Friday Crossword — May 3, 1991 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 5/3/1991. By Betty Hinman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: She scats with cats (4)
ELLA
5 Across: School subj. (4)
HIST
9 Across: "Tosca," e.g. (5)
OPERA
14 Across: Goneril's father (4)
LEAR
15 Across: One of the tapirs (4)
ANTA
16 Across: Kipling's "The ___ Seas" (5)
SEVEN
17 Across: Wimsey's lady, Harriet ___ (4)
VANE
18 Across: Actor Neeson (4)
LIAM
19 Across: Golfer-turned-announcer (5)
SNEED
20 Across: "The fat ___ the fire": Heywood (4)
ISIN
21 Across: "The Firebird" composer (10)
STRAVINSKY
23 Across: Mails or wires (5)
SENDS
25 Across: Item for some surgeons (4)
TREE
26 Across: Cylindrical (7)
TUBULAR
29 Across: Tommy of musicals (4)
TUNE
33 Across: Part of to be (3)
ARE
36 Across: Etui or pomander (4)
CASE
37 Across: Prolific composer (6)
BERLIN
39 Across: Leopold and Wolfgang (7)
MOZARTS
41 Across: Met tenor (7)
DOMINGO
42 Across: Theatrical floodlight (6)
OLIVET
43 Across: Vile (4)
BASE
44 Across: Sounds of pleasure (3)
AHS
45 Across: Classic cars (4)
REOS
46 Across: Some are free (7)
LOADERS
49 Across: Darr or medrick (4)
TERN
50 Across: Abbey Theatre pioneer (5)
YEATS
54 Across: Famed Austrian conductor (10)
VONKARAJAN
60 Across: Kind of school (4)
PREP
61 Across: Byzantine images (5)
IKONS
62 Across: "Mr. Relaxation" (4)
COMO
63 Across: Actor who played Hulot (4)
TATI
64 Across: Maestro Rapee et al. (5)
ERNOS
65 Across: Director David ___ (4)
LEAN
66 Across: Black, to Blake (4)
EBON
67 Across: Fritter (5)
WASTE
68 Across: Tasso's patron (4)
ESTE
69 Across: Actress Daly (4)
TYNE

Down Answers

1 Down: Graceland name (5)
ELVIS
2 Down: Rent (5)
LEASE
3 Down: Bandleader Lester ___ (5)
LANIN
4 Down: German-born philosopher: 1906-75 (6)
ARENDT
5 Down: Famed Haarlem name (4)
HALS
6 Down: "What's ___ for me?" (4)
INIT
7 Down: Surprise (7)
STARTLE
8 Down: Ballerina Geva (6)
TAMARA
9 Down: Actor Davis (5)
OSSIE
10 Down: Sean or William (4)
PENN
11 Down: "___ Diary": Twain (4)
EVES
12 Down: What garlic buds do (4)
REEK
13 Down: Rooney or Williams (4)
ANDY
22 Down: Prolix (7)
VERBOSE
24 Down: Nice sugar (5)
SUCRE
27 Down: Scrappy fellow (7)
BATTLER
28 Down: Seagoing initials (3)
USS
29 Down: Prefix with chord (3)
TRI
30 Down: Cubitus (4)
ULNA
31 Down: Almost (4)
NIGH
32 Down: A son of Seth (4)
ENOS
33 Down: Cupid (4)
AMOR
34 Down: Histrion's quest (4)
ROLE
35 Down: Basso Pinza or Flagello (4)
EZIO
38 Down: Grinding material (5)
EMERY
40 Down: Lindbergh and Post: Abbr. (3)
AVS
41 Down: Pop (3)
DAD
43 Down: Bluegrass instruments (7)
BANJOES
47 Down: Seer (6)
ORACLE
48 Down: Musical group (6)
SEPTET
49 Down: Part of a knight's armor (5)
TASSE
51 Down: Sheik of ___ (5)
ARABY
52 Down: Grand ___ National Park (5)
TETON
53 Down: Book back (5)
SPINE
54 Down: Opinion (4)
VIEW
55 Down: Gumbo ingredient (4)
OKRA
56 Down: St.-Lô negatives (4)
NONS
57 Down: Wood feature (4)
KNOT
58 Down: He loves: Lat. (4)
AMAT
59 Down: Word after bar (4)
NONE

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