Saturday Crossword — November 17, 1990 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 11/17/1990. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "The Tender ___," Sinatra hit (4)
TRAP
5 Across: Bowl ritual (4)
TOSS
9 Across: Abib, today (5)
NISAN
14 Across: Lloyd's Register rating (4)
AONE
15 Across: Principal (4)
ARCH
16 Across: Part of "Veni, vidi, vici" (5)
ICAME
17 Across: Rib (4)
RIDE
18 Across: Exposed (4)
BARE
19 Across: Sunday frequency? (5)
NEVER
20 Across: Chased one (see 36 Across) (8)
LILABNER
22 Across: Correct text (5)
EMEND
23 Across: German philosopher (5)
HEGEL
24 Across: Toothsome (5)
TASTY
25 Across: Red address? (7)
COMRADE
29 Across: Place for a roast (4)
OVEN
31 Across: U.A.R. center (4)
ARAB
32 Across: Summit (4)
ACME
33 Across: High dudgeon (3)
IRE
36 Across: Occasion of the chase (11/17/90, e.g.) (15)
SADIEHAWKINSDAY
41 Across: Anemograph abbr. (3)
ENE
42 Across: Equator, e.g. (4)
LINE
43 Across: Petroleum residue (4)
COKE
44 Across: What's left (4)
REST
45 Across: Chicken choice (7)
BROILER
48 Across: PC adjunct (5)
MODEM
51 Across: Conger catcher (5)
EELER
53 Across: Rousseau work (5)
EMILE
54 Across: Chaser (see 36 Across) (8)
DAISYMAE
58 Across: Assumed (5)
TAKEN
59 Across: Fire god (4)
AGNI
60 Across: Not yet up (4)
ABED
62 Across: Regarding (5)
ANENT
63 Across: Knight's namesakes (4)
TEDS
64 Across: Nonentity (4)
ZERO
65 Across: Wallace-Wallechinsky compilations (5)
LISTS
66 Across: Whilom (4)
ERST
67 Across: School founded in 1440 (4)
ETON

Down Answers

1 Down: Jack-___ (sailor) (3)
TAR
2 Down: Ruffle (4)
ROIL
3 Down: Bacheller's "D'ri ___" (4)
ANDI
4 Down: Founder of Britain's Conservative Party (4)
PEEL
5 Down: Designated (6)
TABBED
6 Down: African river (6)
ORANGE
7 Down: Mass of detritus (5)
SCREE
8 Down: Sleuth (8)
SHERLOCK
9 Down: Almost a score (8)
NINETEEN
10 Down: Deliverer of yore (6)
ICEMAN
11 Down: Delivers from sin (5)
SAVES
12 Down: Catkin (5)
AMENT
13 Down: Like a nebbish (5)
NERDY
21 Down: Cry of discovery (3)
AHA
25 Down: Job for Mason (4)
CASE
26 Down: "The Plague" setting (4)
ORAN
27 Down: Crafted (4)
MADE
28 Down: Sac.-fly stat (3)
RBI
30 Down: The Keydets (3)
VMI
32 Down: Thunderstrike (3)
AWE
33 Down: Baphomet or Juggernaut (4)
IDOL
34 Down: Leave no leaves (4)
RAKE
35 Down: Onlooker (4)
EYER
37 Down: Violent weather (8)
ELEMENTS
38 Down: The gent's (3)
HIS
39 Down: Come before (8)
ANTEDATE
40 Down: Poli ___ (univ. course) (3)
SCI
44 Down: Let up (6)
RELENT
45 Down: Places of concealment (6)
BLINDS
46 Down: Withstand (6)
RESIST
47 Down: Kid of jazz (3)
ORY
48 Down: Palladium, for one (5)
METAL
49 Down: Matrah resident (5)
OMANI
50 Down: Friesland sights (5)
DIKES
52 Down: "Half Magic" author (5)
EAGER
55 Down: Perplexing passageway (4)
MAZE
56 Down: Aid feloniously (4)
ABET
57 Down: Eliel's son (4)
EERO
61 Down: Fellow at Oxford (3)
DON

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