Wednesday Crossword — October 27, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 80 clues). Published 10/27/1999. By Chris Sallade.

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Across Answers

1 Across: States (5)
AVERS
6 Across: Lawyers make it (4)
CASE
10 Across: Quarrel (4)
SPAT
14 Across: Kosher (5)
LEGIT
15 Across: Last word in the New Testament (4)
AMEN
16 Across: Olio (4)
HASH
17 Across: See 22-Down (10)
LEGGEDRACE
19 Across: Old Phillips 66 rival (4)
ESSO
20 Across: All over the counter, say (5)
SPILT
21 Across: Sacred place (5)
ALTAR
22 Across: Elizabethan pronoun (4)
THOU
25 Across: See 22-Down (9)
POINTPLAY
28 Across: Chips in (5)
HELPS
30 Across: Sphere (4)
AREA
31 Across: "Norma ___" (3)
RAE
32 Across: Meathead's father-in-law (6)
ARCHIE
36 Across: Like a very rare day in hell (4)
COLD
40 Across: Victorian ___ (3)
ERA
41 Across: See 22-Down (7)
WHEELER
43 Across: Eng. defender (3)
RAF
44 Across: Sicilian spouter (4)
ETNA
46 Across: Oil city of west Texas (6)
ODESSA
47 Across: "___ my brother's keeper?" (3)
AMI
48 Across: Florida's Miami-___ County (4)
DADE
50 Across: Swimming pool site, sometimes (5)
MOTEL
52 Across: See 22-Down (9)
PIECESUIT
57 Across: Salon job (4)
PERM
58 Across: Search blindly (5)
GROPE
59 Across: Cleo of jazz (5)
LAINE
61 Across: "___ it the truth!" (4)
AINT
62 Across: See 22-Down (10)
RINGCIRCUS
67 Across: Dirty (4)
SOIL
68 Across: "Bye!" (4)
CIAO
69 Across: Ruth's mother-in-law (5)
NAOMI
70 Across: Entreat (4)
PRAY
71 Across: Goes on TV (4)
AIRS
72 Across: "___ Fell Out of Heaven" (1936 hit) (5)
ASTAR

Down Answers

1 Down: Totality (3)
ALL
2 Down: Neck design (3)
VEE
3 Down: It may be coddled (3)
EGG
4 Down: Hastily puts together (6)
RIGSUP
5 Down: ___ aerobics (4)
STEP
6 Down: Monte ___ (5)
CARLO
7 Down: Valuable violin (5)
AMATI
8 Down: Jiffy (3)
SEC
9 Down: From Okla. City to Tulsa (3)
ENE
10 Down: Finish, of a sort (7)
SHELLAC
11 Down: Ziti or orzo (5)
PASTA
12 Down: Examine (5)
ASSAY
13 Down: Thunderous one? (4)
THOR
18 Down: Chip's partner (3)
DIP
21 Down: Simian (3)
APE
22 Down: Word that precedes six other answers in this puzzle (5)
THREE
23 Down: The Tin Woodsman's quest (5)
HEART
24 Down: City on the Allegheny River (5)
OLEAN
26 Down: Manicurists' jobs (5)
NAILS
27 Down: Walnuts and others (5)
TREES
29 Down: Dated (3)
SAW
33 Down: ___ Island Red (5)
RHODE
34 Down: Gives up (5)
CEDES
35 Down: Part of a giggle (3)
HEE
37 Down: Speak (5)
ORATE
38 Down: Not so believable (5)
LAMER
39 Down: See 22-Down (5)
DFILM
42 Down: Hit hard (3)
RAM
45 Down: With skill (7)
ADEPTLY
49 Down: Sampras specialty (3)
ACE
51 Down: Met production responsibilities? (6)
OPERAS
52 Down: Rap sheet listing (5)
PRIOR
53 Down: Aegean region (5)
IONIA
54 Down: Opposite of radial (5)
ULNAR
55 Down: Villainous Shakespearean roles (5)
IAGOS
56 Down: Spasm (3)
TIC
58 Down: Exhibit shock (4)
GASP
60 Down: Ship of Columbus (4)
NINA
62 Down: Big TV maker (3)
RCA
63 Down: Sequel's sequel (3)
III
64 Down: Camp sight (3)
COT
65 Down: Actress Thurman (3)
UMA
66 Down: What to call a baronet (3)
SIR

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