Friday Crossword — December 11, 1987 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 12/11/1987. By William S. McIlrath.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Provençal love song (4)
- ALBA
- 5 Across: Porch for Pericles (4)
- STOA
- 9 Across: Dugout (4)
- ABRI
- 13 Across: Athenian commander (5)
- CLEON
- 14 Across: Walked on (4)
- TROD
- 15 Across: Idle (4)
- VAIN
- 16 Across: Scents make sense to him (10)
- BLOODHOUND
- 18 Across: Feminine of lui (4)
- ELLE
- 19 Across: Concurrence (8)
- SYNDROME
- 20 Across: Pantry (6)
- LARDER
- 22 Across: Capp's Hyena (4)
- LENA
- 23 Across: Obtuse in the extreme (7)
- DENSEST
- 24 Across: Cloistered head (6)
- ABBESS
- 27 Across: Anagram for tribes (6)
- BESTIR
- 28 Across: ___ Filippias, Greek town (3)
- NEA
- 29 Across: Sty inhabitant (5)
- SHOAT
- 31 Across: Of an antiseptic (5)
- IODIC
- 34 Across: Gore relative (4)
- DART
- 36 Across: "Cómo está ___?" (5)
- USTED
- 38 Across: Nottingham nurse (4)
- NANA
- 39 Across: Solid: Comb. form (5)
- STERE
- 41 Across: Ornithological facial spaces (5)
- LORES
- 43 Across: Homily on Sun. (3)
- SER
- 44 Across: A young cow (6)
- HEIFER
- 46 Across: Hit the Iditarod Trail (6)
- MUSHED
- 48 Across: Less befogged (7)
- CLEARER
- 50 Across: Duchesse, e.g. (4)
- LACE
- 51 Across: Gat (6)
- HEATER
- 52 Across: Kind of carrier (8)
- AIRCRAFT
- 56 Across: Town on the Adda (4)
- LODI
- 57 Across: Librarian's bane? (10)
- BOOKKEEPER
- 59 Across: Units (4)
- ONES
- 60 Across: Ireland's Lough ___ (4)
- ERNE
- 61 Across: Result (5)
- ENSUE
- 62 Across: " . . . reck the ___": Burns (4)
- REDE
- 63 Across: Homophone for 62 Across (4)
- REED
- 64 Across: Legal paper (4)
- DEED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Supporter (4)
- ALLY
- 2 Down: Oboist Goossens (4)
- LEON
- 3 Down: Loot (6)
- BOODLE
- 4 Down: Actress in "She": 1965 (7)
- ANDRESS
- 5 Down: Small opening (5)
- STOMA
- 6 Down: Align (4)
- TRUE
- 7 Down: Cart attachment (3)
- OON
- 8 Down: Confuses (6)
- ADDLES
- 9 Down: Dislike (8)
- AVERSION
- 10 Down: Track event for those less hirsute? (10)
- BALDERDASH
- 11 Down: Irritates (5)
- RILES
- 12 Down: Torpid (5)
- INERT
- 13 Down: Paley's favorite inits. (3)
- CBS
- 17 Down: Largest Japanese island (6)
- HONSHU
- 21 Down: Not pro (4)
- ANTI
- 23 Down: Hinder (5)
- DETER
- 24 Down: Connectors (4)
- ANDS
- 25 Down: Tempo (4)
- BEAT
- 26 Down: Like those in 10 Down (10)
- BAREHEADED
- 27 Down: Ulan ___ (5)
- BATOR
- 30 Down: Canadian physician of fame (5)
- OSLER
- 32 Down: Curare cousin (4)
- INEE
- 33 Down: Wit (4)
- CARD
- 35 Down: Essay's big brother (8)
- TREATISE
- 37 Down: Set apart (6)
- DEMARK
- 40 Down: The old sod (4)
- EIRE
- 42 Down: Follow (7)
- SUCCEED
- 45 Down: "Gigolo" author (6)
- FERBER
- 47 Down: Part of H.S.H. (6)
- SERENE
- 48 Down: Green: Comb. form (5)
- CHLOR
- 49 Down: ___ Leoni, Italian sculptor-medalist (5)
- LEONE
- 50 Down: Admired (5)
- LIKED
- 52 Down: Tip-top (4)
- AONE
- 53 Down: Church section (4)
- APSE
- 54 Down: Sustained strife (4)
- FEUD
- 55 Down: Due follower (3)
- TRE
- 58 Down: Manganese, e.g. (3)
- ORE
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