Thursday Crossword — January 17, 1991 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 74 clues). Published 1/17/1991. By Eugene T. Maleska.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: The ___ of Avon (4)
- BARD
- 5 Across: First-anniversary gift (5)
- PAPER
- 10 Across: Parris Island, e.g. (4)
- BASE
- 14 Across: Kin of an English horn (4)
- OBOE
- 15 Across: Rebelled (5)
- AROSE
- 16 Across: The Black Knights (4)
- ARMY
- 17 Across: No so much (4)
- LESS
- 18 Across: Takes a break (5)
- RESTS
- 19 Across: Womanizer (4)
- ROUE
- 20 Across: Operation since August 1990 (12)
- DESERTSHIELD
- 23 Across: Auto pioneer's monogram (3)
- REO
- 24 Across: Minstrel-show character (7)
- MRBONES
- 28 Across: General who wrote "On to Berlin" (5)
- GAVIN
- 30 Across: Simple melody (8)
- CAVATINA
- 31 Across: Expert (5)
- MAVEN
- 32 Across: Agrippina, to Nero (5)
- MATER
- 33 Across: Jet-set problem (3)
- LAG
- 34 Across: Was in the red (4)
- OWED
- 35 Across: Tyro's "learning matter" (5)
- ROPES
- 36 Across: Apple or pear (4)
- POME
- 37 Across: Choreographer Lubovitch (3)
- LAR
- 38 Across: Whales (5)
- CETES
- 39 Across: Golfer Jacobsen (5)
- PETER
- 40 Across: Tarnish (8)
- DISCOLOR
- 42 Across: Type of truck (5)
- PANEL
- 43 Across: Cynic (7)
- SNEERER
- 44 Across: Kindled (3)
- LIT
- 45 Across: United ___ (approvers of 20 Across) (12)
- ARABEMIRATES
- 51 Across: "Gil ___" (4)
- BLAS
- 54 Across: Money in Peru (5)
- SOLES
- 55 Across: Celebration (4)
- GALA
- 56 Across: Adjuvant (4)
- AIDE
- 57 Across: Famed chairmaker (5)
- EAMES
- 58 Across: Neighbor of 45 Across (4)
- OMAN
- 59 Across: Action (4)
- DEED
- 60 Across: Feed a furnace (5)
- STOKE
- 61 Across: Zero (4)
- NONE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Forward; brazen (4)
- BOLD
- 2 Down: Busy as ___ (4)
- ABEE
- 3 Down: Diana from Detroit (4)
- ROSS
- 4 Down: Merited (8)
- DESERVED
- 5 Down: Dolly from Tenn. (6)
- PARTON
- 6 Down: Athenian soldier's deity (4)
- ARES
- 7 Down: Luxurious (4)
- POSH
- 8 Down: Assesses; appraises (9)
- ESTIMATES
- 9 Down: Extra forces in 20 Across (8)
- RESERVES
- 10 Down: Actress from Paris (6)
- BARDOT
- 11 Down: Nigerian native (3)
- ARO
- 12 Down: T.C.U. rival (3)
- SMU
- 13 Down: Hurricane's center (3)
- EYE
- 21 Down: Control (4)
- REIN
- 22 Down: Construction piece (4)
- LBAR
- 25 Down: One of the Sudanese (6)
- NILOTE
- 26 Down: Crown protector (6)
- ENAMEL
- 27 Down: More perspicacious (5)
- SAGER
- 28 Down: A nephew of King Arthur (6)
- GAWAIN
- 29 Down: Unwilling (6)
- AVERSE
- 30 Down: Frolic (5)
- CAPER
- 31 Down: Gelatine devices (5)
- MOLDS
- 32 Down: Vessel used by water-skiers (9)
- MOTORBOAT
- 35 Down: Frees hostages (8)
- RELEASES
- 36 Down: Busy place since August 1990 (8)
- PENTAGON
- 38 Down: Ltr. writer (4)
- CORR
- 39 Down: Poker holding (4)
- PAIR
- 41 Down: Left off (6)
- CEASED
- 42 Down: Fabric with a crinkled finish (6)
- PLISSE
- 46 Down: Admiral Zumwalt Jr. (4)
- ELMO
- 47 Down: Earth's inheritors (4)
- MEEK
- 48 Down: "___ Shanter" (4)
- TAMO
- 49 Down: Esprit de corps (4)
- ELAN
- 50 Down: Rational (4)
- SANE
- 51 Down: Not prudent (3)
- BAD
- 52 Down: Prevaricate (3)
- LIE
- 53 Down: Summer drink (3)
- ADE
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