Thursday Crossword — December 31, 1987 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/31/1987. By Christopher Sherwood.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Simon's dividers (4)
- ACTS
- 5 Across: Desert regions (4)
- ERGS
- 9 Across: "Dr. Seuss's ___" (3)
- ABC
- 12 Across: English rock duo (4)
- WHAM
- 13 Across: Burin or dibble (4)
- TOOL
- 14 Across: "Aloha" synonym (5)
- HELLO
- 16 Across: Wool, in Madrid (4)
- LANA
- 17 Across: Where to find Guantánamo (4)
- CUBA
- 18 Across: Fervor (5)
- ARDOR
- 19 Across: Drugstore cowboy's look (4)
- OGLE
- 21 Across: Something to punch (9)
- TIMECLOCK
- 23 Across: Comfort (6)
- SOLACE
- 25 Across: Concoct or contrive (4)
- MAKE
- 26 Across: "A Life for the ___" (4)
- TSAR
- 27 Across: Garden figure (3)
- EVE
- 28 Across: Sarcle (3)
- HOE
- 31 Across: Barbary Coast port (7)
- ALGIERS
- 34 Across: Delivers (7)
- REDEEMS
- 36 Across: Lifeline location (4)
- PALM
- 37 Across: Toothy expression (4)
- GRIN
- 38 Across: Showed disdain (7)
- SNEERED
- 42 Across: Vessel for Nelson (7)
- FRIGATE
- 45 Across: Monogram of a Duke (3)
- EKE
- 46 Across: Author of "The College Widow" (3)
- ADE
- 47 Across: Act like a Vandal (4)
- LOOT
- 48 Across: Rocker ___ Ant (4)
- ADAM
- 49 Across: Shenanigans (6)
- ANTICS
- 52 Across: Cheaters of sorts (9)
- TWOTIMERS
- 56 Across: Asian nanny (4)
- AMAH
- 57 Across: Drive of note (5)
- RODEO
- 58 Across: Germany's industrial heart (4)
- RUHR
- 60 Across: Chemical compound (4)
- ENOL
- 62 Across: Whence pizzas come (5)
- OVENS
- 63 Across: Inkling (4)
- IDEA
- 64 Across: Divagate (4)
- ROVE
- 65 Across: End of a Sandburg title (3)
- YES
- 66 Across: Kind of paper (4)
- TERM
- 67 Across: Appear (4)
- SEEM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Saddler's instrument (3)
- AWL
- 2 Down: Pandemonium (5)
- CHAOS
- 3 Down: Brando's Paris dance (5)
- TANGO
- 4 Down: Petty (9)
- SMALLTIME
- 5 Down: The balance: Abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 6 Down: Woodworking machines (7)
- ROUTERS
- 7 Down: Asian desert (4)
- GOBI
- 8 Down: The big house (7)
- SLAMMER
- 9 Down: Ray of filmdom (4)
- ALDO
- 10 Down: Union that doesn't charge dues (4)
- BLOC
- 11 Down: Irish county (4)
- CORK
- 14 Down: Golfed grossly (6)
- HACKED
- 15 Down: Dashiell contemporary (4)
- ERLE
- 20 Down: Lessen (4)
- EASE
- 22 Down: This has a soffit (4)
- EAVE
- 24 Down: Erskine or Maxwell (3)
- CAR
- 28 Down: Juno her name? (4)
- HERA
- 29 Down: Skip (4)
- OMIT
- 30 Down: Man "seen" in an anagram (4)
- ESNE
- 31 Down: Altar's alcove (4)
- APSE
- 32 Down: Gangly (4)
- LANK
- 33 Down: Kind of club (4)
- GLEE
- 35 Down: Kitchen helpers (9)
- EGGTIMERS
- 39 Down: Dashboard items (6)
- RADIOS
- 40 Down: Red-coated dairy product (4)
- EDAM
- 41 Down: Black mark (7)
- DEMERIT
- 42 Down: Streaker's cousin (7)
- FLASHER
- 43 Down: Darling or Howard (3)
- RON
- 44 Down: Whit (4)
- IOTA
- 48 Down: Egyptian deity (4)
- ATEN
- 50 Down: Mohawk transportation (5)
- CANOE
- 51 Down: Rough prodding (5)
- SHOVE
- 52 Down: Homer's one-horse town (4)
- TROY
- 53 Down: Operated a loom (4)
- WOVE
- 54 Down: Canzoni (4)
- ODES
- 55 Down: Uncouth (4)
- RUDE
- 59 Down: Butter at Fordham (3)
- RAM
- 61 Down: Moon-landing apparatus (3)
- LEM
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