Friday Crossword — November 12, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 11/12/1999. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Morning time (5)
TENAM
6 Across: Stressed, in more ways than one? (9)
PASTTENSE
15 Across: Phrase repeated in Ecclesiastes (5)
ATIME
16 Across: Not behind (9)
INTHELEAD
17 Across: Kind of sentence (5)
RUNON
18 Across: Elvis was known for them (9)
GYRATIONS
19 Across: Fine-tunes (7)
ADJUSTS
21 Across: Rockies tribe (4)
UTES
22 Across: One may be warranted (6)
SEARCH
23 Across: Oil units: Abbr. (3)
QTS
24 Across: They're broken up (4)
EXES
28 Across: Sage, for one (4)
HERB
30 Across: Office no. (3)
EXT
31 Across: Went off the beam? (15)
LOSTONESBALANCE
39 Across: Opening of McDonald's restaurants abroad, e.g. (15)
AMERICANIZATION
40 Across: Savings for senior trips? (15)
RETIREMENTPLANS
41 Across: It's protected in South Africa (3)
GNU
42 Across: 1966 A.L. Rookie of the Year (4)
AGEE
43 Across: Interest of armchair athletes (4)
ESPN
45 Across: 100 qintars (3)
LEK
47 Across: Attack, like a bear (6)
CLAWAT
52 Across: Outstanding (4)
OWED
54 Across: Malign (7)
ASPERSE
55 Across: Bill Russell's was retired (9)
NUMBERSIX
59 Across: Olympic figure skater Slutskaya (5)
IRINA
60 Across: Early NASA effort (9)
APOLLOONE
61 Across: Fertilizer ingredient (5)
NITER
62 Across: Transported, as gas (9)
PIPELINED
63 Across: They deal in futures (5)
SEERS

Down Answers

1 Down: Gogol's "___ Bulba" (5)
TARAS
2 Down: One of 12 by Debussy (5)
ETUDE
3 Down: Old Japanese mercenary (5)
NINJA
4 Down: Affaire de coeur (5)
AMOUR
5 Down: Unlikely place for a soprano (9)
MENSCHOIR
6 Down: Pen pals? (4)
PIGS
7 Down: Whatever (3)
ANY
8 Down: Car bar (5)
STRUT
9 Down: "___ enough!" (5)
THATS
10 Down: French noodle? (4)
TETE
11 Down: "Beloved" actress Kimberly (5)
ELISE
12 Down: Liberal leader? (3)
NEO
13 Down: Japanese name tag (3)
SAN
14 Down: They improve the quality of Life: Abbr. (3)
EDS
20 Down: After that (6)
THENCE
23 Down: Post-snap ploy, briefly (7)
QBSNEAK
25 Down: Seat of Greene County, Ohio (5)
XENIA
26 Down: One whose sentence is complete (5)
EXCON
27 Down: British guns (5)
STENS
29 Down: Set of sheets? (4)
REAM
31 Down: Cyclopean (5)
LARGE
32 Down: Straws in the wind (5)
OMENS
33 Down: Establish (5)
SETUP
34 Down: Part of TNT (3)
TRI
35 Down: ___ cherry (4)
BING
36 Down: Anáhuac residents (6)
AZTECS
37 Down: Blazer attachments (9)
LAPELPINS
38 Down: Part of A.S.T.: Abbr. (3)
ATL
44 Down: Like Brutus (5)
NOBLE
45 Down: Playwright Jones (5)
LEROI
46 Down: Pelé's real first name (5)
EDSON
48 Down: Home with a view (5)
AERIE
49 Down: Dash off (5)
WRITE
50 Down: Ed of Hollywood (5)
ASNER
51 Down: Streamers? (5)
TEARS
53 Down: Drawing place (4)
WELL
54 Down: Let go (4)
AXED
55 Down: Time out? (3)
NAP
56 Down: Inits. in news (3)
UPI
57 Down: Dry ___ (3)
MOP
58 Down: Suffix with nectar (3)
INE

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