Friday Crossword — January 15, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 1/15/1999. By John Wolting.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Chopin's style (11)
ROMANTICISM
12 Across: Sites for bites (13)
LUNCHEONETTES
14 Across: Stop dreaming (15)
COMEDOWNTOEARTH
16 Across: Parts of royal regalia (4)
ORBS
17 Across: A mail carrier has one: Abbr. (3)
RTE
18 Across: Copy (5)
MIMEO
19 Across: Harris of "thirtysomething" (3)
MEL
20 Across: One carrying a back pack (3)
ASS
21 Across: Fox sci-fi series (7)
SLIDERS
23 Across: Brother-to-be (6)
PLEDGE
25 Across: 1956 crisis site (4)
SUEZ
26 Across: Course abbr. (3)
NNE
27 Across: Hitchcockian (5)
EERIE
28 Across: Parts of hearts (6)
VALVES
30 Across: Job for a speech coach (4)
LISP
31 Across: Christmas decoration (5)
HOLLY
32 Across: Salt mines (4)
PITS
36 Across: Bowman of hockey (6)
SCOTTY
38 Across: Russian retreat (5)
DACHA
39 Across: Pendleton of Dr. Kildare films (3)
NAT
42 Across: Follow (4)
OBEY
43 Across: Tribulation (6)
MISERY
44 Across: Much-admired First Lady (7)
ELEANOR
46 Across: Burn source, sometimes (3)
RUG
47 Across: Wax producer (3)
BEE
48 Across: Ranges (5)
ROAMS
49 Across: Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" (3)
TIS
50 Across: Prove durable (4)
WEAR
51 Across: Precalamity pronouncement (15)
FAMOUSLASTWORDS
55 Across: Stars produce it (13)
NUCLEARENERGY
56 Across: Stiff examinations? (11)
POSTMORTEMS

Down Answers

1 Down: Gang fighters (8)
RUMBLERS
2 Down: People (4)
ONES
3 Down: Fast-food chain, in the ad biz (3)
MCD
4 Down: Ponied up? (6)
AHORSE
5 Down: Red-spotted creatures (5)
NEWTS
6 Down: Kind of poem (4)
TONE
7 Down: Investment consideration: Abbr. (3)
INT
8 Down: Business big (3)
CEO
9 Down: Catalogue (7)
ITEMIZE
10 Down: Far from flighty (5)
STAID
11 Down: Half-humans of folklore (6)
MERMEN
12 Down: Siren (7)
LORELEI
13 Down: Finger-wagging (5)
STERN
14 Down: Drive (6)
COMPEL
15 Down: It can go to blazes (4)
HOSE
20 Down: Get on (3)
AGE
21 Down: Disgrace (5)
SULLY
22 Down: Duty (4)
LEVY
24 Down: Falls off (4)
DIPS
25 Down: Full of four-letter words (5)
SALTY
28 Down: Ticket examiner (5)
VOTER
29 Down: They have springs (4)
SPAS
31 Down: Bindle bearer (4)
HOBO
33 Down: Seafaring dangers (8)
ICEBERGS
34 Down: Lacking fullness, as the voice (7)
THREADY
35 Down: "Strong Poison" author (6)
SAYERS
37 Down: Attachés (7)
CONSULS
38 Down: Groove on (3)
DIG
39 Down: Toy ball brand (4)
NERF
40 Down: Float ___ (5)
ALOAN
41 Down: Join hands (with) (6)
TEAMUP
43 Down: "You ___!" ("No!") (6)
MUSTNT
45 Down: Shell alternative (5)
AMOCO
46 Down: Speaker's platform (5)
RISER
49 Down: Elephant's-ear (4)
TARO
50 Down: It may be on a hook (4)
WORM
52 Down: Fixed (3)
SET
53 Down: Take a powder (3)
LAM
54 Down: Like a Burnsian mouse (3)
WEE

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