Friday Crossword — November 19, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 70 clues). Published 11/19/1999. By Manny Nosowsky.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Refuse (7)
FLOTSAM
8 Across: Snub (7)
HIGHHAT
15 Across: Escaped (7)
RANAWAY
16 Across: Dramatist Jean (7)
ANOUILH
17 Across: Crops up (7)
APPEARS
18 Across: Beverage brand (7)
SNAPPLE
19 Across: Keglers' org. (3)
PBA
20 Across: Ruined (7)
BOTCHED
22 Across: Hope for laughs? (3)
BOB
23 Across: Pet name for José (4)
PEPE
25 Across: William McKinley's Ohio birthplace (5)
NILES
26 Across: De ___ (from the beginning) (4)
NOVO
27 Across: One studying en français (5)
ELEVE
29 Across: Four times a day, on an Rx (3)
QID
30 Across: Color wheel choices (5)
TONES
31 Across: Start off (8)
STRIKEUP
33 Across: Penny pinchers (6)
MISERS
34 Across: Football V.I.P. (9)
LINEJUDGE
36 Across: Duel personality (6)
SECOND
39 Across: Broadcasting (8)
ONTHEAIR
43 Across: Downsizing, so to speak (5)
AXING
44 Across: Singer Ocasek (3)
RIC
45 Across: Words with profit or phrase (5)
TURNA
46 Across: "___ laughs at probabilities": Bulwer-Lytton (4)
FATE
47 Across: Wt. of some flour sacks (5)
TENLB
49 Across: Dallas hoopsters (4)
MAVS
50 Across: Sony Music competitor (3)
EMI
51 Across: Bar mixer (7)
BITTERS
53 Across: Criminal patterns, for short (3)
MOS
54 Across: Way-out (7)
BIZARRE
56 Across: Shove off (7)
SETSAIL
58 Across: Hostiles (7)
ENEMIES
59 Across: It's a sin (7)
AVARICE
60 Across: Stretched to the limit (7)
TENSEST
61 Across: Saber rattlers (7)
MENACES

Down Answers

1 Down: Fountain orders (7)
FRAPPES
2 Down: Auto safety feature (7)
LAPBELT
3 Down: Theoretically (7)
ONPAPER
4 Down: ___ kwon do (3)
TAE
5 Down: Q-Tip (4)
SWAB
6 Down: Two-time N.L. M.V.P., 1954 and 1965 (5)
AARON
7 Down: Certain aura (8)
MYSTIQUE
8 Down: Chopped up (6)
HASHED
9 Down: "The Wreck of the Mary Deare" author (5)
INNES
10 Down: Spur (4)
GOAD
11 Down: Quarterback's call (3)
HUP
12 Down: Ilium (7)
HIPBONE
13 Down: Here, there and everywhere (7)
ALLOVER
14 Down: Springsteen, to fans (7)
THEBOSS
21 Down: Place to be taken (9)
CLIPJOINT
24 Down: Old Scratch (7)
EVILONE
26 Down: Biting midge (7)
NOSEEUM
28 Down: Barely making, with "out" (5)
EKING
30 Down: Close (5)
TIGHT
32 Down: Call off (3)
END
33 Down: Summer clock setting, in the Rockies: Abbr. (3)
MDT
35 Down: Familiar whiskered figure (8)
UNCLESAM
36 Down: Pretty sure thing (7)
SAFEBET
37 Down: Check out (7)
EXAMINE
38 Down: National (7)
CITIZEN
40 Down: Biblical tongue (7)
ARAMAIC
41 Down: Bill (7)
INVOICE
42 Down: Fights with, in the hills (7)
RASSLES
44 Down: Double-check (6)
RETEST
47 Down: They get their kicks (5)
TIRES
48 Down: Pronunciation mark (5)
BREVE
51 Down: Cracker topper (4)
BRIE
52 Down: 1972 Wimbledon winner Smith (4)
STAN
55 Down: Short times of day (3)
AMS
57 Down: Mme. across the Pyrenees (3)
SRA

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