5 January 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 January 1999

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M
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A
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M
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E
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D
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E
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G
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A
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S
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O
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W
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L
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S
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A
L
E
X
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A
B
A
S
E
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O
R
E
O
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C
A
S
T
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I
R
O
N
S
T
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O
M
A
C
H
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S
W
A
R
M
I
N
G
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S
A
P
P
H
O
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O
P
U
S
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E
S
T
H
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G
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R
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A
V
E
S
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B
A
A
S
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S
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H
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A
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E
A
T
E
N
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T
O
R
I
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S
P
A
N
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S
W
O
R
D
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S
W
A
L
L
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O
W
I
N
G
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T
E
N
T
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C
I
T
Y
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F
E
R
N
S
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E
R
E
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B
A
N
S
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A
F
L
O
A
T
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W
A
V
E
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W
R
I
T
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C
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R
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E
O
L
E
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P
R
E
S
E
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L
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L
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S
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L
U
M
P
I
N
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T
H
E
T
H
R
O
A
T
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A
S
I
A
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G
O
O
S
E
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E
R
M
A
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M
E
L
T
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E
A
S
T
S
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D
D
A
Y

Hints & Clues

Across
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Auntie, dramatically : MAME
5
"La Classe de danse" artist : DEGAS
10
Birds in barns : OWLS
14
Quizmaster Trebek : ALEX
15
Humble : ABASE
16
Cookie since 1912 : OREO
17
Asset for 34-Across? : CASTIRONSTOMACH
20
Bee activity : SWARMING
21
Classical lyric poet : SAPPHO
22
Creative work : OPUS
23
Book after Nehemiah: Abbr. : ESTH
24
Sites of crosses : GRAVES
27
Meadow sounds : BAAS
28
___ Na Na : SHA
31
No longer on the plate : EATEN
32
Doughnut shapes : TORI
33
Extent : SPAN
34
Circus act : SWORDSWALLOWING
37
Place for a revival : TENT
38
Kind of desk : CITY
39
Flowerless plants : FERNS
40
Before, in poetry : ERE
41
Rules out : BANS
42
Not yet sunk : AFLOAT
43
Common hello or goodbye : WAVE
44
Habeas corpus, for one : WRIT
45
Spicy cuisine : CREOLE
48
Takes advance orders for : PRESELLS
52
Liability for 34-Across? : LUMPINTHETHROAT
54
The Urals are west of it : ASIA
55
Dinner bird : GOOSE
56
Witty Bombeck : ERMA
57
Put salt on, maybe : MELT
58
Bridge positions : EASTS
59
Time of decision : DDAY
Down
1
Handy computers : MACS
2
"There oughta be ___!" : ALAW
3
Southwest sight : MESA
4
Glad-handing type : EXTROVERT
5
Father of Xerxes : DARIUS
6
Dark shades : EBONS
7
Thieves' group : GANG
8
Numbskull : ASS
9
Leaves the dock : SETSSAIL
10
Zing : OOMPH
11
Saran, e.g. : WRAP
12
Preyer : LECH
13
London or New York district : SOHO
18
Be about to happen : IMPEND
19
Feedbag feed : OATS
23
Jumping the gun : EARLY
24
Romantic adventure : GESTE
25
More cold and wet : RAWER
26
Agreeing (with) : ATONE
27
Marina sights : BOATS
28
Veep Agnew : SPIRO
29
___-Barbera (big name in cartoons) : HANNA
30
Feeling of apprehension : ANGST
32
Coil : TWINE
33
Took the heat badly : SWELTERED
35
Search like wolves : SCAVENGE
36
Aloof : OFFISH
41
Island near Java : BALI
42
Rugged ridges : ARETES
43
Actor Tom of "The Dukes of Hazzard" : WOPAT
44
Extract by force : WREST
45
Symbol of noncommunication : CLAM
46
Trick : RUSE
47
Oscar winner Jannings : EMIL
48
Light: Prefix : PHOS
49
Byron or Tennyson : LORD
50
Tibetan monk : LAMA
51
Corset part : STAY
53
___ fault (overly so) : TOA