Saturday Crossword — November 7, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 68 clues). Published 11/7/1987. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Council (5)
BOARD
6 Across: Rearward, at sea (5)
ABAFT
11 Across: Squat (6)
HUNKER
12 Across: Relishes (6)
SAVORS
14 Across: Berlin song: 1929 (15)
PUTTINONTHERITZ
17 Across: Acrylic fabric (5)
ORLON
18 Across: Actress Kelton (4)
PERT
19 Across: To boot (4)
MORE
20 Across: Kind of sch. (4)
PREP
21 Across: Entreaties (5)
PLEAS
22 Across: A neighbor of Pa. (3)
DEL
23 Across: Nasser's realm (3)
UAR
24 Across: Ungainly (5)
WEEDY
25 Across: Kind of basket (5)
BREAD
27 Across: Bodily (8)
PHYSICAL
29 Across: The Last Frontier (6)
ALASKA
30 Across: Avowed (9)
PROFESSED
32 Across: Osmond and Dressler (6)
MARIES
35 Across: Smarty (8)
WISEACRE
39 Across: Plays the diaskeuast (5)
EDITS
40 Across: Presaged (5)
BODED
41 Across: Man and boy (3)
HES
42 Across: Clean up (3)
MOP
43 Across: Vixen teammate (5)
COMET
44 Across: Forfeiture (4)
LOSS
45 Across: Draft status (4)
ONEA
47 Across: Rehan and Huxtable (4)
ADAS
48 Across: "Le ___ d'Arthur" (5)
MORTE
49 Across: Freed-Brown song: 1929 (15)
SINGININTHERAIN
52 Across: Soap opera, e.g. (6)
SERIAL
53 Across: Atelier props (6)
EASELS
54 Across: Quotidian (5)
DAILY
55 Across: Sycamore, e.g. (5)
PLANE

Down Answers

1 Down: Servant's pantry (7)
BUTLERY
2 Down: Sitting pretty (5)
ONTOP
3 Down: Similar (4)
AKIN
4 Down: Actress Woods (3)
REN
5 Down: Kind of table (8)
DROPLEAF
6 Down: Wandering (6)
ASTRAY
7 Down: They replaced ticals (5)
BAHTS
8 Down: Mad. or Lex. (3)
AVE
9 Down: Shape (4)
FORM
10 Down: Vacuum tubes (7)
TRIODES
11 Down: "The Last ___": O'Connor (6)
HURRAH
13 Down: Unbroken series (6)
STREAK
14 Down: Infield fly (5)
POPUP
15 Down: Seamstress (11)
NEEDLEWOMAN
16 Down: F. Scott's wife (5)
ZELDA
21 Down: Rio Grande feeder (5)
PECOS
24 Down: Current conductors (5)
WIRES
25 Down: Let air out (5)
BLEED
26 Down: Ukrainian legislature (4)
RADA
28 Down: Rotisserie part (4)
SPIT
29 Down: Poise, for one (5)
ASSET
31 Down: Dodge (8)
SIDESTEP
32 Down: Office mail (5)
MEMOS
33 Down: Classical dreamboat (6)
ADONIS
34 Down: Came along nicely (7)
RIPENED
36 Down: Singing group (7)
CHORALE
37 Down: "The ___ silence": Shak. (6)
RESTIS
38 Down: Ruhr valley city (5)
ESSEN
40 Down: In person (6)
BODILY
43 Down: System of locks (5)
CANAL
44 Down: "The Millionairess" actress (5)
LOREN
46 Down: Tourist city in India (4)
AGRA
48 Down: City E of Phoenix (4)
MESA
50 Down: Clock numerals (3)
III
51 Down: Actor Linden (3)
HAL

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