50 K'S - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 12/16/1990. By Sandy Graf.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Newsstand (5)
- KIOSK
- 6 Across: Large brown bear (6)
- KODIAK
- 12 Across: Flair (5)
- KNACK
- 17 Across: Klingon foe (4)
- KIRK
- 21 Across: Painter-writer Kokoschka (5)
- OSKAR
- 22 Across: Anxiety, in Aix (6)
- ALARME
- 23 Across: King of Hollywood (5)
- VIDOR
- 24 Across: Yemeni seaport (4)
- ADEN
- 25 Across: Destiny (5)
- KARMA
- 26 Across: N.Z. songbird (12)
- KIRITEKANAWA
- 28 Across: Composer Luigi ___ (4)
- NONO
- 29 Across: Russian river (3)
- OKA
- 30 Across: Blackguards (6)
- KNAVES
- 32 Across: Peon's mite (4)
- PESO
- 33 Across: Fanatic (6)
- ZEALOT
- 35 Across: Yellow-fever mosquito (5)
- AEDES
- 36 Across: Sale sign (4)
- ASIS
- 37 Across: Cold-climate craft (5)
- KAYAK
- 39 Across: Org. founded in 1915 (3)
- KKK
- 42 Across: Junket (4)
- TOUR
- 43 Across: Patch of land (4)
- PLAT
- 44 Across: Tarbell, e.g. (9)
- MUCKRAKER
- 48 Across: "Merry Mount" composer: 1934 (6)
- HANSON
- 50 Across: Laughing jackasses (11)
- KOOKABURRAS
- 52 Across: Philip Johnson's org. (3)
- AIA
- 53 Across: Singer Baker (5)
- ANITA
- 54 Across: French physician-novelist: 1894-1961 (6)
- CELINE
- 56 Across: Originator of Jellicle Cats (5)
- ELIOT
- 57 Across: Richmond V.I.P. set (3)
- FFV
- 58 Across: Recoil (4)
- KICK
- 59 Across: Delirious (6)
- RAVING
- 60 Across: Primary locations (5)
- POLLS
- 61 Across: Actor Sam: 1891-1984 (5)
- JAFFE
- 63 Across: Calligraphers' needs (4)
- INKS
- 64 Across: Catkin (5)
- AMENT
- 65 Across: Stick with these! (5)
- GLUES
- 66 Across: Whalebone (6)
- BALEEN
- 67 Across: Compass pt. (3)
- SSE
- 68 Across: "Either/Or" questioner (11)
- KIERKEGAARD
- 70 Across: Hearth shelves (7)
- MANTELS
- 71 Across: Massive mammals, for short (6)
- RHINOS
- 73 Across: Standing start (3)
- OUT
- 74 Across: Documentary film hero (6)
- NANOOK
- 75 Across: Legendary victims of the Romans (7)
- SABINES
- 77 Across: De Mille epic, with "The": 1927 (11)
- KINGOFKINGS
- 81 Across: ___ Cruces (3)
- LAS
- 84 Across: Conjured up (6)
- EVOKED
- 85 Across: Actress Hope or Jessica (5)
- LANGE
- 86 Across: Palindromic French quisling (5)
- LAVAL
- 87 Across: Gasp (4)
- PANT
- 88 Across: More pleasant (5)
- NICER
- 89 Across: Signs on (5)
- HIRES
- 90 Across: Hairy herb (6)
- BORAGE
- 91 Across: Luncheon follower (4)
- ETTE
- 92 Across: Post station in India (3)
- DAK
- 93 Across: "Lili" film composer (5)
- KAPER
- 94 Across: Coronation gown (6)
- KIRTLE
- 95 Across: Buckwheat cereal (5)
- KASHA
- 96 Across: All-purpose trk. (3)
- UTE
- 97 Across: Zorba's creator (11)
- KAZANTZAKIS
- 99 Across: Devilish (6)
- DEUCED
- 100 Across: Betty Boop quality (9)
- PERKINESS
- 102 Across: Solar disk (4)
- ATEN
- 103 Across: Integument (4)
- SKIN
- 105 Across: Admiralty abbr. (3)
- HMS
- 106 Across: Tarsus (5)
- ANKLE
- 107 Across: Pastoral poem (4)
- IDYL
- 108 Across: Mr. Spock's father in "Star Trek" (5)
- SAREK
- 109 Across: Shrub of the rose family (6)
- SPIREA
- 112 Across: "And giving ___ . . . " (4)
- ANOD
- 113 Across: Deep-seated (6)
- INNATE
- 114 Across: "Keystone" character (3)
- KOP
- 117 Across: Part of 39 Across (4)
- KLAN
- 118 Across: Indian tobacco mixture (12)
- KINNIKINNICK
- 122 Across: Skewer (5)
- SPIKE
- 124 Across: Hindu discipline (4)
- YOGA
- 125 Across: Play the part (5)
- ENACT
- 126 Across: Aria for two (6)
- DUETTO
- 127 Across: Mr. Kovacs (5)
- ERNIE
- 128 Across: Jedi's furry friend (4)
- EWOK
- 129 Across: Advantages (5)
- EDGES
- 130 Across: Teeter (6)
