27 December 1999 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 27 December 1999

1
C
2
O
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M
4
A
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S
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C
7
A
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R
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M
10
O
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R
12
E
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S
14
O
P
A
L
15
C
O
M
O
16
O
V
E
R
T
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L
E
N
S
18
A
M
O
S
19
T
A
B
L
E
20
A
S
Y
O
21
U
L
I
K
E
22
I
T
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S
E
W
24
N
E
C
25
B
M
O
26
C
27
C
28
A
29
R
30
E
D
31
S
32
L
O
B
33
L
34
A
35
I
36
T
37
H
I
A
T
U
38
S
39
O
W
E
40
A
O
N
E
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A
S
T
H
E
W
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O
R
L
D
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T
U
R
N
S
44
I
L
I
A
45
A
B
E
46
S
E
S
T
E
T
47
N
E
O
N
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M
E
N
49
D
50
P
E
A
R
Y
51
E
52
N
I
D
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U
54
P
I
55
A
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R
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T
58
A
S
I
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L
A
Y
D
60
Y
61
I
62
N
63
G
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G
O
R
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E
S
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E
A
R
L
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O
R
A
L
68
E
V
E
N
T
69
N
I
T
E
70
L
O
V
E
71
S
E
E
D
Y
72
T
R
E
S
73
K
N
E
E

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Deep sleep : COMA
5
Reminder of a swordfight : SCAR
9
Customs : MORES
14
Milky gem : OPAL
15
"Catch a Falling Star" singer, 1958 : COMO
16
Plain as day : OVERT
17
Telescope part : LENS
18
Famous ___ : AMOS
19
Word before hop or top : TABLE
20
Shakespearean play with the clown Touchstone : ASYOULIKEIT
23
Do tailoring : SEW
24
Computer giant : NEC
25
U.C.L.A. quarterback, perhaps : BMOC
27
Gave a hoot : CARED
31
Hardly a neatnik : SLOB
33
Café additive : LAIT
37
Break in the action : HIATUS
39
Have bills : OWE
40
Four-star : AONE
41
Soap opera set in Oakdale : ASTHEWORLDTURNS
44
Hipbones : ILIA
45
Mount Rushmore pres. : ABE
46
Sonnet section : SESTET
47
Advertising sign : NEON
48
Heal : MEND
50
Arctic explorer Robert : PEARY
51
City west of Tulsa : ENID
53
Reuters competitor : UPI
55
Met display : ART
58
Faulkner novel : ASILAYDYING
64
Injures with a horn : GORES
66
British blue blood : EARL
67
Rev. Roberts : ORAL
68
Woodstock or the Super Bowl : EVENT
69
TV's Nick at ___ : NITE
70
Zero, on a court : LOVE
71
Down at the heels : SEEDY
72
"___ bien!" : TRES
73
Pants part : KNEE
Down
1
Pepsi, for one : COLA
2
Unlocks, in poetry : OPES
3
Umpteen : MANY
4
The first "a" in a k a : ALSO
5
Richter ___ : SCALE
6
Funnies : COMICS
7
In a frenzy : AMOK
8
Annual Pasadena doings : ROSEBOWL
9
"All for one and one for all," e.g. : MOTTO
10
Eggs : OVA
11
Civil War soldiers : REBS
12
Author ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
13
Cook, as tomatoes : STEW
21
Needless : UNDUE
22
Plants securely : IMBEDS
26
Contract provision : CLAUSE
27
Item of neckwear : CHAIN
28
Space between pews : AISLE
29
2:1, e.g. : RATIO
30
Flammable fuel : ETHANE
32
Sophia of "Two Women" : LOREN
34
Main line from the heart : AORTA
35
Kind of tube : INNER
36
Cantankerous : TESTY
38
Beturbaned wise men : SWAMIS
42
Not insubordinate : OBEDIENT
43
Lukewarm : TEPID
49
Eva Perón's maiden name : DUARTE
52
Spiteful : NASTY
54
Gomer and others : PYLES
55
Census data : AGES
56
Gad about : ROVE
57
Shoe stiffener : TREE
59
Retreat : LAIR
60
The sun, in sunnyside up : YOLK
61
Vitamin tablet supplement : IRON
62
Where the congregation sits : NAVE
63
Tickled-pink feeling : GLEE
65
Tackle's teammate : END