Thursday Crossword — January 7, 1999 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 1/7/1999. By William I. Johnston.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Creators of booms (4)
- SSTS
- 5 Across: Like some classical architecture (5)
- DORIC
- 10 Across: Free (3)
- UNBLOCK
- 13 Across: Kind of pricing (4)
- UNIT
- 14 Across: Levi's "Christ Stopped at ___" (5)
- EBOLI
- 15 Across: Midvoyage (4)
- ASEA
- 16 Across: Lowest card in pinochle (4)
- NINE
- 17 Across: He follows Jay (5)
- CONAN
- 18 Across: Marionette maker Tony (4)
- SARG
- 19 Across: Some outdoor festivals (8)
- BLOCKPARTIES
- 21 Across: Case in Latin (6)
- DATIVE
- 23 Across: Loaded Londoners (4)
- NOBS
- 24 Across: Turns in (7)
- RETIRES
- 25 Across: Bring to light (6)
- EXHUME
- 28 Across: Elvis's middle name (4)
- ARON
- 29 Across: Obstacle (10)
- STUMBLINGBLOCK
- 32 Across: Duffer's dream (3)
- ACE
- 35 Across: Lock (5)
- TRESS
- 36 Across: It may be missed (3)
- CUE
- 37 Across: Assayer's measure (5)
- KARAT
- 39 Across: Fooled (3)
- HAD
- 40 Across: Hoisting apparatus (10)
- BLOCKANDTACKLE
- 42 Across: Conceal, as cards (4)
- PALM
- 44 Across: Outbursts (6)
- SPASMS
- 45 Across: Asylum seeker (7)
- REFUGEE
- 48 Across: Fall follower (4)
- THUD
- 49 Across: Frittata (6)
- OMELET
- 50 Across: Novelist's frustration (8)
- WRITERSBLOCK
- 54 Across: Ne plus ultra (4)
- ACME
- 55 Across: Judge, e.g. (5)
- TRIER
- 57 Across: Country singer Mason (4)
- MILA
- 58 Across: ___ ex machina (4)
- DEUS
- 59 Across: Bother terribly (5)
- EATAT
- 60 Across: Bumped off (4)
- ICED
- 61 Across: Tight end, at times (3)
- BLOCKER
- 62 Across: Doesn't work (5)
- RESTS
- 63 Across: It may be cracked (4)
- CODE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Beach application (4)
- SUNBLOCK
- 2 Down: Trim (4)
- SNIP
- 3 Down: "Pride's Crossing" playwright Howe (4)
- TINA
- 4 Down: Breastbones (8)
- STERNUMS
- 5 Down: Amount of sound (7)
- DECIBEL
- 6 Down: They're found among the reeds (5)
- OBOES
- 7 Down: Silver and Brown (4)
- RONS
- 8 Down: Dockworkers' org. (3)
- ILA
- 9 Down: Masonry unit (7)
- CINDERBLOCK
- 10 Down: Carrier name until 1997 (5)
- USAIR
- 11 Down: Chutzpah (5)
- NERVE
- 12 Down: Artery problems (5)
- BLOCKAGES
- 15 Down: Actor John of "The Addams Family" (5)
- ASTIN
- 20 Down: Valley of the Kings sites (5)
- TOMBS
- 22 Down: From ___ Z (3)
- ATO
- 24 Down: Wasn't merely mad (5)
- RAGED
- 25 Down: Job preceder: Abbr. (4)
- ESTH
- 26 Down: Remarkably, in commercialese (4)
- XTRA
- 27 Down: Shaded (4)
- HUED
- 30 Down: First of Caesar's claims (5)
- ICAME
- 31 Down: Sister or mother (3)
- NUN
- 32 Down: Places of protection (4)
- ARKS
- 33 Down: Yachter's bane (4)
- CALM
- 34 Down: Times for vacances (4)
- ETES
- 37 Down: Done for (5)
- KAPUT
- 38 Down: Kind of year (8)
- ACADEMIC
- 40 Down: Sans-serif typeface (7)
- BLOCKLETTER
- 41 Down: Vacation souvenirs (7)
- TSHIRTS
- 42 Down: Whines (5)
- PULES
- 43 Down: Tree rings indication (3)
- AGE
- 45 Down: Dragnet operation (5)
- ROADBLOCK
- 46 Down: Host (5)
- EMCEE
- 47 Down: Leg bone (5)
- FEMUR
- 48 Down: Doctor (5)
- TREAT
- 50 Down: Clever ones (4)
- WITS
- 51 Down: Anticrime acronym (4)
- RICO
- 52 Down: Where runners are found (4)
- SLED
- 53 Down: It may get a runaround (4)
- BLOCKADE
- 56 Down: "Norma ___" (3)
- RAE
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