New York Times Answers - Thursday, 24th May 1990 There are 38 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 24th May 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Inge's "A ___ of Roses"LOSSAAcross 5: CenterLOCUSAAcross 10: Hunt's "___ Ben Adhem"ABOUAAcross 14: Official proceedingsACTAAAcross 15: ActiveALIVEAAcross 16: Actress in "The Black Stallion"GARRAAcross 17: Aggressive, amplified rock musicHEAVY METALAAcross 19: Teen's woeACNEAAcross 20: Kind of reelTAKE-UPAAcross 20: Kind of reelTAKEUPAAcross 21: Fitzgerald or RainesELLAAAcross 23: EssentialKEYAAcross 24: Hero followerINEAAcross 25: Dodecanese islandKOSAAcross 27: Painter of "On the Stage"DEGASAAcross 29: Lacking individualityCOOKIE-CUTTERAAcross 33: Grassy plainsSAVANNASAAcross 36: "The ___ Kid," 1984 filmKARATEAAcross 37: Kind of glass or tablePIERAAcross 38: What a kindly R.N. dispensesTLCAAcross 40: Brian Boru's landEIREAAcross 41: ImmatureUNRIPEAAcross 44: ObliterationsERASURESAAcross 47: Approves automaticallyRUBBERSTAMPSAAcross 49: U.S. Open tennis champ: 1963OSUNAAAcross 50: ___ culpaMEAAAcross 51: Blonde shadeASHAAcross 54: Dog tags, e.g.IDSAAcross 56: Count (on)RELYAAcross 58: MartRIALTOAAcross 60: Rack's partnerRUINAAcross 62: Indisputable evidenceSMOKING GUNAAcross 64: ___ spumanteASTIAAcross 65: SignTOKENAAcross 66: Lévesque of QuebecRENEAAcross 67: Ferryman Charon's riverSTYXAAcross 68: UprightONENDAAcross 69: ChichiARTYDDown 1: Actress ChristineLAHTIDDown 2: Vast expanseOCEANDDown 3: Prop in vampire flicksSTAKEDDown 4: Moog featSAVEDDown 5: SatireLAMPOONDDown 6: Novelist RölvaagOLEDDown 7: CommendCITEDDown 8: City in SW TexasUVALDEDDown 9: Actor in "Her Alibi"SELLECKDDown 10: ___ KhanAGADDown 11: FurtiveBACKSTAIRDDown 12: Department in NW FranceORNEDDown 13: Nobelist in Chemistry: 1934UREYDDown 18: Service's "The Law of the ___"YUKONDDown 22: Juan's waterAGUADDown 26: Card game for threeSKATDDown 28: Father of AgamemnonATREUSDDown 29: Indians of the West IndiesCARIBSDDown 30: Anagram for tilesISLETDDown 31: French I verbETREDDown 32: British actor Roger ___REESDDown 33: GoadSPURDDown 34: Japanese aborigineAINUDDown 35: LoquaciousnessVERBOSITYDDown 39: PackCRAMDDown 42: François's fearPEURDDown 43: Cuban composer LecuonaERNESTODDown 45: Eskimo or Oto, e.g.AMERINDDDown 46: Hard word for Eliza DoolittleSPAINDDown 48: ___ Chase, Chief Justice: 1864-73SALMONDDown 51: Rags-to-riches authorALGERDDown 52: Air-show featureSTUNTDDown 53: Provender for the Owl and the PussycatHONEYDDown 54: Some nest eggs, for shortIRASDDown 55: Waugh's "A Handful of ___"DUSTDDown 57: CoupleYOKEDDown 59: Taj Mahal siteAGRADDown 61: VetoNIXDDown 63: UnderstandingKENDDown 63: UnderstandingKEN.