Friday Crossword — January 8, 1999 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 1/8/1999. By Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Quigley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Big name in basketball (9)
- AIRJORDAN
- 10 Across: Fills up (5)
- SATES
- 15 Across: Steps up (9)
- STAIRCASE
- 16 Across: Pastry filler (5)
- CREME
- 17 Across: 1892 Leoncavallo opera (9)
- PAGLIACCI
- 18 Across: "Dead ___" (1991 thriller) (5)
- AGAIN
- 19 Across: Blue bloods (5)
- ELITE
- 20 Across: Some landing sites (9)
- HELIPORTS
- 22 Across: "Under a Glass Bell" writer (3)
- NIN
- 23 Across: It's a sin (4)
- LUST
- 25 Across: "Julius Caesar" setting (6)
- SENATE
- 26 Across: Thousand-plus-pager (4)
- SAGA
- 28 Across: ___ kebab (5)
- SHISH
- 30 Across: Fuse (3)
- WED
- 31 Across: Take off (6)
- DEDUCT
- 33 Across: 1940 Fonda role (4)
- JOAD
- 35 Across: Mr. Muscles (5)
- HEMAN
- 36 Across: Words repeated in "If ___ meet ___..." (5)
- ABODY
- 38 Across: Musical Mitchell (4)
- JONI
- 39 Across: PC key (6)
- DELETE
- 41 Across: Kind of reaction (3)
- GUT
- 42 Across: Public address system? (5)
- CSPAN
- 43 Across: Sales force (4)
- REPS
- 47 Across: City northwest of Syracuse (6)
- OSWEGO
- 50 Across: Court records (4)
- ACTA
- 52 Across: Drops on the ground (3)
- DEW
- 53 Across: Didn't budge (9)
- STAYEDPUT
- 55 Across: Coo or cuckoo (5)
- NOISE
- 57 Across: Internet destinations (5)
- SITES
- 58 Across: Shut off (from) (9)
- ALIENATED
- 60 Across: Like 11-Down (5)
- INERT
- 61 Across: Chat (9)
- TETEATETE
- 62 Across: Inherently (5)
- PERSE
- 63 Across: "Reeling in the Years" rock group (9)
- STEELYDAN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Trees with sawtooth-edged leaves (6)
- ASPENS
- 2 Down: Umberto II was its last king (6)
- ITALIA
- 3 Down: Afire (6)
- RAGING
- 4 Down: Leave alone (4)
- JILT
- 5 Down: Oxford University college since 1326 (5)
- ORIEL
- 6 Down: New York's former ___ Building (3)
- RCA
- 7 Down: They have their ears close to the ground (10)
- DACHSHUNDS
- 8 Down: Monk, perhaps (7)
- ASCETIC
- 9 Down: Singer Young (4)
- NEIL
- 10 Down: Suffix with sea or moon (5)
- SCAPE
- 11 Down: Number 18 (5)
- ARGON
- 12 Down: Easily detached (8)
- TEARAWAY
- 13 Down: Uttered (7)
- EMITTED
- 14 Down: Had a hunch (6)
- SENSED
- 21 Down: Suffix with clown or brown (3)
- ISH
- 24 Down: Stamp of approval (4)
- USDA
- 27 Down: Gulf port (4)
- ADEN
- 29 Down: Drip source (10)
- STALACTITE
- 32 Down: Brit. recording giant (3)
- EMI
- 33 Down: Minim (3)
- JOT
- 34 Down: Baltic Sea tributary (4)
- ODER
- 35 Down: Trouble, so to speak (8)
- HOTWATER
- 37 Down: Proclivity (4)
- BENT
- 38 Down: Marquis de Sade novel (7)
- JUSTINE
- 40 Down: Military decoration (7)
- EPAULET
- 41 Down: Tabloid topic (6)
- GOSSIP
- 42 Down: Like some pymts. (3)
- COD
- 44 Down: Exchanged words? (6)
- EDITED
- 45 Down: Cuenca coin (6)
- PESETA
- 46 Down: Its flag has a yellow cross on a blue background (6)
- SWEDEN
- 48 Down: Onlookers (5)
- EYERS
- 49 Down: Romance (5)
- GESTE
- 51 Down: Record of one year (5)
- ANNAL
- 54 Down: Some congratulations (4)
- PATS
- 56 Down: Like some cereal (4)
- OATY
- 59 Down: A foot wide? (3)
- EEE
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