Wednesday Crossword — August 18, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 8/18/1999. By Nancy Salomon.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Lots of feet (5)
YARDS
6 Across: Pound sounds (4)
ARFS
10 Across: Completely worn out (4)
SHOT
14 Across: Heads up (5)
ALERT
15 Across: Luxurious (4)
POSH
16 Across: Shoreline shelter (4)
COVE
17 Across: Excessive excitement (5)
MANIA
18 Across: Suffix with fleur (4)
ETTE
19 Across: Tourney type (4)
OPEN
20 Across: Amusement park scream provoker (13)
ROLLERCOASTER
23 Across: Actress Thompson of "Back to the Future" (3)
LEA
24 Across: Figure at State U (4)
PROF
25 Across: People to hang with (4)
PALS
28 Across: Hardy heroine (4)
TESS
31 Across: The Trans-Siberian Railroad crosses them (5)
URALS
35 Across: Tribute, of sorts (3)
ODE
36 Across: Babe's sound (4)
OINK
37 Across: Kind of salami (5)
GENOA
38 Across: Goldbricking (15)
LOAFINGONTHEJOB
42 Across: Flynn with dashing roles (5)
ERROL
43 Across: Celebration that gets out of hand (4)
RIOT
44 Across: Sugar suffix (3)
OSE
45 Across: Hombre's title (5)
SENOR
46 Across: Magazine photo, for short (4)
STAT
47 Across: Line feeder (4)
CUER
48 Across: Full ___ (4)
TILT
50 Across: Place for a stud (3)
EAR
52 Across: Thrill-seeker's activity (13)
BUNGEEJUMPING
58 Across: Jaywalking, e.g. (4)
NONO
59 Across: Father of Phobos (4)
ARES
60 Across: Service song? (5)
PSALM
62 Across: Where to get off (4)
EXIT
63 Across: Red Rose, once (4)
PETE
64 Across: Advantage (5)
LEGUP
65 Across: It doesn't take long to process (4)
BYTE
66 Across: Sleep restlessly (4)
TOSS
67 Across: Snake paths (5)
ESSES

Down Answers

1 Down: Thanksgiving serving (3)
YAM
2 Down: 1989 E.P.A. target (4)
ALAR
3 Down: City at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas (4)
RENO
4 Down: Fire safety activities (6)
DRILLS
5 Down: Old hat (5)
STALE
6 Down: Impersonator (4)
APER
7 Down: Campus soldiers: Abbr. (4)
ROTC
8 Down: Lens settings (6)
FSTOPS
9 Down: Wind danger (5)
SHEAR
10 Down: Way to get off (8)
SCOTFREE
11 Down: Chance for success (4)
HOPE
12 Down: Kaput (4)
OVER
13 Down: Beauty mark? (3)
TEN
21 Down: Stay home for supper (5)
EATIN
22 Down: Looked high and low for (6)
SOUGHT
25 Down: See 41-Down (5)
POLES
26 Down: Esteem to the extreme (5)
ADORE
27 Down: Live's partner (5)
LEARN
29 Down: Part of the U.K.: Abbr. (3)
ENG
30 Down: Modern hybrid garment for women (5)
SKORT
32 Down: Pear variety (5)
ANJOU
33 Down: Kind of change (5)
LOOSE
34 Down: Cavalry weapon (5)
SABER
36 Down: Offshore sight (6)
OILRIG
39 Down: Certain explanation (8)
FOOTNOTE
40 Down: Actress Peeples (3)
NIA
41 Down: With 25-Down, sights in some Indian villages (5)
TOTEM
46 Down: Sound system (6)
STEREO
47 Down: Calamities (6)
CRISES
49 Down: Sprang (5)
LEAPT
51 Down: Mac maker (5)
APPLE
52 Down: Like many 80's cars (4)
BOXY
53 Down: Troop group (4)
UNIT
54 Down: New York team (4)
JETS
55 Down: Swiss army knives have lots of them (4)
USES
56 Down: Bothers (4)
NAGS
57 Down: Stick together (4)
GLUE
58 Down: Kan. neighbor (3)
NEB
61 Down: AWOL chasers (3)
MPS

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