Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | NYT crosswords clues with answers - hints

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 14, 1999

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. Contralto's counterpart -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  BASSO

  Possible Answer : bass, bass_voice, basso



• 6. Richard of "Pretty Woman" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  GERE



• 10. Arm or leg -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  LIMB

  Possible Answer : branch, limb, arm, tree_branch



• 14. Consumer -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  EATER

  Possible Answer : eater, feeder



• 15. Part of I.C.U. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  UNIT

  Possible Answer : whole, social_unit, building_block, unit_of_measurement, unit



• 16. Race track -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OVAL

  Possible Answer : elliptical, oval, ovoid, elliptic, ellipse, ovate, oviform, egg-shaped, prolate, oval-shaped



• 17. Castle feature -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  DRAWBRIDGE

  Possible Answer : lift_bridge, drawbridge



• 19. Shuttle scheduler -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NASA

  Possible Answer : National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration, NASA



• 20. 50 minutes with a psychiatrist, e.g. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  SESSION

  Possible Answer : academic_term, academic_session, school_term, session, sitting, seance



• 21. Yeses -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  ASSENTS

  Possible Answer : assent, acquiesce, acquiescence, accede

  Possible Opposite: dissent



• 23. Ready for overtime -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  TIED

  Possible Answer : trussed, even, level, bind, tied, splice, link, fastened, bond, connect, link_up, marry, draw, attach, laced, wed, tie

  Possible Opposite: untied, untie, disconnect, unlaced



• 25. Clear, as a disk -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ERASE

  Possible Answer : rub_out, delete, wipe_out, score_out, efface, wipe_off, erase

  Possible Opposite: record



• 26. "Joe" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  JAVA

  Possible Answer : Java, coffee, java



• 30. Honors -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  LAURELS

  Possible Answer : laurel, honour, Arthur_Stanley_Jefferson_Laurel, laurels, honor, Stan_Laurel, award, laurel_wreath, bay_wreath, Laurel, accolade

  Possible Opposite: dishonor



• 33. Home to 9,000 Maine collegians -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ORONO

  Possible Answer : Orono



• 35. "Oh, for Pete's ___" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SAKE

  Possible Answer : saki, sake, interest, rice_beer



• 36. Elsie's greeting -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  MOO

  Possible Answer : moo, low



• 39. Absolutely best part -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (15 letters) word

  JEWELINTHECROWN



• 43. Old spy org. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  OSS

  Possible Answer : bone, osmium, atomic_number_76, oculus_sinister, Os, OS, operating_system, os



• 44. Result of melting -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  DRIP

  Possible Answer : drip_mould, drip, dribble, drop, drip_mold, trickle, dripping



• 45. Gown fabric -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  TULLE

  Possible Answer : tulle



• 46. Troop formation -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  PHALANX

  Possible Answer : phalanx



• 49. Hardy heroine -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  TESS

  Possible Answer : si, Te, atomic_number_52, te, ti, tellurium



• 50. Bewildered -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ATSEA



• 53. PBS Emmy winner -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  NOVA

  Possible Answer : nova



• 55. Plotzed -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  FAINTED

  Possible Answer : pass_out, conk, swoon, faint



• 58. African member of OPEC -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  NIGERIA

  Possible Answer : Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria, Nigeria



• 63. Time to make a move -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  TURN

  Possible Answer : spell, go, work, crook, number, reverse, routine, bend, deform, ferment, twist, plough, turn_of_events, sprain, round, turn, bout, wrick, good_turn, change_by_reversal, change_state, turn_over, wrench, grow, sour, tour, become, plow, move_around, bit, turning, play, act, release, rick, flex, call_on

  Possible Opposite: unbend



• 64. Fruit or mincemeat, e.g. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (10 letters) word

  PIEFILLING



• 66. Duel tool -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  EPEE

  Possible Answer : epee



• 67. "I had no ___!" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  IDEA

  Possible Answer : idea, thought, mind, theme, approximation, melodic_theme, estimation, estimate, musical_theme



• 68. Any song by the Supremes -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  OLDIE

  Possible Answer : oldie, golden_oldie



• 69. Slash -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  REND

  Possible Answer : pull, rive, rend, rip



• 70. Filly's brother -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  COLT

  Possible Answer : Colt, colt



• 71. Adam and Mae -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  WESTS

  Possible Answer : Occident, west, Cicily_Isabel_Fairfield, Dame_Rebecca_West, westward, Benjamin_West, W, Rebecca_West, western_United_States, Mae_West, West, due_west

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Resting places -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  BEDS

  Possible Answer: screw, hit_the_sack, love, bottom, have_it_away, make_love, retire, get_it_on, turn_in, be_intimate, have_sex, layer, hump, jazz, have_intercourse, fuck, roll_in_the_hay, eff, crawl_in, go_to_sleep, make_out, lie_with, do_it, have_a_go_at_it, sack_out, sleep_with, bonk, have_it_off, hit_the_hay, bed, get_laid, sleep_together, seam, bang, go_to_bed, kip_down, know

