24 October 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 24 October 1999

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Like some transit : RAPID
6
Pessimist's lack : HOPE
10
Unlikely class president : NERD
14
Times when headlights are turned on : DUSKS
19
Saudi neighbor : OMANI
20
"Couldn't have said it better myself" : AMEN
21
Tony's cousin : OBIE
22
Winning : ONTOP
23
Mustang feature, maybe : BUCKETSEAT
25
Skylarking : TOMFOOLERY
27
Harvard hater? : ELI
28
Columnist Herb : CAEN
29
Horse halters : REINS
31
They're found on palms : FRONDS
32
Home of Tivoli gardens : DENMARK
34
Revel : PARTY
35
Brunch cocktail : MIMOSA
36
Occasion to stand up : TOAST
37
Star turn at La Scala : ARIA
38
Bits and pieces : IOTAS
39
Mosquito breeding ground : STAGNANTPOND
43
Crow's home : TEPEE
47
45 ___ : RPM
50
Orchestra section : REEDS
51
Pushed : URGED
53
Like some chances : SLIM
54
Muse for D. H. Lawrence : ERATO
57
One after another? : TWO
58
Travel guides : ATLASES
60
Star's rep: Abbr. : AGT
61
Louisiana, the ___ State : PELICAN
63
Photo session : SHOOT
64
Jollity : LAUGHS
66
It's known as "Insurance City" : HARTFORDCONNECTICUT
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Kind of offender : REPEAT
71
Narodnaya is the tallest of them : URALS
72
Came from behind : RALLIED
74
Part of Kramden's guffaw : HAR
75
Tony-winning dramatist Hugh : LEONARD
77
Ever so slight : WEE
79
Relatively rational : SANER
80
Royal educator : ETON
82
Mate bees with fleas? : RHYME
83
Clemson mascot : TIGER
85
White-bearded grazer : GNU
86
Cold buffet slice : ASPIC
88
Airline entree? : BOARDINGPASS
92
7-Up's flavor : LIMON
94
Targets of men who make passes : ENDS
95
Shared airs : DUETS
98
1982 Richard Pryor comedy : THETOY
100
Scuba gear : TANKS
102
Hit a hard drive that's caught, in baseball : LINEOUT
104
Oranjestad native : ARUBAN
105
Jumpy : TENSE
106
Whence the Magi, with "the" : EAST
107
Oriental tie : OBI
108
Leveling : BULLDOZING
110
Tumble-down : RAMSHACKLE
113
Help a forgetful actor : RECUE
114
Role model, maybe : IDOL
115
Cut and paste : EDIT
116
Observant one : NOTER
117
Whirling : AREEL
118
___ Noël : PERE
119
Ellipsis : DOTS
120
Commercials : SPOTS
Down
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Like a boxer before a bout : ROBED
2
Necklace item : AMULET
3
"Carlito's Way" actor : PACINO
4
Press, so to speak : INK
5
From a mold : DIECAST
6
N.H.L. goalie Dominik : HASEK
7
Overcast sky, say : OMEN
8
Nugget size : PEA
9
Climbs aboard : ENTRAINS
10
Hide-and-seek proclamation : NOTIT
11
Tropical wood : EBONY
12
Holders of glasses : RIMS
13
Cool, modern-style : DEF
14
Habitually humiliated person : DOORMAT
15
Springs : UNLOOSES
16
British guns : STENS
17
"Charmed Lives" author Michael : KORDA
18
1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof : SPYS
24
Calculus : TARTAR
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"Just for the thrill ___" : OFIT
30
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Nanas' daughters : MAS
34
Madrid museum : PRADO
35
Ways : MODES
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One way to start : ANEW
38
Molten metal channel : INGATE
40
"I can't ___ satisfaction" (Rolling Stones lyric) : GETNO
41
Hoaxes : PUTONS
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Fiber that travels well : ORLON
44
Bothering : PLAGUING
45
Draftable, maybe : EIGHTEEN
46
Ambulance staffers: Abbr. : EMTS
47
D.D.E., for one : REP
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Readies the oven : PREHEATS
49
Fictional Mrs. : MALAPROP
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Kind of wing : DELTA
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Spare change? : TIRE
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Like base 8 : OCTAL
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"Grab ___!" : AHOLD
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Welcome sight for a castaway : SAILS
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At the close of : AFTER
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One trying a hiccups cure : SCARER
65
Where John Wooden coached : UCLA
67
"Guys and Dolls" writer : RUNYON
68
Plays : DRAMA
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Hardly Mr. Right : CREEP
70
Hera's mother : RHEA
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Joanne of "Red River" : DRU
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"Goody!" : OHBOY
77
Orchestra section : WINDS
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Roe : EGGS
81
Relative of turquoise : NILEBLUE
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Fooled around : TINKERED
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Salad slice : RADISH
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Stronghold : CITADEL
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Places for trophy displays : DENS
90
Beach shades : SUNTANS
91
Get the point : SEE
93
Like some old records : MONO
96
Grew fond of : TOOKTO
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Certain apartment : SUBLET
98
"___ words were never spoken!" : TRUER
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"Amadeus" star : HULCE
100
Drift : TENOR
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Go fish : ANGLE
102
Lives on : LASTS
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Stadium sections : TIERS
104
Start of an incantation : ABRA
105
"...under the whelming ___": Milton : TIDE
106
Give forth : EMIT
109
Nada : ZIP
111
Hornet's nest : ADO
112
One with a beat : COP