Monday Crossword — December 27, 1999 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this easy crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 78 clues). Published 12/27/1999. By Gregory E. Paul.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Deep sleep (4)
COMA
5 Across: Reminder of a swordfight (4)
SCAR
9 Across: Customs (5)
MORES
14 Across: Milky gem (4)
OPAL
15 Across: "Catch a Falling Star" singer, 1958 (4)
COMO
16 Across: Plain as day (5)
OVERT
17 Across: Telescope part (4)
LENS
18 Across: Famous ___ (4)
AMOS
19 Across: Word before hop or top (5)
TABLE
20 Across: Shakespearean play with the clown Touchstone (11)
ASYOULIKEIT
23 Across: Do tailoring (3)
SEW
24 Across: Computer giant (3)
NEC
25 Across: U.C.L.A. quarterback, perhaps (4)
BMOC
27 Across: Gave a hoot (5)
CARED
31 Across: Hardly a neatnik (4)
SLOB
33 Across: Café additive (4)
LAIT
37 Across: Break in the action (6)
HIATUS
39 Across: Have bills (3)
OWE
40 Across: Four-star (4)
AONE
41 Across: Soap opera set in Oakdale (15)
ASTHEWORLDTURNS
44 Across: Hipbones (4)
ILIA
45 Across: Mount Rushmore pres. (3)
ABE
46 Across: Sonnet section (6)
SESTET
47 Across: Advertising sign (4)
NEON
48 Across: Heal (4)
MEND
50 Across: Arctic explorer Robert (5)
PEARY
51 Across: City west of Tulsa (4)
ENID
53 Across: Reuters competitor (3)
UPI
55 Across: Met display (3)
ART
58 Across: Faulkner novel (11)
ASILAYDYING
64 Across: Injures with a horn (5)
GORES
66 Across: British blue blood (4)
EARL
67 Across: Rev. Roberts (4)
ORAL
68 Across: Woodstock or the Super Bowl (5)
EVENT
69 Across: TV's Nick at ___ (4)
NITE
70 Across: Zero, on a court (4)
LOVE
71 Across: Down at the heels (5)
SEEDY
72 Across: "___ bien!" (4)
TRES
73 Across: Pants part (4)
KNEE

Down Answers

1 Down: Pepsi, for one (4)
COLA
2 Down: Unlocks, in poetry (4)
OPES
3 Down: Umpteen (4)
MANY
4 Down: The first "a" in a k a (4)
ALSO
5 Down: Richter ___ (5)
SCALE
6 Down: Funnies (6)
COMICS
7 Down: In a frenzy (4)
AMOK
8 Down: Annual Pasadena doings (8)
ROSEBOWL
9 Down: "All for one and one for all," e.g. (5)
MOTTO
10 Down: Eggs (3)
OVA
11 Down: Civil War soldiers (4)
REBS
12 Down: Author ___ Stanley Gardner (4)
ERLE
13 Down: Cook, as tomatoes (4)
STEW
21 Down: Needless (5)
UNDUE
22 Down: Plants securely (6)
IMBEDS
26 Down: Contract provision (6)
CLAUSE
27 Down: Item of neckwear (5)
CHAIN
28 Down: Space between pews (5)
AISLE
29 Down: 2:1, e.g. (5)
RATIO
30 Down: Flammable fuel (6)
ETHANE
32 Down: Sophia of "Two Women" (5)
LOREN
34 Down: Main line from the heart (5)
AORTA
35 Down: Kind of tube (5)
INNER
36 Down: Cantankerous (5)
TESTY
38 Down: Beturbaned wise men (6)
SWAMIS
42 Down: Not insubordinate (8)
OBEDIENT
43 Down: Lukewarm (5)
TEPID
49 Down: Eva Perón's maiden name (6)
DUARTE
52 Down: Spiteful (5)
NASTY
54 Down: Gomer and others (5)
PYLES
55 Down: Census data (4)
AGES
56 Down: Gad about (4)
ROVE
57 Down: Shoe stiffener (4)
TREE
59 Down: Retreat (4)
LAIR
60 Down: The sun, in sunnyside up (4)
YOLK
61 Down: Vitamin tablet supplement (4)
IRON
62 Down: Where the congregation sits (4)
NAVE
63 Down: Tickled-pink feeling (4)
GLEE
65 Down: Tackle's teammate (3)
END

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