Saturday Crossword — June 13, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/13/1987. By Patterson Pepple.

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Across Answers

1 Across: One of Doc's septet (5)
HAPPY
6 Across: Pallid (5)
PASTY
11 Across: Mattingly's magic wand (3)
BAT
14 Across: Rock star Billy (5)
OCEAN
15 Across: Bone: Comb. form (5)
OSTEO
16 Across: Haw. instrument (3)
UKE
17 Across: Do equine tomfoolery? (11)
HORSEAROUND
19 Across: Tennis term (3)
LET
20 Across: Winkle out (4)
OUST
21 Across: Zip (3)
PEP
22 Across: N.Y.S.E. bear (6)
SELLER
24 Across: Transgress (3)
ERR
26 Across: Horned problem (7)
DILEMMA
27 Across: Half-size newspaper (7)
TABLOID
31 Across: Old Testament book (5)
HOSEA
32 Across: Ceremonial cup (3)
AMA
33 Across: Kind of sweater (6)
SLIPON
35 Across: Wavy-bladed dagger (4)
KRIS
38 Across: Like many a cherub (5)
PUDGY
40 Across: Erie Canal mule (3)
SAL
41 Across: "And ___ other dowry . . . ": Shak. (5)
ASKNO
42 Across: Syllogistic word (4)
ERGO
43 Across: Accent (6)
STRESS
45 Across: Mayan or Roman (3)
ERA
46 Across: Evergreen shrub (5)
ERICA
48 Across: Smash (7)
SHATTER
50 Across: Asian cat (7)
CARACAL
52 Across: Lulu Bett's sister (3)
INA
53 Across: I. Walton was one (6)
ANGLER
54 Across: Dark cont. (3)
AFR
56 Across: Calendar abbrs. (4)
SATS
60 Across: Org. for Barber or Player (3)
PGA
61 Across: Avian position of power? (11)
CATBIRDSEAT
64 Across: Unit of radiation (3)
REM
65 Across: Cartoonist Dean (5)
ABNER
66 Across: Zola's "La ___" (5)
TERRE
67 Across: Tankard contents (3)
ALE
68 Across: Sacred song (5)
PSALM
69 Across: Knockabout (5)
SLOOP

Down Answers

1 Down: Sounds on Dec. 24 (4)
HOHO
2 Down: Hearing: Comb. form (4)
ACOU
3 Down: Ancient emp. (4)
PERS
4 Down: Pale color (6)
PASTEL
5 Down: Hydrocarbon suffix (3)
YNE
6 Down: Hit the books (4)
PORE
7 Down: All wet (4)
ASOP
8 Down: Nickname for a Udall (3)
STU
9 Down: Tautness (7)
TENSION
10 Down: Tyrolean output (6)
YODELS
11 Down: Taurian trading area? (10)
BULLMARKET
12 Down: Cager Olajuwon (5)
AKEEM
13 Down: Aquarium fish (5)
TETRA
18 Down: Pluvial month (5)
APRIL
23 Down: Alliums' kin (5)
LEEKS
25 Down: Bright (4)
ROSY
26 Down: Asian wild dogs (6)
DHOLES
27 Down: Record, in a way (4)
TAPE
28 Down: Tatar Strait feeder (4)
AMUR
29 Down: Wis. blackmail? (10)
BADGERGAME
30 Down: Proximal's opposite (6)
DISTAL
34 Down: Duffer's goal (3)
PAR
36 Down: Anent (4)
INRE
37 Down: Emulate eagles (4)
SOAR
39 Down: Rocky Mountain goat's cousin (5)
GORAL
41 Down: Straight ___ arrow (4)
ASAN
43 Down: Cleopatra's charms (7)
SCARABS
44 Down: Do a seamstress's job (5)
SHIRR
47 Down: Polar sight (6)
ICECAP
49 Down: Fez feature (6)
TASSEL
50 Down: "Lost Horizon" director (5)
CAPRA
51 Down: Trollope's "Ayala's ___" (5)
ANGEL
54 Down: Former labor leader (4)
ABEL
55 Down: Unyielding (4)
FIRM
57 Down: Baltic island (4)
AERO
58 Down: Poi ingredient (4)
TARO
59 Down: Part of a flight (4)
STEP
62 Down: Fed. document repository (3)
TNA
63 Down: "Lost Weekend" illness (3)
DTS

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