Thursday Crossword — November 30, 1989 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/30/1989. By Dorothy Cannan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Parisian's coin (5)
FRANC
6 Across: English furniture style (4)
ADAM
10 Across: Strikebreaker (4)
SCAB
14 Across: Liplike organs (5)
LABIA
15 Across: Plexus (4)
RETE
16 Across: Invented (4)
MADE
17 Across: "I loved ___ . . . ": Wither (5)
ALASS
18 Across: Feds (4)
GMEN
19 Across: "___, good nurse!": Juliet (4)
ANON
20 Across: An embroidery stitch (10)
PETITPOINT
22 Across: Chesterfield or Byron (4)
LORD
23 Across: American burbot (4)
LING
24 Across: Mount Saint ___ (6)
HELENS
26 Across: Automatic response (6)
REFLEX
30 Across: West Indian witchcraft (5)
OBEAH
32 Across: Kirghizian mountain range (4)
ALAI
33 Across: China preceder (4)
INDO
35 Across: Daytime TV operas (5)
SOAPS
39 Across: Piebald (7)
MOTTLED
41 Across: Inherent (7)
NATURAL
43 Across: "___ With Judy," 1948 film (5)
ADATE
44 Across: Star in Draco (4)
ADIB
46 Across: Hindu melody pattern (4)
RAGA
47 Across: English empirical philosopher (5)
LOCKE
49 Across: Court target (6)
BASKET
51 Across: Recitation of prayers (6)
NOVENA
54 Across: Architect ___ van der Rohe (4)
MIES
56 Across: Yemeni, e.g. (4)
ARAB
57 Across: Minuscule (10)
TEENYWEENY
63 Across: Dorothy ___, in Oz books (4)
GALE
64 Across: Czech river (4)
ODRA
65 Across: Downs or salts preceder (5)
EPSOM
66 Across: Wagnerian heroine (4)
ELSA
67 Across: German negative (4)
NEIN
68 Across: ___ suprême (God, in Gard) (5)
LETRE
69 Across: Look askance (4)
LEER
70 Across: Pay for a poker hand (4)
ANTE
71 Across: Hungarian composer of operettas (5)
LEHAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Part of many a pocket (4)
FLAP
2 Down: Rhonchus's cousin (4)
RALE
3 Down: Blind as ___ (4)
ABAT
4 Down: ___ prius (trial court) (4)
NISI
5 Down: Fastness (6)
CASTLE
6 Down: Odorless gas (5)
ARGON
7 Down: Minor deity (7)
DEMIGOD
8 Down: Solar disk (4)
ATEN
9 Down: Crème de ___ (6)
MENTHE
10 Down: Short time after midnight (10)
SMALLHOURS
11 Down: Kayak (5)
CANOE
12 Down: Embellish (5)
ADORN
13 Down: Decompression sickness (5)
BENDS
21 Down: Sprite (5)
PIXIE
25 Down: A N.Y.C. river (4)
EAST
26 Down: Hero of a Hindu epic (4)
RAMA
27 Down: Alleged electric force (4)
ELOD
28 Down: ___ morgana (mirage) (4)
FATA
29 Down: Ursa Minor (10)
LITTLEBEAR
31 Down: Bush people of French Guiana (4)
BONI
34 Down: Bismarck's locale: Abbr. (4)
NDAK
36 Down: City in Iran (4)
ARAK
37 Down: Hotel employee (4)
PAGE
38 Down: Narrow strip of wood (4)
SLAT
40 Down: Author Uris (4)
LEON
42 Down: Monastery (5)
ABBEY
45 Down: Culpability (7)
DEMERIT
48 Down: Part of a T. Williams title (6)
CATONA
50 Down: In addition (6)
ASWELL
51 Down: Conrad or Anne of films (5)
NAGEL
52 Down: Papal cape (5)
ORALE
53 Down: "___ Triste": Sibelius (5)
VALSE
55 Down: Fatuous (5)
INANE
58 Down: Place west of Nod (4)
EDEN
59 Down: Sword with a blunted end (4)
EPEE
60 Down: Balt (4)
ESTH
61 Down: Myrna Loy role (4)
NORA
62 Down: Norse mythical giant (4)
YMER

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