Thursday Crossword — September 13, 1990 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 9/13/1990. By Wilson McBeath.

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Want to try solving it yourself first? Play this puzzle

Across Answers

1 Across: Bart or Ringo (5)
STARR
6 Across: Mountain in Thessaly (4)
OSSA
10 Across: Choir member (4)
ALTO
14 Across: Plains home, of old (5)
TEPEE
15 Across: German housewife (4)
FRAU
16 Across: Make haste (4)
TEAR
17 Across: Islands off Ireland (5)
ARANS
18 Across: Mining center of the 1880's (9)
TOMBSTONE
20 Across: Wink (7)
NICTATE
22 Across: Philippine sea (4)
SULU
23 Across: Cuban cigar (6)
HAVANA
25 Across: Ladder component (4)
RUNG
27 Across: Ant's antenna (6)
FEELER
29 Across: Performed, as a song (8)
RENDERED
33 Across: Word that may stop a truck (4)
EATS
34 Across: Scut, e.g. (4)
TAIL
36 Across: Mark (5)
GRADE
37 Across: Mus. adaptation (3)
ARR
38 Across: Forcible takeover (7)
SEIZURE
40 Across: Nothing (3)
NIL
41 Across: It has wings and flies (5)
STAGE
43 Across: Albright of films (4)
LOLA
44 Across: Indolent (4)
IDLE
45 Across: Baker's dozen (8)
THIRTEEN
47 Across: Lombardi and Edwards (6)
VINCES
49 Across: Realtors' units (4)
LOTS
50 Across: Thongs attached to javelins (6)
AMENTA
52 Across: Flask for Pericles (4)
OLPE
54 Across: Thurible's contents (7)
INCENSE
57 Across: Creator of Lake Mead (9)
HOOVERDAM
61 Across: Indo-European (5)
ARYAN
62 Across: Chip in chips (4)
ANTE
63 Across: "Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright (4)
INGE
64 Across: Turgenev novel (5)
SMOKE
65 Across: State of mind (4)
MOOD
66 Across: N.M. resort (4)
TAOS
67 Across: Thralls of yore (5)
ESNES

Down Answers

1 Down: Smith of tennis (4)
STAN
2 Down: Actress Copley (4)
TERI
3 Down: Scenic road past Superstition Mountain (11)
APACHETRAIL
4 Down: Income for landlords (7)
RENTALS
5 Down: Make bank deposits once again (6)
RESAVE
6 Down: Frequently (5)
OFTEN
7 Down: B'way sign (3)
SRO
8 Down: Certain missiles (4)
SAMS
9 Down: Home of Ala.'s Tigers (6)
AUBURN
10 Down: One who brings into harmony (7)
ATTUNER
11 Down: Papal name (3)
LEO
12 Down: Basking product (3)
TAN
13 Down: Mesabi product (3)
ORE
19 Down: Ooze (6)
SLUDGE
21 Down: French pastry (5)
TARTE
24 Down: Historic battleship, or this puzzle's theme (7)
ARIZONA
26 Down: Famous gorge formed by the Colorado (11)
GRANDCANYON
27 Down: Lucullan treat (5)
FEAST
28 Down: Third-day creation (5)
EARTH
30 Down: Jewish month (4)
ELUL
31 Down: Post young Caesar held (5)
EDILE
32 Down: Strikes out (5)
DELES
35 Down: Brim of a chapeau (4)
AILE
38 Down: Colonize (6)
SETTLE
39 Down: Prowl hungrily (5)
RAVEN
42 Down: Furrowed (7)
GROOVED
44 Down: " . . . expresses himself ___ too deep for me": Gilbert (7)
INTERMS
46 Down: Sprightly wit (6)
ESPRIT
48 Down: "___ of fire . . . " (6)
INCASE
51 Down: Quiet actors (5)
MIMES
53 Down: Skelton's script-writing wife (4)
EDNA
55 Down: Rice beverage (4)
SAKE
56 Down: Compass points (4)
ENES
57 Down: Radio operator in a shack (3)
HAM
58 Down: One of Japan's top golfers (3)
ONO
59 Down: Ear: Comb. form (3)
OTO
60 Down: Past (3)
AGO

Ready to play?

Try solving this puzzle yourself, or explore more crosswords.