past (3)
- AGO
- 8 Down: Lashing aftermath (4)
- WALE
- 9 Down: Unit of discourse (5)
- THEMA
- 10 Down: "Tony ___," Sinatra film (4)
- ROME
- 11 Down: Inland sea (4)
- ARAL
- 12 Down: Slates (4)
- PANS
- 18 Down: Peruvian group (5)
- INCAS
- 19 Down: Tapioca source (7)
- CASSAVA
- 21 Down: Ladd of films (4)
- ALAN
- 24 Down: ___ call (where ships stop briefly) (7)
- PORTSOF
- 26 Down: Musical key (5)
- EFLAT
- 27 Down: Structural units (5)
- TBARS
- 28 Down: Actress Anouk (5)
- AIMEE
- 30 Down: ___ culpa (3)
- MEA
- 31 Down: " . . . can you spare ___?" (5)
- ADIME
- 32 Down: Forearm bones (5)
- ULNAE
- 33 Down: Wails (5)
- KEENS
- 35 Down: Invasion (7)
- ASSAULT
- 37 Down: Protector of the public (9)
- DETECTIVE
- 39 Down: Leb. neighbor (3)
- SYR
- 42 Down: Former Mali statesman (5)
- KEITA
- 43 Down: Show delight (4)
- BEAM
- 46 Down: Abridgments (6)
- BRIEFS
- 48 Down: Girl in a song (5)
- SUSIE
- 50 Down: Actor David (5)
- NIVEN
- 51 Down: "___ Dream . . . " (4)
- ICAN
- 52 Down: Alaskan city (4)
- NOME
- 53 Down: Uppity one (4)
- SNOB
- 54 Down: Hautboy (4)
- OBOE
- 56 Down: Lincoln's namesakes (4)
- ABES
- 57 Down: Yurt, e.g. (4)
- TENT
- 58 Down: Superlative endings (4)
- ESTS
- 60 Down: Stripling (3)
- LAD
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