Friday Crossword — November 27, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 11/27/1987. By Kenneth Witte.

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Across Answers

1 Across: City on the Truckee (4)
RENO
5 Across: British baby buggy (4)
PRAM
9 Across: Make reparation (5)
ATONE
14 Across: Zenith (4)
APEX
15 Across: Italian painter Guido ___ (4)
RENI
16 Across: Ceremonies (5)
RITES
17 Across: Sinewy (4)
WIRY
18 Across: Corrupt (4)
EVIL
19 Across: Mizzen and jib (5)
SAILS
20 Across: Flip-flop, geometrically? (14)
COMEFULLCIRCLE
23 Across: Pointed arch (4)
OGEE
24 Across: Hebrides island (4)
IONA
25 Across: Nanny, for one (6)
REARER
28 Across: Spoils (7)
GOESBAD
32 Across: Hodgepodges (5)
OLIOS
33 Across: Malt-liquor yeast (4)
BARM
35 Across: ___ carte (3)
ALA
36 Across: Flip-flop, in the dining room? (15)
TURNTHETABLESON
40 Across: Pindaric poem (3)
ODE
41 Across: Attention getter (4)
AHEM
42 Across: Actress Dunne (5)
IRENE
43 Across: Exhibit anew (7)
RESTAGE
46 Across: Conquers the Matterhorn (6)
SCALES
47 Across: Calla lily (4)
ARUM
48 Across: Waikiki wreaths (4)
LEIS
49 Across: Flip-flop, musically? (14)
CHANGEONESTUNE
55 Across: Fraught with peril (5)
RISKY
56 Across: Big top (4)
TENT
57 Across: Ready to be plucked (4)
RIPE
59 Across: "The Tempest" spirit (5)
ARIEL
60 Across: Detest (4)
HATE
61 Across: Ancient Italian town (4)
ELEA
62 Across: Civil War general (5)
MEADE
63 Across: Vending-machine feature (4)
SLOT
64 Across: Crystal gazer (4)
SEER

Down Answers

1 Down: Like a greenhorn (3)
RAW
2 Down: "Beowulf," e.g. (4)
EPIC
3 Down: Infamous fiddler (4)
NERO
4 Down: Combination like "thundering silence" (8)
OXYMORON
5 Down: "Gentlemen ___ Blondes" (6)
PREFER
6 Down: Theatrical production (5)
REVUE
7 Down: Indigo (4)
ANIL
8 Down: Small weight (9)
MILLIGRAM
9 Down: Poisonous gas (6)
ARSINE
10 Down: Diadems (6)
TIARAS
11 Down: Auricular (4)
OTIC
12 Down: Gershwin's "Our ___" (4)
NELL
13 Down: To live, to Livy (4)
ESSE
21 Down: Void (5)
EGEST
22 Down: About four bushels, in England (5)
COOMB
25 Down: Whirlybird part (5)
ROTOR
26 Down: Dodge (5)
ELUDE
27 Down: Buenos ___ (5)
AIRES
29 Down: City on the Rhine (5)
BASEL
30 Down: Without peer (5)
ALONE
31 Down: Andersen and Borge (5)
DANES
33 Down: Job 40:15 beasts (9)
BEHEMOTHS
34 Down: Mischievous Olympian (3)
ATE
37 Down: Justice center, with "The" (5)
HAGUE
38 Down: On the up and up (5)
LICIT
39 Down: Signs of mistakes (8)
ERASURES
44 Down: Squiffed (6)
TANKED
45 Down: Gravy vessel (6)
ARGYLE
46 Down: Sonnet finish (6)
SESTET
48 Down: Slowly, to Solti (5)
LENTO
49 Down: Miler Steve (4)
CRAM
50 Down: Engage (4)
HIRE
51 Down: Largest of seven (4)
ASIA
52 Down: Best Actress: 1963 (4)
NEAL
53 Down: World's longest river (4)
NILE
54 Down: Fencing sword (4)
EPEE
58 Down: Site for a drum (3)
EAR

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