Tuesday Crossword — December 25, 1990 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/25/1990. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Great bargain (5)
STEAL
6 Across: Cargo (4)
LOAD
10 Across: Play tricks (4)
JAPE
14 Across: Multitude on the move (5)
HORDE
15 Across: Albanian president (4)
ALIA
16 Across: Mediterranean port (4)
ORAN
17 Across: Polonius hid behind one (5)
ARRAS
18 Across: Anti-Prohibitionists (4)
WETS
19 Across: Mae or Nathanael (4)
WEST
20 Across: "A Visit ___": Moore (14)
FROMSTNICHOLAS
23 Across: More concise (6)
TERSER
24 Across: Sci. course (4)
CHEM
25 Across: Pinch (3)
NIP
27 Across: Flutist Jean-Pierre (6)
RAMPAL
32 Across: Mine entrance (4)
ADIT
36 Across: Whence the Magi came (4)
EAST
39 Across: Paris's Moulin ___ (5)
ROUGE
40 Across: Santa Claus, in London (15)
FATHERCHRISTMAS
43 Across: Whirling (5)
AREEL
44 Across: Ship part (4)
KEEL
45 Across: Sentry's command (4)
HALT
46 Across: Take off (6)
REMOVE
48 Across: Goat's offspring (3)
KID
50 Across: Apiece (4)
EACH
53 Across: Charge liquid with gas (6)
AERATE
58 Across: Oldest printed song for Yuletide (14)
BOARSHEADCAROL
62 Across: "___ Yesterday," 1950 film (4)
BORN
63 Across: Ripped (4)
TORN
64 Across: "___ for Adano" (5)
ABELL
65 Across: Was indebted (4)
OWED
66 Across: The libido (4)
EROS
67 Across: Wahine's patio (5)
LANAI
68 Across: Helper (4)
ALLY
69 Across: Dubos or Coty (4)
RENE
70 Across: Capital of Nidwalden, Switzerland (5)
STANS

Down Answers

1 Down: Arrow part (5)
SHAFT
2 Down: Leaner at Pisa (5)
TORRE
3 Down: Flub (5)
ERROR
4 Down: Second U.S. President (5)
ADAMS
5 Down: Decrease (6)
LESSEN
6 Down: Suburbanite's pride (4)
LAWN
7 Down: Of oil (5)
OLEIC
8 Down: Letter after gee (5)
AITCH
9 Down: Reindeer in 20 Across (6)
DASHER
10 Down: Fold hidden under Santa's beard? (4)
JOWL
11 Down: Kind of code (4)
AREA
12 Down: Col (4)
PASS
13 Down: Tolkien creature (3)
ENT
21 Down: Birthplace of Karl Marx (5)
TRIER
22 Down: Bradley and Sharif (5)
OMARS
26 Down: Ice or six follower (4)
PACK
28 Down: Gypsy that flies (4)
MOTH
29 Down: Cougar (4)
PUMA
30 Down: Bedouin headband cord (4)
AGAL
31 Down: "___ we forget . . . " (4)
LEST
32 Down: In the distance (4)
AFAR
33 Down: Risk (4)
DARE
34 Down: Bit of gossip (4)
ITEM
35 Down: Van Gogh's brother (4)
THEO
37 Down: Haggard work (3)
SHE
38 Down: The Magi made one (4)
TREK
41 Down: Young, snakelike fish (5)
ELVER
42 Down: Homeric epic (5)
ILIAD
47 Down: Kind of egg or lily (6)
EASTER
49 Down: Transfer pictures (6)
DECALS
51 Down: Task (5)
CHORE
52 Down: Wading bird (5)
HERON
54 Down: Morocco's capital (5)
RABAT
55 Down: Kind of theater (5)
ARENA
56 Down: A colorless hydrocarbon (5)
TOLAN
57 Down: New York island (5)
ELLIS
58 Down: Orange or Sugar (4)
BOWL
59 Down: Oka River city (4)
OREL
60 Down: Gump or Hardy (4)
ANDY
61 Down: Handle, in Amiens (4)
ANSE
62 Down: Feathered scarf (3)
BOA

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