Friday Crossword — May 7, 1999 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 5/7/1999. By Dana Motley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Throws in (4)
- ADDS
- 5 Across: Split (4)
- CHAP
- 9 Across: "Wabash Cannonball" singer (5)
- ACUFF
- 14 Across: "Diff'rent Strokes" star Conrad (4)
- BAIN
- 15 Across: Platinum country album of 1988 (4)
- REBA
- 16 Across: Part of a network, often (5)
- CANAL
- 17 Across: Town near Long Beach (4)
- BREA
- 18 Across: New York's ___ River (4)
- EAST
- 19 Across: Chief concern? (5)
- TRIBE
- 20 Across: Physicist's study (10)
- ANTIMATTER
- 23 Across: Gaucho's weapon (4)
- BOLA
- 24 Across: It's followed by moviegoers (4)
- PLOT
- 25 Across: Some zoophytes (8)
- ANEMONES
- 27 Across: "Savage Streets" actor Landi (3)
- SAL
- 29 Across: Cannonball, e.g. (8)
- MUNITION
- 31 Across: Like some lotteries (8)
- STATERUN
- 33 Across: See 26-Down (5)
- RABAT
- 37 Across: Pulls some strings? (7)
- RETUNES
- 38 Across: Bach work (7)
- CHORALE
- 40 Across: Canine in the comics (5)
- SNERT
- 41 Across: Piecemeal? (8)
- ALACARTE
- 42 Across: Gossip (8)
- QUIDNUNC
- 45 Across: Cheesecake ingredient? (3)
- GAM
- 46 Across: Shadowy area (8)
- PENUMBRA
- 49 Across: Crazy (4)
- GAGA
- 51 Across: Stick in the dairy case (4)
- OLEO
- 52 Across: Utopian period (10)
- MILLENNIUM
- 56 Across: Checkered (5)
- PLAID
- 58 Across: ___ dire (4)
- VOIR
- 59 Across: As soon as (4)
- ONCE
- 60 Across: By itself (5)
- PERSE
- 61 Across: Waffle choice (4)
- EGGO
- 62 Across: Change states, in a way (4)
- MELT
- 63 Across: Adams of pictures (5)
- ANSEL
- 64 Across: "For Better or for Worse" cartoonist Johnston (4)
- LYNN
- 65 Across: Historians' study (4)
- ERAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Title for some bishops (4)
- ABBA
- 2 Down: Fix, in a way (4)
- DARN
- 3 Down: Loser's order, perhaps (9)
- DIETPLATE
- 4 Down: No racer (5)
- SNAIL
- 5 Down: Word in many horror film titles (8)
- CREATURE
- 6 Down: It may be packed (4)
- HEAT
- 7 Down: Fast (7)
- ABSTAIN
- 8 Down: Kind of lawyer (6)
- PATENT
- 9 Down: Show piece? (3)
- ACT
- 10 Down: Pesto alternative (9)
- CARBONARA
- 11 Down: Strike force? (5)
- UNION
- 12 Down: "Animal Farm," e.g. (5)
- FABLE
- 13 Down: Boxer's bane (5)
- FLEAS
- 21 Down: Campaign asset (8)
- MOMENTUM
- 22 Down: King, in Lisbon (3)
- REI
- 26 Down: From 33-Across (8)
- MOROCCAN
- 27 Down: C.C.C.P. units (4)
- SSRS
- 28 Down: Powerful U.S. military plane (4)
- ATEN
- 30 Down: Some fraternity men (3)
- NUS
- 32 Down: Indian jewelry staple (9)
- TURQUOISE
- 34 Down: One in a compromising position? (9)
- BARGAINER
- 35 Down: Resort near Snowbird (4)
- ALTA
- 36 Down: Overbrim (4)
- TEEM
- 38 Down: Actor Gulager (3)
- CLU
- 39 Down: Parasite (8)
- HANGERON
- 41 Down: Explanatory tool (7)
- ANALOGY
- 43 Down: Former co-owner of Prodigy (3)
- IBM
- 44 Down: Twaddle (6)
- DRIVEL
- 46 Down: Old man (5)
- POPPA
- 47 Down: Scarlett's mother (5)
- ELLEN
- 48 Down: Moves toward (5)
- NEARS
- 50 Down: Troll (5)
- GNOME
- 53 Down: Wood: Prefix (4)
- LIGN
- 54 Down: Pac 10 team (4)
- UCLA
- 55 Down: Giants' successors (4)
- METS
- 57 Down: Painter Andrea ___ Castagno (3)
- DEL
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