  Possible Opposite: turn_out, get_up

• 2. Swiss stream -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  AARE

  Possible Answer: Aare_River, Aar, Aare

• 3. Stops on the I.R.T. -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  STAS

• 4. Wraps (up) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  SEWS

  Possible Answer: stitch, sew, sew_together, tailor, run_up, tailor-make

• 5. Once around the world -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  ORBIT

  Possible Answer: celestial_orbit, range, eye_socket, orbital_cavity, orb, reach, sphere, arena, orbit, compass, cranial_orbit, revolve, domain, scope, ambit, area, field, electron_orbit

• 6. Kind of pig -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  GUINEA

  Possible Answer: Guinea, guinea, guinea_fowl, Republic_of_Guinea, dago, Numida_meleagris, greaseball, French_Guinea, wop, ginzo

• 7. Butt -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  END

  Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal

  Possible Opposite: beginning, begin

• 8. Latvia's capital -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  RIGA

  Possible Answer: capital_of_Latvia, Riga

• 9. Summers in France -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ETES

• 10. Antisocial types -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  LONERS

  Possible Answer: loner, lone_wolf, lone_hand

• 11. Former Mrs. Trump -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  IVANA

• 12. Flag places -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  MASTS

  Possible Answer: mast

• 13. Not at all excited -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  BLASE

  Possible Answer: blase, worldly, bored

• 18. Disturb -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ROIL

  Possible Answer: boil, rile, churn, moil, roil

• 22. High-quality -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  SELECT

  Possible Answer: take, pick_out, prime, quality, select, choice, choose, prize, blue-ribbon

• 24. Part of sweeping efforts? -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word

  DUSTPAN

  Possible Answer: dustpan, dustpanful

• 26. Skater Starbuck -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  JOJO

• 27. God of war -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ARES

  Possible Answer: are, Ares, ar

• 28. Promises -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  VOWS

  Possible Answer: vow, consecrate

• 29. Chemical ending -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  ANE

  Possible Answer: one, i, 1, ane

• 31. When repeated, enthusiastic -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  RAH

• 32. Squeeze (out) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  EKE

• 34. Passé -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  OLDHAT

• 36. Underground type -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  MOLE

  Possible Answer: bulwark, gram_molecule, groin, seawall, counterspy, mol, mole, breakwater, groyne, jetty

• 37. Predators on mice -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  OWLS

  Possible Answer: bird_of_Minerva, bird_of_night, owl, hooter

• 38. End drawer in a till -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ONES

  Possible Answer: ace, unity, single, one, I, 1

• 40. Roth ___ (investment choice) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  IRA

  Possible Answer: Irish_Republican_Army, individual_retirement_account, wrath, Provisional_IRA, anger, IRA, Provos, ire, Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army, ira

• 41. Zip -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  NIL

  Possible Answer: nada, nothing, null, goose_egg, zilch, cipher, cypher, aught, zip, zero, nil, naught, zippo, nix

• 42. Grind, so to speak -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  RUT

  Possible Answer: estrus, groove, rut, heat, furrow, oestrus

  Possible Opposite: anestrus

• 46. Wrote -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  PENNED

  Possible Answer: write, pen, compose, indite

• 47. Like some yogurt -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word

  NONFAT

  Possible Answer: fatless, fat-free, nonfat

  Possible Opposite: fatty

• 48. The Louis whose mother was Marie Antoinette -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  XVII

  Possible Answer: XVII, xvii, 17, seventeen

• 50. Second photo in a testimonial ad -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  AFTER

  Possible Answer: subsequently, afterward, afterwards, later_on, after, later

• 51. Hose shade -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  TAUPE

  Possible Answer: taupe, fuscous

• 52. Signal to pull over -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  SIREN

  Possible Answer: Siren, temptress, siren, Delilah, enchantress, femme_fatale

• 54. Radiant -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word

  AGLOW

  Possible Answer: aglow, lucent, luminous, lambent

• 56. "Ulysses," for one -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  EPIC

  Possible Answer: epic_poem, epical, larger-than-life, heroic, heroic_poem, epos, epic

• 57. Queen of Carthage -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  DIDO

  Possible Answer: Dido

• 59. Big fashion magazine -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  ELLE

• 60. Clears (of) -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  RIDS

  Possible Answer: disembarrass, free, rid

• 61. "What's ___ for me?" -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  INIT

• 62. Ripens -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word

  AGES

  Possible Answer: historic_period, maturate, mature, geezerhood, long_time, age, get_on, old_age, years, senesce, eld

  Possible Opposite: rejuvenate

• 65. Sushi order -
  

  Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word

  EEL

  Possible Answer: eel