Friday Crossword — August 10, 1990 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 8/10/1990. By Michael A. Rampino.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Violins' precursors (6)
- REBECS
- 7 Across: Escort (5)
- USHER
- 12 Across: Hodgepodge (7)
- MELANGE
- 13 Across: Crueler (6)
- MEANER
- 15 Across: Lasting forever (7)
- AGELESS
- 16 Across: Promptly (7)
- BETIMES
- 18 Across: These marched against polio (5)
- DIMES
- 19 Across: Scampered (4)
- SPED
- 21 Across: Kind of bank (4)
- DATA
- 22 Across: Mingo of TV's "Daniel Boone" (4)
- AMES
- 23 Across: ___ of Rights (4)
- BILL
- 24 Across: Silence (3)
- GAG
- 25 Across: "___ Without Women": Hemingway (3)
- MEN
- 26 Across: Author of "Swann's Way" (6)
- PROUST
- 28 Across: Nothing more than (4)
- MERE
- 29 Across: Gets on the Yankee Clipper (8)
- ENTRAINS
- 31 Across: Boxing-match units (6)
- ROUNDS
- 33 Across: Spheres (4)
- ORBS
- 34 Across: Vendetta (4)
- FEUD
- 35 Across: Greet (6)
- SALUTE
- 38 Across: Bed-and-breakfast guests (8)
- BOARDERS
- 42 Across: Cabal (4)
- PLOT
- 43 Across: Initiates (6)
- STARTS
- 45 Across: Convened (3)
- MET
- 46 Across: Governor Hogg's daughter (3)
- IMA
- 47 Across: Teases (4)
- RIBS
- 48 Across: Composer of "Symphonie espagnole" (4)
- LALO
- 49 Across: Healthy elasticity (4)
- TONE
- 51 Across: Horse-and-donkey hybrid (4)
- MULE
- 52 Across: Of the kidneys (5)
- RENAL
- 53 Across: Minutemen and Redcoats, e.g. (7)
- ENEMIES
- 55 Across: Do a job for Disney (7)
- ANIMATE
- 57 Across: Thirstiest (6)
- DRIEST
- 58 Across: Disproves (7)
- REFUTES
- 59 Across: Digress (5)
- STRAY
- 60 Across: Become irate (6)
- SEERED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Regulated diet (7)
- REGIMEN
- 2 Down: Indium or osmium (7)
- ELEMENT
- 3 Down: Large bundles (5)
- BALES
- 4 Down: Compass pts. (4)
- ENES
- 5 Down: Metric wt. units (3)
- CGS
- 6 Down: Roger ___, U.S. composer: 1896-1985 (8)
- SESSIONS
- 7 Down: Inflorescence types (6)
- UMBELS
- 8 Down: Sow (4)
- SEED
- 9 Down: Shako or dicer (3)
- HAT
- 10 Down: Camelot lady (4)
- ENID
- 11 Down: Rhine bridge crossing: W.W. II (7)
- REMAGEN
- 12 Down: Bovary or Butterfly (6)
- MADAME
- 14 Down: Delay (6)
- RETARD
- 17 Down: Wise men (5)
- SAGES
- 20 Down: Also (4)
- PLUS
- 23 Down: Suborns (6)
- BRIBES
- 26 Down: Separate (4)
- PART
- 27 Down: Entertains (6)
- TREATS
- 28 Down: Players' Tournament winner: 1989 (4)
- MUDD
- 30 Down: Debacle (4)
- ROUT
- 32 Down: Due to us (4)
- OURS
- 34 Down: Ancestors (8)
- FORBEARS
- 35 Down: Ill will (5)
- SPITE
- 36 Down: Marzipan nut (6)
- ALMOND
- 37 Down: Bankers, at times (7)
- LOANERS
- 38 Down: Kettle handle (4)
- BAIL
- 39 Down: Come forth (7)
- EMANATE
- 40 Down: Consanguineous (7)
- RELATED
- 41 Down: Boas (6)
- STOLES
- 44 Down: Reliable (6)
- TRUSTY
- 48 Down: Nocturnal mammal of Madagascar (5)
- LEMUR
- 50 Down: Send forth (4)
- EMIT
- 51 Down: Louis L'Amour's "The Haunted ___" (4)
- MESA
- 52 Down: Prevalent (4)
- RIFE
- 54 Down: Comparative suffix (3)
- IER
- 56 Down: Rosalyn Carter, ___ Smith (3)
- NEE
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