Saturday Crossword — May 15, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 72 clues). Published 5/15/1999. By Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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Across Answers

1 Across: When flappers flourished (7)
JAZZAGE
8 Across: Downright (5)
PLUMB
13 Across: "Kyrie ___" ("Lord, have mercy") (7)
ELEISON
14 Across: Causing one to crack up (7)
RIOTOUS
16 Across: When the show must go on (7)
AIRTIME
17 Across: From one side only (7)
EXPARTE
18 Across: Prefix with liberal (3)
NEO
19 Across: ___ oil (6)
SESAME
21 Across: Stop order? (4)
HALT
22 Across: Spanish liqueur (4)
ANIS
24 Across: Tab alternative (6)
RCCOLA
26 Across: Org. that sponsors exhibitions (3)
NEA
27 Across: Periodical plea (5)
RENEW
29 Across: Wild thing? (3)
OAT
30 Across: New ___ (Congolese money) (5)
ZAIRE
32 Across: Disney's Pete, for one (6)
PEGLEG
34 Across: Erase, as videotape (7)
DEGAUSS
36 Across: Odd couple? (4)
DEES
38 Across: Shout from the block (4)
SOLD
39 Across: Goofed, in golf (7)
FOOZLED
42 Across: Look through a keyhole (6)
PEERIN
46 Across: Cap attachment (5)
PLUME
47 Across: Many chiliads (3)
EON
49 Across: Electropolishing need (5)
ANODE
50 Across: Sing (3)
RAT
51 Across: Blitz (6)
REDDOG
54 Across: Proof word (4)
STET
55 Across: No Mr. Nice Guy (4)
OGRE
57 Across: Water bearer? (6)
SPIGOT
59 Across: Motor City org. (3)
UAW
60 Across: Scoundrel (7)
SOANDSO
62 Across: Horace Walpole's "The Castle of ___" (7)
OTRANTO
64 Across: Equipped with a motor (7)
ENGINED
65 Across: Soon to be delivered, perhaps (7)
ONORDER
66 Across: Site of Napoleon III's defeat, 1870 (5)
SEDAN
67 Across: Response to "Rough day?" (7)
DONTASK

Down Answers

1 Down: Noted 20th-century sculptor (7)
JEANARP
2 Down: Property recipient, legally (7)
ALIENEE
3 Down: Killing, as a bill (7)
ZEROING
4 Down: Promgoer's worry (3)
ZIT
5 Down: Clearance condition (4)
ASIS
6 Down: First name in Mayberry (5)
GOMER
7 Down: "Oedipe" composer (6)
ENESCO
8 Down: Display unit (5)
PIXEL
9 Down: Shorten (3)
LOP
10 Down: N.B.A. team since 1979 (4)
UTAH
11 Down: "Spaceballs" star (7)
MORANIS
12 Down: The usual suspects? (7)
BUTLERS
14 Down: Nonstudio broadcasts (7)
REMOTES
15 Down: Stiff hairs (5)
SETAE
20 Down: Part of A.M.P.A.S.: Abbr. (4)
ACAD
23 Down: Rare (6)
SELDOM
25 Down: Wild honeysuckle, e.g. (6)
AZALEA
28 Down: Rock group with the 1994 song "Buddy Holly" (6)
WEEZER
31 Down: "Homage to Clio" poet and family (6)
AUDENS
33 Down: Salon selection (3)
GEL
35 Down: Un-Democratic grp. (3)
GOP
37 Down: Legume, e.g. (7)
SEEDPOD
39 Down: Ale holders (7)
FLAGONS
40 Down: More than miff (7)
OUTRAGE
41 Down: Late film producer Fayed (4)
DODI
43 Down: Jefferson Memorial feature (7)
ROTUNDA
44 Down: Conceives (7)
IDEATES
45 Down: Socialize with a purpose (7)
NETWORK
46 Down: It's unmetered (5)
PROSE
48 Down: Shot (6)
NOGOOD
52 Down: Where Big Bertha was built (5)
ESSEN
53 Down: "Ain't ___" ("Hair" tune) (5)
GOTNO
56 Down: "Idylls of the King" woman (4)
ENID
58 Down: Suffix with cosmo (4)
TRON
61 Down: Kind of test (3)
DNA
63 Down: Prints and such (3)
ART

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