Saturday Crossword — August 22, 1987 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/22/1987. By Rhonda Kraus.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Squamous (6)
- SCALED
- 7 Across: Instrument for Michelangelo (6)
- CHISEL
- 13 Across: Signal for a parley with a foe (7)
- CHAMADE
- 14 Across: Recipient of an award (7)
- HONOREE
- 16 Across: Basic (7)
- RADICAL
- 17 Across: Acrimonious activity (7)
- ARGUING
- 18 Across: A 1958 Oscar winner (4)
- IVES
- 19 Across: Gyrene (6)
- MARINE
- 21 Across: Word of politesse (3)
- SIR
- 22 Across: Bara film: 1915 (3)
- SIN
- 23 Across: Rabbi of note (4)
- WISE
- 24 Across: Fit to ___ (4)
- ATEE
- 25 Across: Other preceder (4)
- EACH
- 27 Across: County in Ga. (4)
- DADE
- 28 Across: Rictuses (5)
- GRINS
- 29 Across: Bird's footwear (8)
- SNEAKERS
- 31 Across: Flower parts (6)
- BRACTS
- 32 Across: River through Sudan (4)
- NILE
- 33 Across: Corn bin (4)
- CRIB
- 34 Across: Mess (6)
- MUDDLE
- 37 Across: William Christopher's "M*A*S*H" role (8)
- CHAPLAIN
- 41 Across: Mirador (5)
- ORIEL
- 42 Across: Occiput's site (4)
- HEAD
- 43 Across: Loser to Gans: 1902 bout (4)
- ERNE
- 44 Across: Adjective for Ralph Sampson (4)
- TALL
- 45 Across: Famed Haarlem name (4)
- HALS
- 46 Across: Map abbr. (3)
- MTS
- 47 Across: Brady's "Paris ___": 1976 (3)
- ONE
- 48 Across: Incarcerated (6)
- PENTUP
- 50 Across: Bacchanal (4)
- TOOT
- 51 Across: Action on a green (7)
- RIMMING
- 53 Across: Element from sea water (7)
- BROMINE
- 55 Across: Part of Indonesia (7)
- SUMATRA
- 56 Across: Brought down (7)
- LOWERED
- 57 Across: Saint Sebastian, e.g. (6)
- MARTYR
- 58 Across: Tied (6)
- EVENED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Of the author of "Candida" (7)
- SHAVIAN
- 2 Down: Beat (7)
- CADENCE
- 3 Down: He wrote "One Fat Englishman" (4)
- AMIS
- 4 Down: Genève's ___ Léman (3)
- LAC
- 5 Down: Dutch treat? (4)
- EDAM
- 6 Down: Ohio city, birthplace of President Hayes (8)
- DELAWARE
- 7 Down: Lounge that's longue (6)
- CHAISE
- 8 Down: Marilyn of the Met (5)
- HORNE
- 9 Down: Little Sheba's creator (4)
- INGE
- 10 Down: Trifle (3)
- SOU
- 11 Down: Disputatious (7)
- ERISTIC
- 12 Down: Mild (7)
- LENIENT
- 13 Down: Nixon's sextet (6)
- CRISES
- 15 Down: Barnum's fake animal (6)
- EGRESS
- 20 Down: Disencumbers (4)
- RIDS
- 24 Down: Land that is tilled (6)
- ARABLE
- 26 Down: "Water Music" composer (6)
- HANDEL
- 27 Down: Galley word (4)
- DELE
- 28 Down: Stagehand (4)
- GRIP
- 30 Down: Dispatch (4)
- KILL
- 31 Down: Park of hockey fame (4)
- BRAD
- 33 Down: Priestly garment (8)
- CHASUBLE
- 34 Down: General follower (6)
- MOTORS
- 35 Down: Manhattan Project element (7)
- URANIUM
- 36 Down: "Horned" problem (7)
- DILEMMA
- 37 Down: Highland Scot, for one (4)
- CELT
- 38 Down: Wardrobe or cupboard (7)
- ARMOIRE
- 39 Down: Chanted (7)
- INTONED
- 40 Down: Homesteaded (6)
- NESTED
- 42 Down: Love Field feature (6)
- HANGAR
- 45 Down: Entertainer Buck (5)
- HENRY
- 48 Down: The Great Commoner (4)
- PITT
- 49 Down: Alta. or Que. (4)
- PROV
- 50 Down: Secret Service personnel (4)
- TMEN
- 52 Down: Impair (3)
- MAR
- 54 Down: Be liable to garnishment (3)
- OWE
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