Saturday Crossword — March 21, 1987 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 3/21/1987. By Elio Desiderio.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: One of the Pointer Sisters (5)
- ANITA
- 6 Across: Prefix with thesis (4)
- ANTI
- 10 Across: Where a padlock goes (4)
- HASP
- 14 Across: Colo.'s Great Sand ___ (5)
- DUNES
- 15 Across: Convivial (4)
- BOON
- 16 Across: Medieval silk fabric (4)
- ACCA
- 17 Across: Nunki and Nekkar (5)
- STARS
- 18 Across: Cases (9)
- INSTANCES
- 20 Across: Unrefined (5)
- CRUDE
- 22 Across: Actress Sarah ___: 1755-1831 (7)
- SIDDONS
- 23 Across: Look at fixedly (5)
- STARE
- 24 Across: Lincoln portrayer: 1939 (6)
- MASSEY
- 25 Across: Welk's Champagne Lady: 1955-59 (8)
- ALICELON
- 28 Across: Landed (4)
- ALIT
- 29 Across: Utter wildly (4)
- RAVE
- 30 Across: Fur-bearing animal (6)
- MARTEN
- 32 Across: Reverential fear (3)
- AWE
- 33 Across: First words in Genesis (5)
- INTHE
- 34 Across: Chi.'s locale (3)
- ILL
- 37 Across: Queen of the Adriatic (6)
- VENICE
- 39 Across: Snick and ___ (4)
- SNEE
- 40 Across: Certain missiles, for short (4)
- SAMS
- 41 Across: Needy people (8)
- HAVENOTS
- 44 Across: Shade of red (6)
- CLARET
- 46 Across: Native of Kerman (5)
- IRANI
- 47 Across: Jean Harlow, née ___ Carpenter (7)
- HARLEAN
- 49 Across: Angelic instrument, to Henri (5)
- HARPE
- 50 Across: O'Neill's "Strange ___" (9)
- INTERLUDE
- 52 Across: In a vertical line, at sea (5)
- APEAK
- 55 Across: Vendor's place (4)
- MART
- 56 Across: Fibs (4)
- LIES
- 57 Across: Pester (5)
- TEASE
- 58 Across: Jays' cousins (4)
- PIES
- 59 Across: Dele that dele (4)
- STET
- 60 Across: Quiver article (5)
- ARROW
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Classified items (3)
- ADS
- 2 Down: Macadamia, e.g. (3)
- NUT
- 3 Down: Retired (8)
- INACTIVE
- 4 Down: O'Hara's "From the ___" (7)
- TERRACE
- 5 Down: Make confident (6)
- ASSURE
- 6 Down: Nichols hero (4)
- ABIE
- 7 Down: Sine qua ___ (3)
- NON
- 8 Down: Throw lightly (4)
- TOSS
- 9 Down: Hint (8)
- INTIMATE
- 10 Down: Gives over, as a term paper (7)
- HANDSIN
- 11 Down: Approach abruptly (6)
- ACCOST
- 12 Down: Diorama (5)
- SCENE
- 13 Down: A Nobelist for Peace: 1901 (5)
- PASSY
- 19 Down: Alan-___, Hood's friend (5)
- ADALE
- 21 Down: Shofner of football fame (3)
- DEL
- 23 Down: Cole ___ (4)
- SLAW
- 25 Down: Goddess of vengeance (3)
- ARA
- 26 Down: Atlanta arena (4)
- OMNI
- 27 Down: Of course: Slang (5)
- NATCH
- 31 Down: Perlman of "Cheers" (4)
- RHEA
- 33 Down: Puts in place (8)
- INSTALLS
- 34 Down: "___ and out . . . " (8)
- INONEEAR
- 35 Down: Indonesian island (4)
- LETI
- 36 Down: Liszt's "___ Préludes" (3)
- LES
- 37 Down: Rogues (7)
- VARLETS
- 38 Down: Turkish title (5)
- EMEER
- 39 Down: Food fish (7)
- SNAPPER
- 40 Down: "No Exit" author (6)
- SARTRE
- 42 Down: Amtrak's Canadian cousin (3)
- VIA
- 43 Down: Printing mistakes (6)
- ERRATA
- 44 Down: Jungle animal, for short (5)
- CHIMP
- 45 Down: Hawaiian porch (5)
- LANAI
- 48 Down: Night, to Pierre (4)
- NUIT
- 49 Down: Command, old style (4)
- HEST
- 51 Down: Actor Billy ___ Williams (3)
- DEE
- 53 Down: Japanese national park (3)
- ASO
- 54 Down: ___ Gardens, Queens, N.Y. (3)
- KEW
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