Wednesday Crossword — July 22, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 7/22/1987. By Burns.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Isinglass (4)
MICA
5 Across: Separate (5)
APART
10 Across: Drop in (4)
CALL
14 Across: General Bradley (4)
OMAR
15 Across: Kind of energy (5)
SOLAR
16 Across: Melville novel (4)
OMOO
17 Across: Spree (4)
LARK
18 Across: Boston Symphony music director (10)
SEIJIOZAWA
20 Across: Make ___ of it (3)
AGO
21 Across: Pinch (4)
BUST
22 Across: Badgered (6)
BAITED
23 Across: Wed anew (7)
REMARRY
25 Across: Sly (4)
CUTE
26 Across: Low digit (3)
TOE
27 Across: Republic of Texas symbol (8)
LONESTAR
31 Across: Conductor of Chicago Symphony: 1953-62 (11)
FRITZREINER
35 Across: Wrath (3)
IRE
36 Across: Fine and dandy (4)
ROSY
37 Across: Thatch of hair (3)
MAT
38 Across: Director Kazan (4)
ELIA
39 Across: Nice friend (3)
AMI
40 Across: Chief conductor of Cleveland Orchestra: 1946-70 (11)
GEORGESZELL
44 Across: Whipper-snappers (8)
UPSTARTS
46 Across: Blemish (3)
MAR
47 Across: Winglike parts (4)
ALAE
48 Across: Scarlet bird (7)
TANAGER
52 Across: Thin, light fabrics (6)
CRAPES
55 Across: Porcine sound (4)
OINK
56 Across: Exploit (3)
USE
57 Across: New York Philharmonic music director (10)
ZUBINMEHTA
59 Across: Galileo's birthplace (4)
PISA
60 Across: Capital of South Yemen (4)
ADEN
61 Across: An Eastern Christian (5)
UNIAT
62 Across: Part of i.e. (4)
IDEM
63 Across: Softens by soaking (4)
RETS
64 Across: ___ of Scone (5)
STONE
65 Across: Enclosures (4)
PENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Wisdom tooth, e.g. (5)
MOLAR
2 Down: What a candidate projects (5)
IMAGE
3 Down: Billiard shot (5)
CAROM
4 Down: Slow-moving boat (3)
ARK
5 Down: Underwriter (7)
ASSURER
6 Down: Verse in olden days (5)
POESY
7 Down: Came to rest (4)
ALIT
8 Down: British rule in India (3)
RAJ
9 Down: Raised platform for a speaker (7)
TRIBUNE
10 Down: Teapot covers (6)
COZIES
11 Down: Me non ___ (she loves me not) (4)
AMAT
12 Down: Actor Edmund (4)
LOWE
13 Down: Freight (4)
LOAD
19 Down: Western movie (5)
OATER
21 Down: Josip ___ (Tito) (4)
BROZ
24 Down: Legal rep. (4)
ATTY
25 Down: Holding, as a receptacle: Abbr. (5)
CONTG
27 Down: Mendacious ones (5)
LIARS
28 Down: Tall hat (4)
TILE
29 Down: Seed covering (4)
ARIL
30 Down: True to life (4)
REAL
31 Down: Bonn housewife (4)
FRAU
32 Down: Easy victory (4)
ROMP
33 Down: The Thames at Oxford (4)
ISIS
34 Down: Act the ham (5)
EMOTE
38 Down: Old Testament book (4)
EZRA
40 Down: Early Greek physician (5)
GALEN
41 Down: Dutch humanist: 1466-1536 (7)
ERASMUS
42 Down: Issue (7)
EMANATE
43 Down: Went to the bottom (4)
SANK
45 Down: Short putts (6)
TAPINS
48 Down: Mythical giant (5)
TITAN
49 Down: Cicerone (5)
GUIDE
50 Down: Ruhr city (5)
ESSEN
51 Down: Paper measures (5)
REAMS
52 Down: Absolute ruler (4)
CZAR
53 Down: Discourteous (4)
RUDE
54 Down: Lend support to a lawbreaker (4)
ABET
55 Down: John Glenn's state (4)
OHIO
58 Down: Suffix with differ (3)
ENT
59 Down: He had "great expectations" (3)
PIP

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