Tuesday Crossword — June 16, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 6/16/1987. By Norma Steinberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mop (4)
SWAB
5 Across: Canter, etc. (5)
GAITS
10 Across: Chesterfield or blazer (4)
COAT
14 Across: A Mitchell plantation (4)
TARA
15 Across: Bizarre (5)
OUTRE
16 Across: Gymnast Korbut (4)
OLGA
17 Across: Enthusiastic (4)
AVID
18 Across: Beginning (5)
ONSET
19 Across: Close (4)
NEAR
20 Across: Pragmatic person (7)
REALIST
22 Across: Movie fare (7)
POPCORN
24 Across: Put to good ___ (3)
USE
25 Across: "___ Macabre" (5)
DANSE
26 Across: Dorsett feat (9)
TOUCHDOWN
30 Across: Tows (5)
HAULS
34 Across: Good-looking man: Slang (4)
HUNK
35 Across: Lode ingredient (3)
ORE
36 Across: Phone (6)
CALLUP
37 Across: Pulver, for one: Abbr. (3)
ENS
38 Across: Capistrano visitor (7)
SWALLOW
40 Across: Kind of angle (3)
TRI
41 Across: He cometh onstage (6)
ICEMAN
43 Across: Gehrig or Groza (3)
LOU
44 Across: Elem.-sch. head (4)
PRIN
45 Across: Televised again (5)
RERAN
46 Across: Reduce in importance (9)
DOWNGRADE
48 Across: Tree exudation (5)
RESIN
50 Across: Also (3)
TOO
51 Across: High ___ (7)
SIERRAS
54 Across: Gettysburg event: 1863 (7)
ADDRESS
58 Across: Italian wine city (4)
ASTI
59 Across: Vegas headliner (5)
CHARO
61 Across: A Guthrie (4)
ARLO
62 Across: Measure out (4)
METE
63 Across: Start again (5)
RENEW
64 Across: Fed (4)
TMAN
65 Across: Plant's origin (4)
SEED
66 Across: They are, in Tijuana (5)
ESTAN
67 Across: Diner sign (4)
EATS

Down Answers

1 Down: Have the lead (4)
STAR
2 Down: Billow (4)
WAVE
3 Down: Operatic show-stopper (4)
ARIA
4 Down: Misfortune (7)
BADLUCK
5 Down: Pillow filling (9)
GOOSEDOWN
6 Down: Em or Pittypat (4)
AUNT
7 Down: That thing's (3)
ITS
8 Down: Mining tool (6)
TREPAN
9 Down: Mother or Anya (5)
SETON
10 Down: Hide (7)
CONCEAL
11 Down: Butterine (4)
OLEO
12 Down: Gelling substance (4)
AGAR
13 Down: Mountain lake (4)
TARN
21 Down: Somewhat: Suffix (3)
ISH
23 Down: "Shucks!" (5)
PSHAW
25 Down: Talk about repeatedly (7)
DWELLON
26 Down: Churchill's "___ Finest Hour" (5)
THEIR
27 Down: Part of a pound (5)
OUNCE
28 Down: Indy name (5)
UNSER
29 Down: "___ pro nobis" (3)
ORA
31 Down: Very (5)
ULTRA
32 Down: Sensational (5)
LURID
33 Down: Backbone (5)
SPINE
36 Down: NASA arithmetic (9)
COUNTDOWN
38 Down: More rational (5)
SANER
39 Down: Moo (3)
LOW
42 Down: No longer single (7)
MARRIED
44 Down: Apportion (7)
PRORATE
46 Down: Postprandial chore (6)
DISHES
47 Down: Divinity (3)
GOD
49 Down: "___ bleu!" (5)
SACRE
51 Down: Spade and Hill (4)
SAMS
52 Down: Words of understanding (4)
ISEE
53 Down: Diminutive ending (4)
ETTE
54 Down: Neighborhood (4)
AREA
55 Down: Writer Bombeck (4)
ERMA
56 Down: Wood strip (4)
SLAT
57 Down: Pearl Buck book (4)
SONS
60 Down: Aardvark's tidbit (3)
ANT

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