January 30, 1990 NYT Clues Solutions | XWordHint

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📋 Table of Contents

• Puzzle Overview
• Across Clues (37 clues)
• Down Clues (39 clues)
• Puzzle Statistics
• Pro Solving Tips

🧩 Puzzle Overview

Date: January 30, 1990

Difficulty: Challenging

Pro Tip: Start with the fill-in-the-blank clues - they're usually the easiest entry points!

🔤 Across Clues

No.	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1A	"1. Circle parts"	4	Think of something that electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field Similar words include: electric discharge, arc, arch Pattern: ____	Reveal ARCS
2A	"5. Sweet red wine"	4	Think of something that a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country Similar words include: larboard, interface, port wine Opposite of: starboard	Reveal PORT
3A	"9. "Now we ___ be long!": Maugham"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal SHANT
4A	"14. Humble"	4	Think of something that humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness Similar words include: modest, mild, tame Pattern: ____	Reveal MEEK
5A	"15. Buckeye State"	4	Think of something that a midwestern state in north central united states in the great lakes region Similar words include: Ohio River, Buckeye State, OH Pattern: ____	Reveal OHIO
6A	"16. One with a long sentence"	5	Think of something that a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment Pattern: _____	Reveal LIFER
7A	"17. Blair ___ of "L.A. Law""	9	Think of something that the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest Similar words include: undergrowth, underbrush Pattern: _________	Reveal UNDERWOOD
8A	"19. Concur"	5	Think of something that be in accord; be in agreement Similar words include: match, concur, fit in Opposite of: disagree	Reveal AGREE
9A	"20. Fretted"	6	Think of something that be in a huff; be silent or sullen Similar words include: grizzle, stew, boiled Pattern: ______	Reveal STEWED
10A	"21. Poe and Christie, e.g."	7	Think of something that writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) Similar words include: author, generator, source Pattern: _______	Reveal AUTHORS
11A	"23. Jewish ascetic of yore"	6	Think of something that a member of an ascetic jewish sect around the time of jesus Pattern: ______	Reveal ESSENE
12A	"24. Fine silk"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal SYCEE
13A	"25. Actress Bo"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal DEREK
14A	"27. Out-and-out"	6	Think of something that without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers Similar words include: everlasting, pure, staring Pattern: ______	Reveal ARRANT
15A	"31. Emulate Mopsy"	3	Think of something that the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) Similar words include: hops, hop-skip, skip Pattern: ___	Reveal HOP
16A	"34. Weird"	5	Think of something that suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious Similar words include: eery Pattern: _____	Reveal EERIE
17A	"36. "Brown ___," Jagger hit"	5	Think of something that a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative Similar words include: carbohydrate, shekels, bread Pattern: _____	Reveal SUGAR
18A	"37. Of grandparents"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal AVAL
19A	"39. Bell sounds"	5	Think of something that a ringing sound Similar words include: dong, dent, gouge Pattern: _____	Reveal DINGS
20A	"41. "___ Kelly's Blues," Cahn-Heindorf song"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal PETE
21A	"42. A king of Judea"	5	Think of something that king of judea who (according to the new testament) tried to kill jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in bethlehem (73-4 bc) Similar words include: Herod the Great Pattern: _____	Reveal HEROD
22A	"44. Fasteners"	5	Think of something that the act of catching an object with the hands Similar words include: piece of cake, gingersnap, click Opposite of: inelasticity	Reveal SNAPS
23A	"46. Female rabbit"	3	Think of something that the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the united states; created in 1977 Similar words include: Energy, Energy Department, Department of Energy Pattern: ___	Reveal DOE
24A	"47. Reply"	6	Think of something that a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation Similar words include: respond, resolve, response Opposite of: question	Reveal ANSWER
25A	"49. Avon family"	5	Think of something that any place of complete bliss and delight and peace Similar words include: Shangri-la, paradise, Eden Pattern: _____	Reveal EDENS
26A	"51. Celtic priesthood member"	5	Think of something that a pre-christian priest among the celts of ancient gaul and britain and ireland Pattern: _____	Reveal DRUID
27A	"53. Roman official"	6	Think of something that a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country Pattern: ______	Reveal CONSUL
28A	"57. Natives of Apia"	7	Think of something that a native or inhabitant of the samoan islands Similar words include: Samoan Pattern: _______	Reveal SAMOANS
29A	"60. Continuously blow on a flute"	6	Think of something that the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument Pattern: ______	Reveal TOOTLE
30A	"61. Felix Adler, e.g."	5	Think of something that a rude or vulgar fool Similar words include: merry andrew, buffoon, antic Pattern: _____	Reveal CLOWN
31A	"62. Charge too much for"	9	Think of something that price excessively high Pattern: _________	Reveal OVERPRICE
32A	"65. " ... and fell ___ thieves ... ": Luke 10:30"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal AMONG
33A	"66. Shade of green"	4	Think of something that the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern africa into the mediterranean; the nile river valley in egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization Similar words include: Nile River Pattern: ____	Reveal NILE
34A	"67. Eternally"	4	Think of something that at any time Similar words include: of all time, e'er, always Opposite of: never	Reveal EVER
35A	"68. Parsonage"	5	Think of something that a large and imposing house Similar words include: mansion house, residence, mansion Pattern: _____	Reveal MANSE
36A	"69. Morays"	4	Think of something that the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in europe and america; large eels are usually smoked or pickled Similar words include: eel Pattern: ____	Reveal EELS
37A	"70. Sun. talks"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal SERS

