New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 24th October 1990 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 24th October 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: As busy as ___ABEEAAcross 5: Workers under Bligh or QueegCREWAAcross 9: Dog-days wordPHEWAAcross 13: Pilgrimage to MeccaHADJAAcross 14: General assembliesPLENAAAcross 15: Alley Oop's girlfriendOOLAAAcross 16: ___ qua non (necessity)SINEAAcross 17: PreparedREADYAAcross 18: Gulp at the barSWIGAAcross 19: Start of a quotationLACKOFMONEYISAAcross 22: Hebrew letterTAVAAcross 23: MarryWEDAAcross 24: OnagerASSAAcross 27: Mind the babyTENDAAcross 30: The Dog StarSIRIUSAAcross 35: Author of the quotationSHAWAAcross 37: UncommonRAREAAcross 39: One thousand kilogramsTONNEAAcross 40: Allegorical play by 35 AcrossHEARTBREAKHOUSEAAcross 43: Conger catcherEELERAAcross 44: Spelunker's milieuCAVEAAcross 45: Frawley's role in "I Love Lucy"FREDAAcross 46: Pool groupSTENOSAAcross 48: "Cinderella team" of 1969METSAAcross 50: Suffix with quack or foolERYAAcross 51: ___ tree (cornered)UPAAAcross 53: Quotation continuedTHEAAcross 55: End of quotationROOTOFALLEVILAAcross 62: TrademarkLOGOAAcross 63: Hardy or NorthOLLIEAAcross 64: Currier's partnerIVESAAcross 66: Co-star of "I Spy"CULPAAcross 67: Outwits a schemerFOILSAAcross 68: Traffic markerCONEAAcross 69: Gadgets for NormanTEESAAcross 70: Be persuasiveSWAYAAcross 71: JogTROTDDown 1: Gift openers' soundsAHSDDown 2: Bondsman's concernBAILDDown 3: Author FerberEDNADDown 4: Do a bouncer's jobEJECTDDown 5: Pitch indicatorCLEFDDown 6: Clean a pipe's bowlREAMDDown 7: Provide funds forENDOWDDown 8: John and David of filmsWAYNESDDown 9: NosegayPOSYDDown 10: Jean Kerr's "___ Got to Be Perfect"HOWIDDown 11: Yale teamELISDDown 12: JokerWAGDDown 14: SawPROVERBDDown 20: Krazy ___ of comicsKATDDown 21: Mrs. BunkerEDITHDDown 24: Sackcloth's partnerASHESDDown 25: Line used for adjusting a sailSHEETDDown 26: Elbe feederSAALEDDown 28: He pulls in pushersNARCDDown 29: Fond hopeDREAMDDown 31: Fiddler's perchROOFDDown 32: AcclimateINUREDDown 33: A rival of FoytUNSERDDown 34: Down at heelSEEDYDDown 36: Small birdWRENDDown 38: Chalet featureEAVEDDown 41: Cutthroat or steelheadTROUTDDown 42: Ma and Pa of film fameKETTLESDDown 47: LampoonsSPOOFSDDown 49: Haggard novelSHEDDown 52: "Their founts ___ with tears": BrowningAFLOWDDown 54: OustEVICTDDown 55: WomanizerROUEDDown 56: Eye amorouslyOGLEDDown 57: Awkward person's cryOOPSDDown 58: President of AlbaniaALIADDown 59: Symbol of purityLILYDDown 60: Composer NovelloIVORDDown 61: Jay from New RochelleLENODDown 62: D-day vesselLCTDDown 65: Tennis unitSET