- SEESAW
- 131 Across: Bumpkin (5)
- YOKEL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "The Mikado" executioner (4)
- KOKO
- 2 Down: Baroness Blixen, a k a ___ Dinesen (4)
- ISAK
- 3 Down: Gumbo basic (4)
- OKRA
- 4 Down: Danson role in "Cheers" (3)
- SAM
- 5 Down: Eruption site: 1883 (8)
- KRAKATOA
- 6 Down: Beethoven trio, Op. 121a (6)
- KAKADU
- 7 Down: Hardy one (6)
- OLIVER
- 8 Down: Salaam preliminaries (5)
- DARES
- 9 Down: Blue flag (4)
- IRIS
- 10 Down: Qty. (3)
- AMT
- 11 Down: Memento (8)
- KEEPSAKE
- 12 Down: Russian beer (5)
- KVASS
- 13 Down: Bilbao boy (4)
- NINO
- 14 Down: Nabokov title (3)
- ADA
- 15 Down: Daunt; awe (3)
- COW
- 16 Down: Coconino County cutie (8)
- KRAZYKAT
- 17 Down: A Hawaiian (6)
- KANAKA
- 18 Down: Iconoclast's target (4)
- IDOL
- 19 Down: "Splitsville," once (4)
- RENO
- 20 Down: Clove hitch, e.g. (4)
- KNOT
- 27 Down: First president of Mali (5)
- KEITA
- 31 Down: Broadway gas (4)
- NEON
- 34 Down: Listeners (4)
- EARS
- 36 Down: Forth (5)
- ALONG
- 37 Down: Russian islands (6)
- KURILS
- 38 Down: Circus performers: Abbr. (5)
- ACROS
- 39 Down: Jeans' alternative (6)
- KHAKIS
- 40 Down: Screenwriters Garson and Michael (6)
- KANINS
- 41 Down: Sen. Bradley was one (13)
- KNICKERBOCKER
- 43 Down: Grosse ___, Mich. (6)
- POINTE
- 44 Down: Pondered (6)
- MULLED
- 45 Down: Gossip's delight (13)
- KAFFEEKLATSCH
- 46 Down: Noted French engineer (6)
- EIFFEL
- 47 Down: Poe-tic birds (6)
- RAVENS
- 49 Down: N.Y.S.E. abbr. (4)
- STKS
- 50 Down: Klemperer role (5)
- KLINK
- 51 Down: "Let independence ___ boast": Hopkinson (5)
- BEOUR
- 54 Down: Carved gemstones (6)
- CAMEOS
- 55 Down: Baseball's Crab or Hoot (5)
- EVERS
- 59 Down: Bestowed abundantly (6)
- RAINED
- 60 Down: Founder of famed Academy (5)
- PLATO
- 61 Down: ___ Starker, famed cellist (5)
- JANOS
- 62 Down: Palo singer? (4)
- ALTO
- 65 Down: Yardstick (5)
- GAUGE
- 66 Down: Bracelet, e.g. (6)
- BANGLE
- 68 Down: Pittsburgh slugger, turned announcer (5)
- KINER
- 69 Down: Tam-tams (5)
- GONGS
- 70 Down: Direct (6)
- MANAGE
- 72 Down: Raise or increase sharply (4)
- HIKE
- 74 Down: Abounding with snow (5)
- NIVAL
- 75 Down: Takeoff (6)
- SENDUP
- 76 Down: Emulate Odom (6)
- AVIATE
- 77 Down: Namesakes of 2 Down (6)
- KARENS
- 78 Down: Lifeless (5)
- INERT
- 79 Down: Gold coin in Edam (6)
- FLORIN
- 80 Down: Small racing vehicles (5)
- KARTS
- 82 Down: Key work (6)
- ANTHEM
- 83 Down: Places (6)
- STEADS
- 85 Down: Digestive enzyme (6)
- LIPASE
- 87 Down: ___ de soie (cloth for dresses) (4)
- PEAU
- 89 Down: Filbert (5)
- HAZEL
- 90 Down: Actor-folk singer from Vienna (5)
- BIKEL
- 93 Down: City in Ill. (8)
- KANKAKEE
- 94 Down: Noisy grasshoppers (8)
- KATYDIDS
- 95 Down: "Cuckoo's Nest" builder (8)
- KENKESEY
- 97 Down: Cattle, in poesy (4)
- KINE
- 98 Down: Handel's "___ the Priest" (5)
- ZADOK
- 99 Down: Regimen (4)
- DIET
- 101 Down: Ancient temple site (6)
- KARNAK
- 103 Down: Female saint: Lat. (6)
- SANCTA
- 104 Down: City on the Vistula (6)
- KRAKOW
- 107 Down: F.D.R. and D.D.E., e.g. (5)
- INITS
- 108 Down: Swivets (5)
- SNITS
- 109 Down: Celestial terrier? (4)
- SKYE
- 110 Down: Till (4)
- PLOW
- 111 Down: Shakespearean baddie (4)
- IAGO
- 112 Down: End of vigil (4)
- ANCE
- 113 Down: Arrow poison (4)
- INEE
- 114 Down: Quirk (4)
- KINK
- 115 Down: Steinbeck protagonist (4)
- OKIE
- 116 Down: Strip off (4)
- PEEL
- 119 Down: N.Y.C. subway (3)
- IND
- 120 Down: Worn-out horse (3)
- NAG
- 121 Down: Cloud, to Baudelaire (3)
- NUE
- 123 Down: In favor of (3)
- PRO
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