New York Times Answers - Friday, 24th August 1990 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 24th August 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: RowSCRAPAAcross 6: Before surgery, in hosp. argotPREOPAAcross 11: ThudBAMAAcross 14: "___ in the Dark," 1982 filmALONEAAcross 15: ChillingEERIEAAcross 16: Scorpius neighborARAAAcross 17: Hayworth title roleGILDAAAcross 18: Wading birdSTILTAAcross 19: SousedLITAAcross 20: PeevishSPLENETICAAcross 22: AngryUPSETAAcross 24: Grapevine concernRUMORAAcross 25: "___ Be Kind," 1938 songPLEASEAAcross 26: Type of earthenwareFIESTAAAcross 29: Publisher-critic Joel ___ Spingarn: 1875-1939ELIASAAcross 31: A Guthrie in "Alice's Restaurant"ARLOAAcross 32: Back another's promissory noteCO-SIGNAAcross 32: Back another's promissory noteCOSIGNAAcross 34: British builder's barZEDAAcross 37: Sanhedrin, e.g.COUNCILAAcross 39: DilettanteESTHETEAAcross 41: Photography abbr.ENLAAcross 42: Most fitHALESTAAcross 44: "Artaxerxes" composerARNEAAcross 45: Xinjiang oasisHOTANAAcross 46: EncroachmentINROADAAcross 48: TractableDOCILEAAcross 51: Churchill's "___ Finest Hour"THEIRAAcross 53: FumingIRATEAAcross 54: Peppery; testyIRASCIBLEAAcross 58: Coach-and-fourRIGAAcross 59: Johnson of decathlon fameRAFERAAcross 61: Brickell and AdamsEDIESAAcross 62: Turn rightGEEAAcross 63: Long series of woesILIADAAcross 64: Springarn Medal presenterNAACPAAcross 65: Town on the OuseELYAAcross 66: FelineCATTYAAcross 67: ExaltENSKYDDown 1: FlagsSAGSDDown 2: SwindleCLIPDDown 3: BrötchenROLLDDown 4: A star in "Rebecca": 1940ANDERSONDDown 5: Certain galleryPEANUTDDown 6: Italian saucePESTODDown 7: Ballet movementsRETIRESDDown 8: Stoltz of "Mask"ERICDDown 9: Balm baseOILDDown 10: TouchyPETULANTDDown 11: Life raftBALSADDown 12: Heavenly butterARIESDDown 13: Roughened surfaceMATTEDDown 21: Make abnormally leanEMACIATEDDown 23: Footlike partPESDDown 25: Filthy placesPIGSTIESDDown 26: ConfrontFACEDDown 27: MangleIRONDDown 28: Jewish monthELULDDown 30: TaradiddlesLIESDDown 33: Spanish stewOLLADDown 34: The mark of sorrowZERODDown 35: Pittsburgh suburbETNADDown 36: DoingDEEDDDown 38: IrritableCHOLERICDDown 40: NagHARRIDANDDown 43: BeseechENTREATDDown 45: BeltHITDDown 47: ___ Creed: A.D. 325NICENEDDown 48: "Dies Irae" is oneDIRGEDDown 49: Protruding windowORIELDDown 50: ShrewdCAGEYDDown 52: StrongHARDYDDown 54: "___ Die": GideIFITDDown 55: PredisposeBIASDDown 56: Leaky, in LübeckLECKDDown 57: Make outESPYDDown 60: ___ rigueur (literally)ALADDown 60: ___ rigueur (literally)ALA.