New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th October 1990 There are 35 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th October 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jennings's employerABCAAcross 4: Hot under the collarIRATEAAcross 9: Actor stung in "The Sting"SHAWAAcross 13: "King ___," Jack Kent comic stripAROOAAcross 14: Stone wareNOVELAAcross 15: Sunny's ___, Derby winner: 1983HALOAAcross 16: Start of a quip re dieting, not smoking, etc.ITSNOTWILLPOWERAAcross 19: Type of bikeTENSPEEDAAcross 20: Used a mangleIRONEDAAcross 21: Medrick or scrayTERNAAcross 22: LampblackSOOTAAcross 23: Aptly named pure-food reformerMCCANNAAcross 26: Homophone for Mame's titleANTEAAcross 27: Wheel projectionCAMAAcross 30: Attain justlyEARNAAcross 31: AmbianceAURAAAcross 33: Actress OberonMERLEAAcross 35: Quip: Part IITHATALLOFUSNEEDAAcross 38: ___ goose (arctic bird)ROSSSAAcross 39: SubstantiveNOUNAAcross 40: Edward de ___ (the "real" Shakespeare?)VEREAAcross 41: Cries of painOWSAAcross 42: Con man's fakerySCAMAAcross 44: "Valse ___": SibeliusTRISTEAAcross 46: Brocket or puduDEERAAcross 47: GraspsSEESAAcross 48: Celia's alias in "As You Like It"ALIENAAAcross 51: Subtle, misleading reasonersCASUISTSAAcross 55: End of the quipBUTITSWONTPOWERAAcross 57: CupidEROSAAcross 58: Horatian creationEPODEAAcross 59: Laughton role: 1932NEROAAcross 60: Ramadan equivalentLENTAAcross 61: PasséDATEDAAcross 62: Carson subjectSEADDown 1: "Vissi d'___," Puccini ariaARTEDDown 2: Capt.'s deck aideBO'S'NDDown 2: Capt.'s deck aideBOS'NDDown 3: Things that don't changeCONSTANTSDDown 4: SubjectiveINTERNALDDown 5: AftermathROWENDDown 6: AthirstAVIDDDown 7: ___ AvivTELDDown 8: Singer Cass ___: 1941-74ELLIOTDDown 9: Trip a shutterSHOOTDDown 10: Actress GoldieHAWNDDown 11: Nautical termALEEDDown 12: TidingsWORDDDown 13: IsletAITDDown 17: CandidOPENDDown 18: IntroductionsPROEMSDDown 22: Mix-up, G.I. styleSNAFUDDown 23: Milan's subwayMETRODDown 24: Bermudan petrelCAHOWDDown 25: BoorishCRASSDDown 26: Woolf's "___ of One's Own"AROOMDDown 27: A Mont. groupCREESDDown 28: Bright-eyed and bushy-tailedALERTDDown 29: Cherubini operaMEDEEDDown 32: Of a forearm boneULNARDDown 34: Pictures mentallyENVISIONSDDown 36: Aye or yeaASSENTDDown 37: RawUNTESTEDDDown 43: Left offCEASEDDDown 45: Enlist again, as a G.I.REUPDDown 46: Voltaire, e.g.DEISTDDown 47: Famed jockeySANDEDDown 48: Fourth personABELDDown 49: Item for a trollerLUREDDown 50: Lay ___ (flatter)ITONDDown 51: Foolish old manCOOTDDown 52: ___ Pea, Popeye's adopteeSWEEDDown 53: Japanese monasteryTERADDown 54: Pleased producer's placardSRODDown 56: An F.D.R. measureWPA