Thursday Crossword — December 2, 1999 - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 12/2/1999. By Mel Taub.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Needing to take off (5)
- OBESE
- 6 Across: Naif (4)
- BABE
- 10 Across: Some 20's art (4)
- DADA
- 14 Across: Language group including Zulu (5)
- BANTU
- 15 Across: Giant screen production (4)
- IMAX
- 16 Across: Numbered piece (4)
- OPUS
- 17 Across: Bellowing (5)
- AROAR
- 18 Across: Lollapalooza (4)
- LULU
- 19 Across: Notch (4)
- NICK
- 20 Across: Might-have-been East Coast team (15)
- NEWYORKREDCOATS
- 23 Across: Saratoga Springs, e.g. (3)
- SPA
- 24 Across: Stock exchange membership (4)
- SEAT
- 25 Across: Item in an airline magazine (3)
- MAP
- 28 Across: Biblical "father" (4)
- ABBA
- 31 Across: Collude (with) (6)
- SCHEME
- 35 Across: Beginning on (4)
- ASOF
- 37 Across: Composer Bartók (4)
- BELA
- 39 Across: x (5)
- TIMES
- 40 Across: Might-have-been Midwest team (15)
- STLOUISORDINALS
- 43 Across: Constellation directly above the equator (5)
- ORION
- 44 Across: Up ___ good (4)
- TONO
- 45 Across: Taunt (4)
- GIBE
- 46 Across: Noggin (6)
- NOODLE
- 48 Across: It may precede a stroke (4)
- FORE
- 50 Across: Careless (3)
- LAX
- 51 Across: Impieties (4)
- SINS
- 53 Across: Doc bloc (3)
- AMA
- 55 Across: Might-have-been West Coast team (15)
- SEATTLELANDSMEN
- 63 Across: Popular cologne (4)
- TABU
- 64 Across: Pinnacle (4)
- APEX
- 65 Across: Integra, for one (5)
- ACURA
- 66 Across: "Yeah, that'll ever happen" (4)
- ASIF
- 67 Across: Black shade (4)
- COAL
- 68 Across: Hardly a he-man (5)
- SISSY
- 69 Across: Protest (4)
- BEEF
- 70 Across: Strong-willed Jane (4)
- EYRE
- 71 Across: Ups (5)
- HIKES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Port in Scott's "Lord of the Isles" (4)
- OBAN
- 2 Down: Show fully (4)
- BARE
- 3 Down: Sufficient for Shakespeare (4)
- ENOW
- 4 Down: Ropes for steadying masts (5)
- STAYS
- 5 Down: Princess whom Zeus carried off to Crete (6)
- EUROPA
- 6 Down: Swindle (4)
- BILK
- 7 Down: Russia/Manchuria boundary river (4)
- AMUR
- 8 Down: Makes hay (5)
- BALES
- 9 Down: Oozes (6)
- EXUDES
- 10 Down: Idler (9)
- DONOTHING
- 11 Down: Pacific capital (4)
- APIA
- 12 Down: Cable conduit (4)
- DUCT
- 13 Down: Calls upon (4)
- ASKS
- 21 Down: Browning's Ben Ezra, e.g. (5)
- RABBI
- 22 Down: Mojave vegetation (5)
- CACTI
- 25 Down: Street director? (5)
- MASON
- 26 Down: Houston player, formerly (5)
- ASTRO
- 27 Down: Salk's conquest (5)
- POLIO
- 29 Down: Outdo (4)
- BEST
- 30 Down: Distant (5)
- ALOOF
- 32 Down: Net result? (5)
- 33 Down: Kind of toast (5)
- MELBA
- 34 Down: Elizabeth I's ill-fated favorite (5)
- ESSEX
- 36 Down: Bit of sustenance (9)
- FOODSTUFF
- 38 Down: Italy's fertile Val d'___ (4)
- ARNO
- 41 Down: Dark (5)
- UNLIT
- 42 Down: Doubleday, ___ (old publishing house) (5)
- DORAN
- 47 Down: Intertwine (6)
- ENLACE
- 49 Down: Clause separator (6)
- EMDASH
- 52 Down: Native Indian in the British army (5)
- SEPOY
- 54 Down: PC character representation (5)
- ASCII
- 55 Down: Effort (4)
- STAB
- 56 Down: Deftness (4)
- EASE
- 57 Down: Rose's beloved in a 1922 play (4)
- ABIE
- 58 Down: "There was an Old Man with a beard" writer (4)
- LEAR
- 59 Down: Toll unit (4)
- AXLE
- 60 Down: Cologne ingredient (4)
- MUSK
- 61 Down: Old World language (4)
- ERSE
- 62 Down: Side in a vote (4)
- NAYS
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