Tuesday Crossword — March 6, 1990 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 3/6/1990. By Wilson McBeath.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Christie or Karenina (4)
ANNA
5 Across: Mosque priest (4)
IMAM
9 Across: Certain phantom's haunt (5)
OPERA
14 Across: Good soil (4)
LOAM
15 Across: Houston-based Govt. agency (4)
NASA
16 Across: He couldn't pass the bar (5)
TOPER
17 Across: Ancient Roman road (9)
APPIANWAY
19 Across: Trick's alternative (5)
TREAT
20 Across: City near Vesuvius (6)
NAPLES
21 Across: Hold up (3)
ROB
23 Across: Spreads hay (4)
TEDS
24 Across: Laundry appliance (5)
DRYER
25 Across: Precede (6)
FOREGO
27 Across: Kin of hurrahs (4)
OLES
29 Across: Disprove (6)
REFUTE
33 Across: Simians (4)
APES
37 Across: Munched (3)
ATE
38 Across: Spat (6)
GAITER
39 Across: Fall back (7)
RELAPSE
41 Across: Kind of race (7)
HARNESS
42 Across: Intern's milieu (6)
CLINIC
43 Across: Highland headgear (3)
TAM
44 Across: Bone: Comb. form (4)
OSTE
45 Across: Insect's eye (6)
STEMMA
46 Across: Monad (4)
ATOM
48 Across: "I go to prepare ___ . . . ": John 14:2 (6)
APLACE
50 Across: Race tracks (5)
OVALS
55 Across: N.C. cape (4)
FEAR
58 Across: Formicary dweller (3)
ANT
59 Across: Writ no longer legal in England (6)
ELEGIT
60 Across: Exec. branch of the U.S. Govt. (5)
ADMIN
62 Across: Famous street in Rome (9)
VIAVENETO
64 Across: Roi's mate (5)
REINE
65 Across: Chase, the author (4)
ILKA
66 Across: Lulu (4)
ONER
67 Across: Fund (5)
ENDOW
68 Across: Meadows (4)
LEAS
69 Across: Twain or Hopkins (4)
MARK

Down Answers

1 Down: Jerrold's "___ of Plenty" (5)
ALAND
2 Down: Stock term (5)
NOPAR
3 Down: Downy (5)
NAPPY
4 Down: "A miss is as good as ___" (5)
AMILE
5 Down: Taverns (4)
INNS
6 Down: Fowl's crop (3)
MAW
7 Down: "Red ___ is she": Coleridge (7)
ASAROSE
8 Down: Public official (5)
MAYOR
9 Down: Giant of a Giant (3)
OTT
10 Down: Italian Riviera resort (9)
PORTOFINO
11 Down: Foil's cousin (4)
EPEE
12 Down: Perused (4)
READ
13 Down: Crafts' partner (4)
ARTS
18 Down: Drome preceder (4)
AERO
22 Down: City NE of Milano (7)
BERGAMO
25 Down: Celebration of a sort (4)
FETE
26 Down: First, second or reverse (4)
GEAR
28 Down: Milano's opera house (7)
LASCALA
30 Down: Shoshone Indians (4)
UTES
31 Down: Assay (4)
TEST
32 Down: Old tongue (4)
ERSE
33 Down: Curves (4)
ARCS
34 Down: Hide (4)
PELT
35 Down: Nobelist Wiesel (4)
ELIE
36 Down: Oldest independent country in Europe (9)
SANMARINO
40 Down: Procurer (4)
PIMP
41 Down: Execrate (4)
HATE
43 Down: Tangible (7)
TACTILE
47 Down: Double agent (4)
MOLE
49 Down: "___ Chorus" in "Il Trovatore" (5)
ANVIL
51 Down: Poison (5)
VENOM
52 Down: Rocket stage (5)
AGENA
53 Down: Metric measure (5)
LITER
54 Down: Mute bird (5)
STORK
55 Down: Diet (4)
FARE
56 Down: Place west of Nod (4)
EDEN
57 Down: Surrounded by (4)
AMID
59 Down: Gabor and Le Gallienne (4)
EVAS
61 Down: Modern (3)
NEW
63 Down: Alias (3)
AKA

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