2 December 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 2 December 1999

1
O
2
B
3
E
4
S
5
E
6
B
7
A
8
B
9
E
10
D
11
A
12
D
13
A
14
B
A
N
T
U
15
I
M
A
X
16
O
P
U
S
17
A
R
O
A
R
18
L
U
L
U
19
N
I
C
K
20
N
E
W
Y
O
21
R
K
R
E
D
22
C
O
A
T
S
23
S
P
A
24
S
E
A
T
25
M
26
A
27
P
28
A
B
29
B
30
A
31
S
C
H
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E
33
M
34
E
35
A
S
O
36
F
37
B
E
L
38
A
39
T
I
M
E
S
40
S
T
L
O
41
U
I
S
O
R
42
D
I
N
A
L
S
43
O
R
I
O
N
44
T
O
N
O
45
G
I
B
E
46
N
O
O
D
L
47
E
48
F
O
R
49
E
50
L
A
X
51
S
I
N
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S
53
A
M
54
A
55
S
56
E
57
A
T
T
L
E
58
L
59
A
N
D
S
60
M
61
E
62
N
63
T
A
B
U
64
A
P
E
X
65
A
C
U
R
A
66
A
S
I
F
67
C
O
A
L
68
S
I
S
S
Y
69
B
E
E
F
70
E
Y
R
E
71
H
I
K
E
S

Hints & Clues

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