Thursday Crossword — January 21, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 1/21/1999. By Randolph Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cause of gray hair (4)
AGER
5 Across: Olympic success (5)
MEDAL
10 Across: They may be collared (4)
PETS
14 Across: Flier's feat (4)
SOLO
15 Across: Professor Hill (5)
ANITA
16 Across: Stub ___ (4)
ATOE
17 Across: Distribute a 1964 Sidney Lumet film (15)
PASSOUTFAILSAFE
20 Across: Bell site (7)
STEEPLE
21 Across: Quarrel (6)
DUSTUP
22 Across: Suds (4)
BEER
23 Across: "High Noon" sheriff Will ___ (4)
KANE
24 Across: Seedy second-floor apartment (13)
RUNDOWNWALKUP
29 Across: 1997 Masters winner (5)
WOODS
31 Across: Frozen dew (4)
HOAR
32 Across: Go ___ (3)
APE
33 Across: 1990's singer Tori (4)
AMOS
34 Across: Substantive (5)
MEATY
36 Across: Nile menace (4)
CROC
37 Across: E.R. employees (3)
RNS
38 Across: Bluebelle, e.g., in old TV ads (4)
AUNT
39 Across: Phony phone caller (5)
CRANK
40 Across: Protest leader (13)
SITINSTANDOUT
44 Across: Awaken (4)
STIR
45 Across: 401(k) cousins (4)
IRAS
46 Across: Blue (6)
EROTIC
49 Across: Racing vehicles (7)
GOCARTS
53 Across: Hipsters' ballpark lunch (15)
COOLCATSHOTDOGS
56 Across: Confusion (4)
HAZE
57 Across: Carnation holder (5)
LAPEL
58 Across: Issue (4)
EMIT
59 Across: Keatsian works (4)
ODES
60 Across: Trades jabs (5)
SPARS
61 Across: N.B.A. personnel (4)
REFS

Down Answers

1 Down: Dangerous nestful (4)
ASPS
2 Down: Charge (4)
GOAT
3 Down: Choice word (4)
ELSE
4 Down: Crown material, in the Wisdom of Solomon (8)
ROSEBUDS
5 Down: Beaten badly (6)
MAULED
6 Down: Intestinal prefix (6)
ENTERO
7 Down: Subtraction amt. (3)
DIF
8 Down: ___ standstill (3)
ATA
9 Down: Used a payment plan (8)
LAIDAWAY
10 Down: Bunch (6)
PASSEL
11 Down: Division politique (4)
ETAT
12 Down: Sukiyaki ingredient (4)
TOFU
13 Down: Slip (in) (4)
SEEP
18 Down: Leads the bidding (5)
OPENS
19 Down: Like some calendars (5)
LUNAR
23 Down: Masseur's target (4)
KNOT
24 Down: It's ruled (5)
ROOST
25 Down: "___ Fool Believes" (1979 #1 hit) (5)
WHATA
26 Down: Jeweler's unit (5)
KARAT
27 Down: Familiar with (4)
UPON
28 Down: Amount of corn (4)
PECK
29 Down: Occasions when the arms are raised (4)
WARS
30 Down: Hawks' former arena (4)
OMNI
34 Down: Broadway fare (8)
MUSICALS
35 Down: ___'acte (4)
ENTR
36 Down: Person with a cause (8)
CRUSADER
38 Down: Bit of high jinks (5)
ANTIC
39 Down: Do together (5)
COACT
41 Down: Carpet fibers (6)
ISTLES
42 Down: Closer (6)
NIGHER
43 Down: Needs a bib (6)
DROOLS
46 Down: Second time around? (4)
ECHO
47 Down: Way to go (4)
ROAD
48 Down: Slip (in) (4)
OOZE
50 Down: "Coriolanus" setting (4)
ROME
51 Down: Work-weary exclamation (4)
TGIF
52 Down: J.F.K. jets (4)
SSTS
54 Down: Water source (3)
TAP
55 Down: Loser's place? (3)
SPA

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