TWR CTLR CLRED AN ACR MD80 FOR TKOF ON RWY 35L AND THEN ALSO CLRED AN ACR SF34 TO CROSS RWY 35L DOWNFIELD FROM THE DEP. BOTH ACFT CONFIRMED THEIR CLRNCS AND THE MD80 FLC EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ACFT XING THE ACTIVE WHEN IT HAD A CLRNC FOR TKOF.

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CLRED TO CROSS RWY 35L AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 35C. CTLR HAD US CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER ACFT ON ANOTHER TXWY. AFTER CONFIRMING TO CROSS AND CHKING FOR LNDG OR TAKING OFF TFC; WE CROSSED AS INSTRUCTED TO. WE CROSSED IN FRONT OF AN ACFT THAT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF; BUT WAS JUST COMING ONTO THE RWY WHEN WE CROSSED. THE OTHER CREW EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT BEING CLRED TO TAKE OFF AND SEEING ANOTHER ACFT XING THE ACTIVE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 413989: WE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION; THE OTHER ACFT CLRED FOR TKOF ALSO ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION. THE CTLR HAD CONFUSED 2 COMMUTER ACFT; BOTH WITH FEMALE PLTS; AND CLRED THE WRONG ONE ACROSS RWY 35L. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 415137: WE WERE CLRED TO TAKE OFF RWY 35L AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLRNC. YET WE DID NOT ROLL DUE TO A XING COMMUTER L TO R ON TXWY A. WE CONFIRMED OUR CLRNC WITH TWR AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE XING TFC. HE CONFIRMED OUR CLRNC; YET HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE XING TFC. SINCE IT WAS NIGHT; WHAT HELPED US TO SEE THE AIRPLANE WAS HIS LIT TAIL. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE LIT TAIL; HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HARD TO SEE. MAYBE WE SHOULD ADOPT OUR PRACTICE OF PUTTING ON OUR LIGHTS WHEN WE CROSS RWYS AT NIGHT -- JUST LIKE WE PUT THEM ON FOR POS AND HOLD.