Wednesday Crossword — December 30, 1987 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/30/1987. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Medicinal plant (4)
ALOE
5 Across: Psychic inits. (3)
ESP
8 Across: Ye olde gift ___ (6)
SHOPPE
14 Across: Self-reproachful one (8)
REPENTER
16 Across: Roma, to Cato (6)
PATRIA
17 Across: Beguile (8)
ENTRANCE
18 Across: Rubinstein and Bruckner (6)
ANTONS
19 Across: "___ was going to St. Ives" (3)
ASI
20 Across: Hesitating (7)
PAUSING
22 Across: A Ron in baseball (3)
CEY
23 Across: Region in Spain (4)
LEON
25 Across: Luges (5)
SLEDS
26 Across: Encountered (3)
MET
27 Across: Fit of pique (4)
SNIT
29 Across: Black bird (3)
ANI
30 Across: Baltic island (4)
AERO
32 Across: Map (5)
CHART
34 Across: Inclined (6)
TENDED
36 Across: Rankle (6)
FESTER
39 Across: Certain decrees (6)
UKASES
40 Across: Bivouac (6)
ENCAMP
41 Across: Lab tube (5)
PIPET
43 Across: Condition, in Cannes (4)
ETAT
44 Across: Grampus (3)
ORC
45 Across: Art ___ (4)
DECO
48 Across: Dudgeon (3)
IRE
49 Across: A Yugoslav (5)
CROAT
51 Across: Apiece (4)
EACH
53 Across: Where Lts. are made (3)
OTC
54 Across: Cowpoke's companion (7)
PARDNER
56 Across: Name meaning "high" (3)
ELI
57 Across: Baseball pitch (6)
SLIDER
59 Across: Irrationality (8)
UNREASON
61 Across: Other: Comb. form (6)
HETERO
62 Across: Shrink (8)
CONTRACT
63 Across: Refuge (6)
ASYLUM
64 Across: French connections (3)
ETS
65 Across: Broadhorns (4)
ARKS

Down Answers

1 Down: Of a region (5)
AREAL
2 Down: Parts of eyes (6)
LENSES
3 Down: Choice (6)
OPTION
4 Down: Poetic contraction (3)
EER
5 Down: Lab heaters (5)
ETNAS
6 Down: Laic (7)
SECULAR
7 Down: Gift (7)
PRESENT
8 Down: Durations (5)
SPANS
9 Down: Suspend (4)
HANG
10 Down: Famous Giant (3)
OTT
11 Down: Earnings from a sale (8)
PROCEEDS
12 Down: Me. symbol (8)
PINETREE
13 Down: This does it (4)
EASY
15 Down: Downy surface (3)
NAP
21 Down: March 15, in Italy (3)
IDI
24 Down: Wink (7)
NICTATE
26 Down: Sirenian seen off Fla. (7)
MANATEE
28 Down: Oates book (4)
THEM
31 Down: G.I. uniforms (3)
ODS
33 Down: French sculptor-painter: 1887-1966 (3)
ARP
34 Down: Ram (3)
TUP
35 Down: Made do, with "out" (4)
EKED
36 Down: Charge (3)
FEE
37 Down: Names (8)
ENTITLES
38 Down: Dearth (8)
SCARCITY
41 Down: Yield (7)
PRODUCE
42 Down: "___ tell a lie" (7)
ICANNOT
44 Down: Hockey great (3)
ORR
46 Down: Comedian from Yonkers (6)
CAESAR
47 Down: "A ten ___ scholar" (6)
OCLOCK
49 Down: Billiard shot (5)
CAROM
50 Down: Medricks (5)
TERNS
52 Down: Intimates (5)
HINTS
53 Down: Govt. safety agcy. (4)
OSHA
54 Down: Ill. city (4)
PERU
55 Down: Soak flax (3)
RET
58 Down: Actress Dolores ___ Rio (3)
DEL
60 Down: A neighbor of Scorpio (3)
ARA

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