New York Times Answers - Friday, 21st December 1990 There are 36 across clues and 34 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 21st December 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CringeGROVELAAcross 7: NotedFAMEDAAcross 12: Private chapelORATORYAAcross 13: Looked for foodFORAGEDAAcross 15: ConciseLACONICAAcross 16: Pizza spiceOREGANOAAcross 17: Penrod's dogDUKEAAcross 18: WhitHOOTAAcross 20: AstringentALUMAAcross 21: Coarse personAPEAAcross 22: Ski-slope moundMOGULAAcross 24: Chemical compoundAZIDEAAcross 25: FirmSETAAcross 26: "I smell ___"ARATAAcross 27: Treats maliciouslySPITESAAcross 28: Sammy Cahn is oneLYRISTAAcross 30: DawdledMOONEDAAcross 31: Lotion plantALOEAAcross 32: River in Poland, to GermansALLEAAcross 33: DeceivesCOZENSAAcross 35: Less tightLOOSERAAcross 38: PreadultsMINORSAAcross 39: Mild oathDANGAAcross 40: ___ de plumeNOMAAcross 42: Anatomical passagesITERSAAcross 43: ChubbyPUDGYAAcross 44: River in PortugalTUAAAcross 45: PlagiarizeCRIBAAcross 46: Indonesian islandALORAAcross 47: Spring periodLENTAAcross 48: Lesser nobleman, in SpainHIDALGOAAcross 50: Canada gooseOUTARDEAAcross 53: Made into lawENACTEDAAcross 54: In a silly wayINANELYAAcross 55: Glacial ridgeESKARAAcross 56: Cheap and gaudyTAWDRYDDown 1: Soft hailGRAUPELDDown 2: RaffishRACKETYDDown 3: North American IndianOTOEDDown 4: Ludwig ___ BeethovenVONDDown 5: SilkwormERIDDown 6: Roofed churchyard structuresLYCHGATESDDown 7: Ord, e.g.FORTDDown 8: "You ___ There"AREDDown 9: PeriodicalsMAGAZINESDDown 10: A goal of the French RevolutionEGALITEDDown 11: StrippedDENUDEDDDown 12: ___ the hillsOLDASDDown 13: DoltFOOLDDown 14: Cathedral topsDOMESDDown 19: Baseball callOUTDDown 22: "Marilyn" author's familyMAILERSDDown 23: Bean and WellesORSONSDDown 24: Excuse, sometimesAPOLOGYDDown 27: GoodbyeSO LONGDDown 29: Kind of hogRAZORBACKDDown 30: ClumsyMALADROITDDown 33: Yellow variety of quartzCITRINEDDown 34: Iroquois IndiansONEIDASDDown 36: Computer-terminal worker, e.g.ENTERERDDown 37: In a blunt mannerROUNDLYDDown 38: Round French loafMICHEDDown 39: Two-piano pieceDUODDown 41: Chummy, in CheshireMATEYDDown 43: TrudgePLODDDown 46: Ripening agentAGERDDown 47: Bring an aircraft downLANDDDown 49: Like balloons: Abbr.LTADDown 51: Actress MerkelUNADDown 52: Shooter marbleTAW