Wednesday Crossword — November 24, 1999 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 11/24/1999. By Greg Staples.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Purchase for a 1950's home (4)
- HIFI
- 5 Across: Hot (5)
- SPICY
- 10 Across: Oscar night rental (4)
- GOWN
- 14 Across: More than sarcastic (4)
- ACID
- 15 Across: No-no (5)
- TABOO
- 16 Across: Classic cookie (4)
- OREO
- 17 Across: With 58-Across, a famous Elmer Fuddism (15)
- BEVEWYVEWYQUIET
- 20 Across: Put away (3)
- ICE
- 21 Across: Pub pint (3)
- ALE
- 22 Across: Garish (4)
- LOUD
- 23 Across: Had a big mouth (7)
- TATTLED
- 25 Across: Gung-ho (5)
- EAGER
- 29 Across: Go bad (5)
- SPOIL
- 30 Across: Skiers' destination, with "the" (4)
- ALPS
- 33 Across: Geneva's ___ Leman (3)
- LAC
- 34 Across: Fence sitter (7)
- NEUTRAL
- 37 Across: Slugger Sammy (4)
- SOSA
- 38 Across: Elmer Fudd song rendition (13)
- ISNTSHEWOVEWY
- 41 Across: Actress Tyne (4)
- DALY
- 42 Across: Not go the direct route (7)
- MEANDER
- 43 Across: Self-image (3)
- EGO
- 44 Across: Air force heroes (4)
- ACES
- 45 Across: Inventor of the Cube (5)
- RUBIK
- 49 Across: Leafy shelter (5)
- BOWER
- 51 Across: No. 35 on the periodic table (7)
- BROMINE
- 53 Across: Stir up (4)
- ROIL
- 56 Across: Two or more eras (3)
- EON
- 57 Across: Camping grp. (3)
- BSA
- 58 Across: See 17-Across (15)
- IMHUNTINGWABBIT
- 63 Across: Betty of cartoons (4)
- BOOP
- 64 Across: Symbol of a lingering scandal (5)
- CLOUD
- 65 Across: Fix up (4)
- REDO
- 66 Across: Run into (4)
- MEET
- 67 Across: Cross of a male horse and a female donkey (5)
- HINNY
- 68 Across: Mideast port (4)
- ADEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Smoking and others (6)
- HABITS
- 2 Down: Most of the Arctic Ocean (6)
- ICECAP
- 3 Down: 55 minutes past the hour (6)
- FIVETO
- 4 Down: Suffix with sulf- (3)
- IDE
- 5 Down: Counterpart of substance (5)
- STYLE
- 6 Down: Surfaced, as roads (5)
- PAVED
- 7 Down: "How Can ___ Sure" (1967 hit) (3)
- IBE
- 8 Down: Monk's hood (4)
- COWL
- 9 Down: It's used to walk the dog (4)
- YOYO
- 10 Down: Dutch cheese (5)
- GOUDA
- 11 Down: "It must be him, ___ shall die" (3)
- ORI
- 12 Down: Early (3)
- WEE
- 13 Down: "___ on your life!" (3)
- NOT
- 18 Down: Place for a five and ten? (6)
- WALLET
- 19 Down: Opposite of an ans. (4)
- QUES
- 24 Down: Thin, as sound (5)
- TINNY
- 26 Down: Candle's light (4)
- GLOW
- 27 Down: Carefree (4)
- EASY
- 28 Down: Big TV maker (3)
- RCA
- 30 Down: Locales (5)
- AREAS
- 31 Down: Croquet site (4)
- LAWN
- 32 Down: Plug along (4)
- PLOD
- 35 Down: Gomer Pyle's grp. (4)
- USMC
- 36 Down: "Of ___ I Sing" (4)
- THEE
- 37 Down: Blood component (5)
- SERUM
- 38 Down: Othello's betrayer (4)
- IAGO
- 39 Down: Hit the brakes (4)
- SLOW
- 40 Down: Shakespearean city (6)
- VERONA
- 41 Down: Center of a ball? (3)
- DEB
- 44 Down: "East of Eden" brother (4)
- ARON
- 46 Down: Like a baby in a highchair (6)
- BIBBED
- 47 Down: Deep down (6)
- INSIDE
- 48 Down: Diane of "Annie Hall" (6)
- KEATON
- 50 Down: Go off (5)
- ERUPT
- 51 Down: Under way (5)
- BEGUN
- 52 Down: Raising hell (5)
- ROWDY
- 54 Down: Cast wearer's frustration (4)
- ITCH
- 55 Down: "___ Marlene" (1944 song) (4)
- LILI
- 58 Down: Big Blue (3)
- IBM
- 59 Down: A Stooge (3)
- MOE
- 60 Down: Weed killer (3)
- HOE
- 61 Down: Oui's opposite (3)
- NON
- 62 Down: Lingerie item (3)
- BRA
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