20 December 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 20 December 1999

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Spat : TIFF
5
Dish with beans : CHILI
10
Trace of smoke : WISP
14
Like Darth Vader : EVIL
15
Former intl. airline : PANAM
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"I had no ___!" : IDEA
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Cerium and erbium, e.g. : RAREEARTHMETALS
20
Map within a map : INSET
21
Bowl over : STUN
22
Old what's-___-name : HIS
23
Golf pitfalls : TRAPS
26
Mentally spaced out : INAFOG
28
Hawaii, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL
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Statutes : LAWS
32
Brit. recording giant : EMI
33
Nighttime twinkler : STAR
35
Aloha gifts : LEIS
37
Lucy's landlady : ETHEL
41
Neither large- nor small-caliber guns : MEDIUMARTILLERY
44
Watch secretly : SPYON
45
Adult-to-be : TEEN
46
Harvard rival : YALE
47
Rubber ducky's spot : TUB
49
Nutty : DAFT
51
___ Moines, Iowa : DES
52
"Pow! Right in the ___!" : KISSER
55
Green stuff : MOOLA
57
Newsman Koppel : TED
58
Gave the once-over : EYED
60
Scottish inlets : LOCHS
63
Compliment from a Brit : WELLDONEOLDCHAP
67
___-Day vitamins : ONEA
68
"Cool!" : NEATO
69
Vegas numbers game : KENO
70
Belgrade native : SERB
71
Churchill Downs event : DERBY
72
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
Down
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Ms. Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
2
"Terrible" czar : IVAN
3
Mrs. in the White House : FIRSTLADY
4
One on the lam : FLEER
5
Tax preparer, briefly : CPA
6
One of two hardy followers : HAR
7
Football stats: Abbr. : INTS
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Christine of "Chicago Hope" : LAHTI
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Protected, as from disease : IMMUNE
10
Sense of humor : WIT
11
Boise's state : IDAHO
12
Baseball commissioner Bud : SELIG
13
Skip a turn : PASS
18
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
19
Tooth protector : ENAMEL
24
Date maker : PALM
25
"No ___!" ("Easy!") : SWEAT
27
In an apt way : FITLY
28
Doctrines : ISMS
29
Big first for a baby : STEP
31
Fathered : SIRED
34
They're a laugh a minute : RIOTS
36
Cook, as clams : STEAM
38
Major nuisances : HEADACHES
39
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
40
Cleaning cabinet supplies : LYES
42
Brand-new : UNUSED
43
The low-down : INFO
48
Out of reach of : BEYOND
50
Tattled : TOLD
52
Nancy Drew's creator Carolyn : KEENE
53
Time waster : IDLER
54
Actress Taylor of "The Nanny" : RENEE
56
Opa-___, Fla. : LOCKA
57
Terrible time? : TWOS
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Turtledove : DEAR
61
___ Christian Andersen : HANS
62
Predicament : SPOT
64
Chemist's workplace : LAB
65
Wagering locale, for short : OTB
66
Myrna of "The Thin Man" : LOY