Wednesday Crossword — January 20, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 1/20/1999. By Fred Piscop.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Lydia" poet (4)
CATO
5 Across: Beethoven dedicatee (5)
ELISE
10 Across: Dugout, for one (4)
BOAT
14 Across: "Jake's Thing" author (4)
AMIS
15 Across: "O come, ___..." (5)
ALLYE
16 Across: Prefix with skeleton (4)
ENDO
17 Across: Fairy who loved Peter (10)
TINKERBELL
19 Across: "Show Girl" tune (4)
LIZA
20 Across: At home, but available (6)
ONCALL
21 Across: Popped in on (7)
VISITED
23 Across: ___ Dame (5)
NOTRE
24 Across: Individually (6)
APIECE
26 Across: Noted name in civil rights (11)
MEDGAREVERS
31 Across: Modern ink source (3)
SOY
34 Across: It's served in spots (3)
TEA
35 Across: Not o'er (5)
NEATH
36 Across: Galoot (3)
APE
37 Across: One of the Brady Bunch (3)
JAN
38 Across: Deposit (3)
PUT
40 Across: Galilee, e.g. (3)
SEA
41 Across: Horse of the Year, 1960-64 (5)
KELSO
43 Across: ___ Percé (3)
NEZ
44 Across: Abbr. for F. Lee Bailey (3)
ESQ
45 Across: Risk-taker's declaration (11)
ILLCHANCEIT
49 Across: Like some tennis courts (6)
INDOOR
50 Across: Footnote abbr. (5)
OPCIT
55 Across: Goes postal (7)
LOSESIT
58 Across: What "I love" in a 1915 Irving Berlin song (6)
APIANO
59 Across: Stratford's stream (4)
AVON
60 Across: Hint to this puzzle's theme (10)
DOUBLEPLAY
63 Across: Like some plating (4)
ZINC
64 Across: Photographer Adams (5)
ANSEL
65 Across: 60's talk show host Joe (4)
PYNE
66 Across: Beat by a nose (4)
EDGE
67 Across: Broken-down (5)
SEEDY
68 Across: Pink-slipped (4)
AXED

Down Answers

1 Down: "___ a Hot Tin Roof" (5)
CATON
2 Down: Acid type (5)
AMINO
3 Down: Color slightly (5)
TINCT
4 Down: Schindler of "Schindler's List" (5)
OSKAR
5 Down: Suffolk, for one, in Shakespeare (4)
EARL
6 Down: Legal deg. (3)
LLB
7 Down: ___ Royale, N.S. (3)
ILE
8 Down: Popular Nicole Hollander comic (6)
SYLVIA
9 Down: More slippery (6)
EELIER
10 Down: Trust in (7)
BELIEVE
11 Down: "Don't bet ___!" (4)
ONIT
12 Down: Wood trimmer (4)
ADZE
13 Down: Sticky-tongued critter (4)
TOAD
18 Down: Kind of sch. (4)
ELEM
22 Down: Hound's trail (5)
SCENT
24 Down: Mideast port (4)
ADEN
25 Down: Links letters (3)
PGA
27 Down: LAX guesstimate (3)
ETA
28 Down: The life of Riley (4)
EASE
29 Down: A.A.A. suggestions (4)
RTES
30 Down: Hoops nickname (4)
SHAQ
31 Down: Literary pseudonym (4)
SAKI
32 Down: European car (4)
OPEL
33 Down: "Gimme a C!" etc. (4)
YELL
37 Down: Long ___ (5)
JOHNS
38 Down: Use a keyhole, perhaps (4)
PEER
39 Down: Dangerous gun (3)
UZI
42 Down: Knowledge (7)
SCIENCE
43 Down: Certain G.I. (3)
NCO
46 Down: Gymwear name (6)
ADIDAS
47 Down: Zero (6)
NOTONE
48 Down: Hit the bottle (4)
TOPE
51 Down: "___ Passes" (Browning poem) (5)
PIPPA
52 Down: Flower part (5)
CALYX
53 Down: Lacking substance (5)
INANE
54 Down: Fiddled (5)
TOYED
55 Down: Loaf (4)
LAZE
56 Down: "Tristia" poet (4)
OVID
57 Down: Dance's partner (4)
SONG
58 Down: Compatriot (4)
ALLY
61 Down: Bring into play (3)
USE
62 Down: Convertible, after conversion (3)
BED

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