Thursday Crossword — April 12, 1990 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 4/12/1990. By Wilson McBeath.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Dried orchid tubers (5)
- SALEP
- 6 Across: Loses muscle tone (4)
- SAGS
- 10 Across: Brazil-Bolivia boundary river (4)
- ACRE
- 14 Across: "___ thee not . . . ": Macbeth (5)
- IHAVE
- 15 Across: Obstacle for Curtis Strange (4)
- TRAP
- 16 Across: Fir or pine board (4)
- DEAL
- 17 Across: Game in "The Sting" (5)
- POKER
- 18 Across: Angler's catch in the Atlantic (9)
- AMBERJACK
- 20 Across: Princess Diana's family (8)
- SPENCERS
- 22 Across: Charters (6)
- LEASES
- 23 Across: Freshwater ducks (5)
- TEALS
- 24 Across: Spots (6)
- PLACES
- 25 Across: Congeal (6)
- CURDLE
- 27 Across: Imitation gem (5)
- PASTE
- 28 Across: G.I.'s overseas address (3)
- APO
- 29 Across: Home of a biblical witch (5)
- ENDOR
- 31 Across: Sadat (5)
- ANWAR
- 35 Across: Garbure, e.g. (4)
- SOUP
- 37 Across: Van Gogh locale (5)
- ARLES
- 39 Across: Way preceder (4)
- THRU
- 40 Across: Feeds the kitty (5)
- ANTES
- 42 Across: Mitigated (5)
- EASED
- 44 Across: Kind of cream (3)
- ICE
- 45 Across: Perfume (5)
- ATTAR
- 47 Across: Panoramic scenes (6)
- VISTAS
- 49 Across: Part of MOMA (6)
- MUSEUM
- 51 Across: "Beau ___" (5)
- GESTE
- 52 Across: " . . . keep the word of promise to ___": Macbeth (6)
- OUREAR
- 53 Across: Remarkable! (8)
- TERRIFIC
- 56 Across: Angler's freshwater catch (9)
- BLACKBASS
- 58 Across: Imitative (5)
- APISH
- 59 Across: Preminger or Graham (4)
- OTTO
- 60 Across: Seraglio rooms (4)
- ODAS
- 61 Across: Electrical wizard (5)
- TESLA
- 62 Across: Fabricated (4)
- LIED
- 63 Across: Poi ingredient (4)
- TARO
- 64 Across: London suburb (5)
- ESHER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Tastes (4)
- SIPS
- 2 Down: ___, a skip and a jump (4)
- AHOP
- 3 Down: Namaycush (9)
- LAKETROUT
- 4 Down: Smoothed (6)
- EVENED
- 5 Down: Cambric's relative (7)
- PERCALE
- 6 Down: Antares et al. (5)
- STARS
- 7 Down: Start of a G.B.S. title (4)
- ARMS
- 8 Down: It's a gift to some (3)
- GAB
- 9 Down: Incantations (6)
- SPELLS
- 10 Down: Juxtaposed (8)
- ADJACENT
- 11 Down: Leave off (5)
- CEASE
- 12 Down: Strong water currents (5)
- RACES
- 13 Down: They have a Grand Exalted Ruler (4)
- ELKS
- 19 Down: Ranch in Ferber's "Giant" (5)
- REATA
- 21 Down: A former queen of Italy (5)
- ELENA
- 24 Down: Curtails (5)
- PARES
- 25 Down: Locale of a sala (4)
- CASA
- 26 Down: Well versed in (4)
- UPON
- 27 Down: Pivotal (5)
- POLAR
- 30 Down: Reverie (5)
- DREAM
- 32 Down: Angler's catch in the Great Lakes (9)
- WHITEFISH
- 33 Down: Ancient chest (4)
- ARCA
- 34 Down: Regrets (4)
- RUES
- 36 Down: Doublet front, in Shakespeare's day (8)
- PEASECOD
- 38 Down: Sunder (5)
- SEVER
- 41 Down: New York strip, e.g. (5)
- STEAK
- 43 Down: Demote a petty officer (7)
- DISRATE
- 46 Down: European angler's catch (6)
- TURBOT
- 48 Down: Stalks (6)
- STIPES
- 49 Down: Many: Prefix (5)
- MULTI
- 50 Down: Chemical salt (5)
- URATE
- 51 Down: Plaster-of-paris mixture (5)
- GESSO
- 52 Down: Ancient Greek coin (4)
- OBOL
- 53 Down: Peter or Nicholas (4)
- TSAR
- 54 Down: Archipelago unit (4)
- ISLE
- 55 Down: Scorch (4)
- CHAR
- 57 Down: Nabokov heroine (3)
- ADA
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