Saturday Crossword — October 6, 1990 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 10/6/1990. By Daniel Girardi.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Pulsation (4)
PANT
5 Across: Squawbush (5)
SUMAC
10 Across: Cheat (4)
FLAM
14 Across: Jewish month (4)
ADAR
15 Across: Soprano Obraztsova (5)
ELENA
16 Across: Actress Montez (4)
LOLA
17 Across: In a cowardly way (15)
PUSILLANIMOUSLY
20 Across: "___ be within thy walls . . . ": Psalm 122 (5)
PEACE
21 Across: Lapse (4)
SLIP
22 Across: Congou or cachar (3)
TEA
23 Across: Lummoxes (4)
OAFS
26 Across: Novel (3)
NEW
28 Across: Painters like Rothko and Pollock (15)
ABSTRACTIONISTS
36 Across: Curve (3)
BOW
37 Across: Repair (4)
DARN
38 Across: Holy-water basin (5)
STOUP
39 Across: "___ Tu," 1932 song (4)
ERES
41 Across: Weak drink (5)
SLOSH
43 Across: Decorator's color (4)
ECRU
44 Across: Like some floors (5)
TILED
46 Across: Foil's relative (4)
EPEE
47 Across: Omar's comrade-in-arms (3)
IKE
48 Across: Covered with a hard outer tissue (15)
SCLERODERMATOUS
52 Across: Fam. member (3)
DAU
53 Across: Ornate mug (4)
TOBY
54 Across: Norman, e.g. (3)
PRO
57 Across: Mallorca is one (4)
ISLA
60 Across: Orchard pest (5)
APHIS
64 Across: Acts of renewal (15)
REDINTEGRATIONS
68 Across: Twain's "___ Diary" (4)
EVES
69 Across: French spa (5)
EVIAN
70 Across: Soho digs (4)
FLAT
71 Across: Kind of hour (4)
ZERO
72 Across: Niobe's mother (5)
DIONE
73 Across: Itches (4)
YENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Public Theater founder: 1966 (4)
PAPP
2 Down: Together, musically (4)
ADUE
3 Down: Houston acronym (4)
NASA
4 Down: Underwear material (6)
TRICOT
5 Down: Soissons seasoning (3)
SEL
6 Down: Gums (3)
ULA
7 Down: "___ sana . . . " (4)
MENS
8 Down: Indigo (4)
ANIL
9 Down: Williams's "___ Real" (6)
CAMINO
10 Down: Viral "bug" (3)
FLU
11 Down: Bewildered (4)
LOST
12 Down: Auk genus (4)
ALLE
13 Down: Mother of the Buddha (4)
MAYA
18 Down: Legendary English king (4)
LEAR
19 Down: Uncovers (5)
OPENS
24 Down: Latest crazes (4)
FADS
25 Down: Reduced, with "down" (6)
SCALED
27 Down: Censure, in Ayr (4)
WITE
28 Down: Helps a hood (5)
ABETS
29 Down: ___ acid (5)
BORIC
30 Down: "Thou ___," 1927 song (5)
SWELL
31 Down: Figure of speech (5)
TROPE
32 Down: Periodical addendum (6)
INSERT
33 Down: Logical antecedent (5)
SOCIO
34 Down: Finnish port (5)
TURKU
35 Down: Ejects: Var. (5)
SPUES
40 Down: Acorn, for one (4)
SEED
42 Down: Blood: Comb. form (4)
HEMO
45 Down: Sap (5)
DRAIN
49 Down: Sent packing (6)
OUSTED
50 Down: Blind as ___ (4)
ABAT
51 Down: Represent, as by a symbol (6)
TYPIFY
54 Down: Chief exec. (4)
PREZ
55 Down: Zola's "Le ___" (4)
REVE
56 Down: Baltic feeder (4)
ODER
58 Down: He wrote "Christ Stopped at Eboli" (4)
LEVI
59 Down: Exchange premium (4)
AGIO
61 Down: You may dig this (4)
HOLE
62 Down: ___ instant (swiftly) (4)
INAN
63 Down: Visitors to J.F.K. (4)
SSTS
65 Down: Kind of rhythm (3)
ISO
66 Down: Skedaddled (3)
RAN
67 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
ANE

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