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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
Possible Answer : bass, bass_voice, basso
- 6. Richard of "Pretty Woman" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 10. Arm or leg -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : branch, limb, arm, tree_branch
- 14. Consumer -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 15. Part of I.C.U. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
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
Possible Answer : lift_bridge, drawbridge
- 19. Shuttle scheduler -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
Possible Answer : academic_term, academic_session, school_term, session, sitting, seance
- 21. Yeses -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : assent, acquiesce, acquiescence, accede
Possible Opposite: dissent
- 23. Ready for overtime -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
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
- 30. Honors -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
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 -
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Possible Answer : Orono
- 35. "Oh, for Pete's ___" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 36. Elsie's greeting -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 39. Absolutely best part -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (15 letters) word
- 43. Old spy org. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
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
Possible Answer : drip_mould, drip, dribble, drop, drip_mold, trickle, dripping
- 45. Gown fabric -
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Possible Answer : tulle
- 46. Troop formation -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : phalanx
- 49. Hardy heroine -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : si, Te, atomic_number_52, te, ti, tellurium
- 50. Bewildered -
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- 53. PBS Emmy winner -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : nova
- 55. Plotzed -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
- 58. African member of OPEC -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (7 letters) word
Possible Answer : Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria, Nigeria
- 63. Time to make a move -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
- 66. Duel tool -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer : epee
- 67. "I had no ___!" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
Possible Answer : oldie, golden_oldie
- 69. Slash -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 70. Filly's brother -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 71. Adam and Mae -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
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
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
- 2. Swiss stream -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: Aare_River, Aar, Aare
- 3. Stops on the I.R.T. -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 4. Wraps (up) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
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
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
Possible Answer: stop, remnant, cease, last, remainder, conclusion, end, close, death, terminate, destruction, final_stage, closing, oddment, ending, terminal, finish, goal
- 8. Latvia's capital -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: capital_of_Latvia, Riga
- 9. Summers in France -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 10. Antisocial types -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 11. Former Mrs. Trump -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 12. Flag places -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: mast
- 13. Not at all excited -
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- 18. Disturb -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 22. High-quality -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
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
Possible Answer: dustpan, dustpanful
- 26. Skater Starbuck -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 27. God of war -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 28. Promises -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: vow, consecrate
- 29. Chemical ending -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 31. When repeated, enthusiastic -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 32. Squeeze (out) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
- 34. Passé -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 36. Underground type -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
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
- 40. Roth ___ (investment choice) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (3 letters) word
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
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
Possible Answer: estrus, groove, rut, heat, furrow, oestrus
Possible Opposite: anestrus
- 46. Wrote -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
- 47. Like some yogurt -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (6 letters) word
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
- 50. Second photo in a testimonial ad -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: subsequently, afterward, afterwards, later_on, after, later
- 51. Hose shade -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 52. Signal to pull over -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
Possible Answer: Siren, temptress, siren, Delilah, enchantress, femme_fatale
- 54. Radiant -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (5 letters) word
- 56. "Ulysses," for one -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
Possible Answer: Dido
- 59. Big fashion magazine -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 60. Clears (of) -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
Possible Answer: disembarrass, free, rid
- 61. "What's ___ for me?" -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
- 62. Ripens -
Guess, I give you one clue, Clue is (4 letters) word
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
Possible Answer: eel
