New York Times Answers - Friday, 1st January 1988 There are 38 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 1st January 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: With 68 Across, puzzle themeANAAAcross 4: PorsenaLARSAAcross 8: PostponeTABLEAAcross 13: Coll. buildingDORMAAcross 15: Blind as ___ABATAAcross 16: HautboysOBOESAAcross 17: Grayish yellowECRUAAcross 18: Verne captainNEMOAAcross 19: IntendedMEANTAAcross 20: Sch. groupsPTASAAcross 21: Was she a real Copt?CLEOPATRAAAcross 23: Kind of paperTISSUEAAcross 25: Roast rodSPITAAcross 26: Oyster: Comb. formOSTREAAcross 28: Swindle: Br. slangNOBBLEAAcross 33: NimbleAGILEAAcross 36: "Lord, ___ I?"ISITAAcross 38: Lined upAROWAAcross 39: Did his painting make him miss tea?MATISSEAAcross 41: Did she attract real men?MARLENEAAcross 43: Collar or jacketETONAAcross 44: Writer BombeckERMAAAcross 46: Mink's cousinOTTERAAcross 47: High-pitchedSHRILLAAcross 49: Stradivari's teacherAMATIAAcross 51: Surrounded byAMIDAAcross 53: Walked lamelyLIMPEDAAcross 57: On the podium did he say, "O, I can't sin!"?TOSCANINIAAcross 61: Church calendarORDOAAcross 62: Lake Erie's ___ IslandPELEEAAcross 63: A ___ appleASINAAcross 64: Take a busRIDEAAcross 65: AvidEAGERAAcross 66: ZeroNONEAAcross 67: Moslem princeEMIRAAcross 68: See 1 AcrossGRAMSAAcross 69: A son of SethENOSAAcross 70: Shoe widthsEESDDown 1: ExpertADEPTDDown 2: Night: Comb. formNOCTIDDown 3: Wall hangingARRASDDown 4: Surgeon's implementLANCETDDown 5: Third maleABELDDown 6: What Pharaoh said, "How happy Ra seems!"?RAMESESDDown 7: CondescendSTOOPDDown 8: Kind of pasteTOMATODDown 9: InciteABETDDown 10: Wild hogBOARDDown 11: Siberian riverLENADDown 12: Sum, es, ___ESTDDown 14: Did he appeal to mini souls?MUSSOLINIDDown 22: Niña sisterPINTADDown 24: EmploysUSESDDown 27: Whaler's caskRIERDDown 29: Did this lord have a moral bite?BALTIMOREDDown 30: ___ HarteBRETDDown 31: SingleLONEDDown 32: PitcherEWERDDown 33: Iowa college townAMESDDown 34: Philistine cityGATHDDown 35: Take ___ leave itITORDDown 37: Moslem prayer leaderIMAMDDown 40: City in Ala.SELMADDown 42: Type of entréeROTIDDown 45: Did he have no maids?MADISONDDown 48: Group in a shoe factoryLACERSDDown 50: StraightensALINESDDown 52: FoolishINANEDDown 54: Word with ribs or timePRIMEDDown 55: Comic MurphyEDDIEDDown 56: Active onesDOERSDDown 57: SpreeTEARDDown 58: Gymnast KorbutOLGADDown 59: Give the impressionSEEMDDown 60: Boy: Sp.NINODDown 62: DowelPEG