Friday Crossword — October 9, 1987

Difficulty: HardGrid: 15x1572 clues~30-60 minBy Rita Yelle10/9/1987

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Far from few (6 letters)
7 Across
Branching (6 letters)
13 Across
Algeciras, e.g. (7 letters)
14 Across
Maltreater's action (7 letters)
16 Across
Tropical plant (7 letters)
17 Across
This might be kneaded (7 letters)
18 Across
In the manner of (3 letters)
19 Across
Bad news at the hospital (7 letters)
21 Across
Mate for an Andy (3 letters)
22 Across
Scottish goblet (4 letters)
24 Across
Bristles (5 letters)
25 Across
Allelomorph (4 letters)
26 Across
"___ Talking," Rivers-Meryman book (5 letters)
28 Across
Desert region of shifting sands (3 letters)
29 Across
Assail (5 letters)
30 Across
Barrel parts (6 letters)
32 Across
Proximity (8 letters)
34 Across
Eternally (4 letters)
36 Across
Casino cash-collector (4 letters)
37 Across
Grew together (8 letters)
41 Across
Contest, for short (6 letters)
45 Across
Famed French mathematician: 1871-1956 (5 letters)
46 Across
French article (3 letters)
48 Across
Ice pinnacle (5 letters)
49 Across
___ Rabbit (4 letters)
50 Across
Intended (5 letters)
52 Across
Kind of moth (4 letters)
53 Across
Harem room (3 letters)
54 Across
More like powder (7 letters)
56 Across
Crandall of baseball (3 letters)
57 Across
Rags (7 letters)
59 Across
Short biography (7 letters)
61 Across
Charge at some warehouses (7 letters)
62 Across
Allodiums (7 letters)
63 Across
Disintegrated (6 letters)
64 Across
Took a nap (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Adhesive substance (7 letters)
2 Down
Card game (7 letters)
3 Down
Make a choice (3 letters)
4 Down
Columbia rooter's command (4 letters)
5 Down
Sea eagles (5 letters)
6 Down
More out of date (6 letters)
7 Down
Rushes violently about (8 letters)
8 Down
Degrade (5 letters)
9 Down
Ponder (4 letters)
10 Down
C.I.A. predecessor (3 letters)
11 Down
Thon Buri natives (7 letters)
12 Down
What the Unsers start (7 letters)
13 Down
Blackboards (6 letters)
15 Down
Civet-related animals (6 letters)
20 Down
Solar disk (4 letters)
23 Down
Not so clement (7 letters)
25 Down
Refined (7 letters)
27 Down
Make merry (5 letters)
29 Down
Foreheads (5 letters)
31 Down
Put into place (3 letters)
33 Down
Pacino and Smith (3 letters)
35 Down
Let go (8 letters)
37 Down
Monastery heads (6 letters)
38 Down
Heart-shaped (7 letters)
39 Down
Ancient of Days (7 letters)
40 Down
Fir or pine board (4 letters)
42 Down
Like savants (7 letters)
43 Down
Covered a wall with wood (7 letters)
44 Down
These are often tipped (6 letters)
47 Down
Hidden gunman (6 letters)
50 Down
Combine two into one (5 letters)
51 Down
Laconic (5 letters)
54 Down
Alcoholic beverage (4 letters)
55 Down
Molders (4 letters)
58 Down
Hardy's "___ on a Tower" (3 letters)
60 Down
___ Albert of cartoons (3 letters)

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