🔽 Down Clues

No.	Clue	Letters	Hints	Answer
1D	"1. Entertain"	5	Think of something that occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion Similar words include: divert, disport Pattern: _____	Reveal AMUSE
2D	"2. Leases"	5	Think of something that a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service Similar words include: hire, snag, rip Pattern: _____	Reveal RENTS
3D	"3. Surrenders"	5	Think of something that give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another Similar words include: concede, yield, surrender Pattern: _____	Reveal CEDES
4D	"4. Slanted"	6	Think of something that turn or place at an angle Similar words include: skew Opposite of: align	Reveal SKEWED
5D	"5. Like most perukes"	8	Think of something that make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust Similar words include: pulverise, fine-grained, powder Pattern: ________	Reveal POWDERED
6D	"6. Exclamation of surprise"	3	Pattern: ___	Reveal OHO
7D	"7. A Brazilian coffee"	3	Think of something that the former capital and 2nd largest city of brazil; chief brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction Similar words include: Rio de Janeiro Pattern: ___	Reveal RIO
8D	"8. TV morning show"	5	Think of something that the present time or age Similar words include: nowadays, now Pattern: _____	Reveal TODAY
9D	"9. Some roofers or critics"	7	Think of something that any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats Similar words include: slater, woodlouse Pattern: _______	Reveal SLATERS
10D	"10. Bigwig"	8	Pattern: ________	Reveal HIGHERUP
11D	"11. Kind of hairdo"	4	Think of something that a rounded thickly curled hairdo Similar words include: Afro hairdo Pattern: ____	Reveal AFRO
12D	"12. ___-do-well"	4	Think of something that (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman Similar words include: nee Pattern: ____	Reveal NEER
13D	"13. Very, in Versailles"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal TRES
14D	"18. Actress Taylor"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal RENEE
15D	"22. Fiddler-crab genus"	3	Think of something that fiddler crabs Similar words include: genus Uca Pattern: ___	Reveal UCA
16D	"24. Peeled"	7	Think of something that climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Similar words include: peel, scrape, scramble Opposite of: skinless	Reveal SKINNED
17D	"26. Greek goddess of discord"	4	Think of something that (greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of ares Pattern: ____	Reveal ERIS
18D	"28. Matured"	4	Think of something that people who are old collectively Similar words include: senior, of age, get on Opposite of: young, rejuvenate	Reveal AGED
19D	"29. Western alliance"	4	Think of something that an international organization created in 1949 by the north atlantic treaty for purposes of collective security Similar words include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Pattern: ____	Reveal NATO
20D	"30. Kind of sparrow or swallow"	4	Think of something that a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms Similar words include: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, corner, tree diagram Pattern: ____	Reveal TREE
21D	"31. Sunken fence"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal HAHA
22D	"32. Baking chamber"	4	Think of something that kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting Pattern: ____	Reveal OVEN
23D	"33. Golf scores"	4	Think of something that (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course Similar words include: equality, equation, par Pattern: ____	Reveal PARS
24D	"35. Mild oath"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal EGAD
25D	"38. Inside items of information"	8	Pattern: ________	Reveal LOWDOWNS
26D	"40. Aylesbury apparitions"	8	Think of something that a ghostly appearing figure Similar words include: ghost, wraith, phantasm Pattern: ________	Reveal SPECTRES
27D	"43. Upset; madden"	7	Think of something that derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane Similar words include: throw out of kilter, unbalance, perturb Pattern: _______	Reveal DERANGE
28D	"45. Search intrusively"	5	Think of something that a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others Similar words include: snooper, spy, stag Pattern: _____	Reveal SNOOP
29D	"48. Operate"	3	Think of something that a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely Similar words include: streak, campaign, work Opposite of: malfunction, idle	Reveal RUN
30D	"50. Nocturnal noises"	6	Think of something that the rattling noise produced when snoring Similar words include: stertor, saw wood, snore Pattern: ______	Reveal SNORES
31D	"52. "The Lord our God ___ Lord": Deut. 6:4"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal ISONE
32D	"54. Chaucerian stew"	5	Pattern: _____	Reveal STIVE
33D	"55. Workaholic's comeuppance"	5	Think of something that a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue Similar words include: ulceration Pattern: _____	Reveal ULCER
34D	"56. Looks askance"	5	Think of something that a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls Similar words include: leer, sneer Pattern: _____	Reveal LEERS
35D	"57. Confidence game"	4	Think of something that a fraudulent business scheme Similar words include: swindle, victimize, goldbrick Pattern: ____	Reveal SCAM
36D	"58. ___ mater"	4	Pattern: ____	Reveal ALMA
37D	"59. Mullins of comics"	4	Think of something that the natural satellite of the earth Similar words include: moonlight, lunar month, moonshine Pattern: ____	Reveal MOON
38D	"63. Compete"	3	Think of something that compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others Similar words include: compete, contend Pattern: ___	Reveal VIE
39D	"64. Building wing"	3	Think of something that an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building Pattern: ___	Reveal ELL

📊 Puzzle Statistics

37 Across Clues

39 Down Clues

76 Total Clues

💡 Pro Solving Tips

• Start with short words: 3-4 letter answers are often easier to guess
• Look for common prefixes/suffixes: UN-, RE-, -ING, -ED are frequent
• Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually your best starting points
• Cross-referencing: Use intersecting letters to verify your answers
• Theme awareness: Many puzzles have themed answers that relate to each other

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