New York Times Answers - Thursday, 16th December 1999 There are 45 across clues and 32 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 16th December 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Graphic ___ARTSAAcross 5: No-frillsBASICAAcross 10: Deer sirSTAGAAcross 14: Something eaten with the palms?LUAUAAcross 15: Exxon alternativeAMOCOAAcross 16: Quaint sighAHMEAAcross 17: AboutINREAAcross 18: Red Sea bordererYEMENAAcross 19: Charger's acquisitionDEBTAAcross 20: Dickens's pen nameBOZAAcross 21: Fine-tuneHONEAAcross 22: C&W singer TrittTRAVISAAcross 24: Home of the legendary Morgan le FayAVALONAAcross 26: They're involved in pageantryBEAUTIESAAcross 28: Admonition to a childBENICEAAcross 29: Fortune 500 chemicals companyOLINAAcross 30: Like Beethoven's Sonata No. 30INEAAcross 31: Commedia dell'___ARTEAAcross 32: Helping for a while, with "over"TIDINGAAcross 34: Sheraton hotels ownerITTAAcross 35: Be busyHUMAAcross 37: One of the ChaplinsSYDAAcross 38: Phys., e.g.SCIAAcross 40: Honest ___ABEAAcross 42: They're castIMAGESAAcross 45: "How the Other Half Lives" author JacobRIISAAcross 48: Singing syllableTRAAAcross 49: HoneybunDEARAAcross 50: "Seinfeld" regularELAINEAAcross 52: Source of some clickingTAP DANCEAAcross 52: Source of some clickingTAPDANCEAAcross 54: More craftyCAGIERAAcross 55: ExtremelyEVER SOAAcross 56: Off-courseAWRYAAcross 58: Journalist KupcinetIRVAAcross 59: NoteMEMOAAcross 60: Big name in daytime TVROSIEAAcross 62: Cash in CapuaLIRAAAcross 63: ___ BPLANAAcross 64: Heads-upALERTAAcross 65: Quotation notationANONAAcross 65: Quotation notationANON.AAcross 66: Actress DalyTYNEAAcross 67: Hot spotHADESAAcross 68: Ernie's "Sesame Street" palBERTDDown 1: "Open sesame!" sayerALI BABADDown 2: ExceedRUN OVERDDown 2: ExceedRUNOVERDDown 3: Jungle swingerTARZANTHEAPEMANDDown 4: "So ___ me!"SUEDDown 5: Rifle attachmentBAYONETDDown 6: End of graceAMENDDown 7: With 11-Down, 3-Down's last words?SOMEBODYGREASEDDDown 8: RocksICEDDown 9: Hold in checkCONTAINDDown 10: Begin's co-NobelistSADATDDown 11: See 7-DownTHEVIIIIIIIIINEDDown 12: Completely surroundingAMBIENTDDown 13: PreparesGETSSETDDown 21: Ad ___HOCDDown 23: Steps up?RUNGSDDown 25: SteadLIEUDDown 27: Say "Li'l Abner," sayELIDEDDown 33: Violinist SternISAACDDown 36: Goldfinger?MIDASDDown 39: Rugged rockCRAGDDown 40: CrackATTEMPTDDown 41: With pluckBRAVELYDDown 43: Holiday window itemMENORAHDDown 44: What tellers lack?SECRETSDDown 46: MistakenINERRORDDown 47: Leporello, e.g., in "Don Giovanni"SERVANTDDown 51: PutLAYDDown 53: Stingless beeDRONEDDown 57: Certain money transferWIREDDown 61: Schnozz tip?OLADDown 62: Family dog, for shortLAB