Wednesday Crossword — April 7, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 4/7/1999. By Rich Norris.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Slender-bodied insect (4)
WASP
5 Across: Rogue (5)
SCAMP
10 Across: Kind of sax (4)
ALTO
14 Across: Johnson of "Laugh-In" (4)
ARTE
15 Across: Tyrolean refrain (5)
YODEL
16 Across: Equal (4)
PEER
17 Across: Loses to a late-night host? (15)
SCORESBELOWPAAR
20 Across: W.W. II Gen. ___ Arnold (3)
HAP
21 Across: "September ___" (Neil Diamond hit) (4)
MORN
22 Across: Fuse (4)
WELD
23 Across: Prefix with cycle (3)
UNI
24 Across: Emissions control grp. (3)
EPA
25 Across: It may be wild (5)
DEUCE
28 Across: One of the Fondas (5)
PETER
30 Across: Tout's hangout, briefly (3)
OTB
33 Across: Agile (4)
SPRY
34 Across: Initiates (8)
LAUNCHES
38 Across: Menlo Park monogram (3)
TAE
39 Across: Fills in for an actor? (13)
PULLSACAANJOB
42 Across: Shade maker (3)
ELM
43 Across: Exposed as false (8)
DEBUNKED
44 Across: Ali ___ (4)
BABA
46 Across: Old geog. initials (3)
SSR
47 Across: Bar at the bar (5)
ESTOP
51 Across: "Mr. Tambourine Man" group, with "the" (5)
BYRDS
53 Across: Cutting tool (3)
ADZ
55 Across: Capek play (3)
RUR
56 Across: Put in or take out, maybe (4)
EDIT
58 Across: "Peter Pan" pirate (4)
SMEE
59 Across: "Make ___ double" (3)
ITA
60 Across: What the foreign car driver does after a trip? (15)
TELLSASAABSTORY
64 Across: Look longingly at (4)
OGLE
65 Across: Japanese commercial district (5)
GINZA
66 Across: Together, in music (4)
ADUE
67 Across: Incite (4)
GOAD
68 Across: Have the helm (5)
STEER
69 Across: Sew up (4)
MEND

Down Answers

1 Down: Mom's pre-meal instruction (6)
WASHUP
2 Down: Mysterious (6)
ARCANE
3 Down: "Enough!" (6)
STOPIT
4 Down: A pop (3)
PER
5 Down: On-line V.I.P. (5)
SYSOP
6 Down: Deadly snake (5)
COBRA
7 Down: Yemen's Gulf of ___ (4)
ADEN
8 Down: Funnyman Brooks (3)
MEL
9 Down: Clear the roads, in a way (4)
PLOW
10 Down: Lunchbox items (6)
APPLES
11 Down: Approach carefully, as a subject (8)
LEADUPTO
12 Down: Social (3)
TEA
13 Down: N.H.L. Hall-of-Famer since 1979 (3)
ORR
18 Down: May birthstone (7)
EMERALD
19 Down: United (3)
WED
26 Down: Grouch (4)
CRAB
27 Down: Pupil's locale (3)
EYE
29 Down: Plumbing connection (3)
ELL
30 Down: Transpire (5)
OCCUR
31 Down: Compared to (4)
THAN
32 Down: Bill (4)
BEAK
35 Down: Puts to work (4)
USES
36 Down: Catches (4)
NABS
37 Down: Blessed events? (7)
SNEEZES
39 Down: Be in the game (4)
PLAY
40 Down: Kind of insurance policy (8)
UMBRELLA
41 Down: Law degs. (3)
JDS
42 Down: Go back (3)
EBB
45 Down: Confused (6)
ADDLED
48 Down: Vacuum tube with three elements (6)
TRIODE
49 Down: Beat to the finish line (6)
OUTRUN
50 Down: Hoped for the best (6)
PRAYED
52 Down: Lisa Simpson, to Bart (3)
SIS
53 Down: Wow (5)
AMAZE
54 Down: Exclude (5)
DEBAR
57 Down: Some ID's (4)
TAGS
58 Down: On one's rocker? (4)
SANE
60 Down: Dress (up) (3)
TOG
61 Down: I, to Claudius (3)
EGO
62 Down: Take a load off (3)
SIT
63 Down: Hat with a pompon (3)
TAM

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