New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 2nd March 1988 There are 36 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 2nd March 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A rayBETAAAcross 5: Torquato ___, Italian poetTASSOAAcross 10: StoutALEAAcross 13: Comedian KingALANAAcross 14: Bone: Comb. formOSTEOAAcross 15: Above, in BonnUBERAAcross 16: March 17 greetingTOPOFTHEMORNINGAAcross 19: FinialEPIAAcross 20: Newsy bitsITEMSAAcross 21: RimsEDGESAAcross 22: One who jeersDERIDERAAcross 24: Full of: SuffixOSEAAcross 25: Either of two N.T. booksCORAAcross 26: LeftDEPARTEDAAcross 31: Medicinal herbALOEAAcross 34: Homophone for mettleMETALAAcross 35: Nest-egg initialsIRAAAcross 36: ModerateMIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADAAcross 40: Compass readingENEAAcross 41: A LauderESTEEAAcross 42: AitISLEAAcross 43: PennonSTREAMERAAcross 45: "Road to ___," 1947 filmRIOAAcross 47: One, to AngusANEAAcross 48: OrientalEASTERNAAcross 52: RemovedAPARTAAcross 55: Minister's homeMANSEAAcross 57: Ruby or SandraDEEAAcross 58: Where many a halfback landsBOTTOMOFTHEPILEAAcross 61: EquallyBOTHAAcross 62: " . . . laborare est ___"ORAREAAcross 63: "When I was ___ . . . "ALADAAcross 64: King precursors, at timesALAAAcross 64: King precursors, at timesALA.AAcross 65: Kitchen implementCORERAAcross 66: RisquéSEXYDDown 1: LessenedBATEDDDown 2: Abscond for love's sakeELOPEDDown 3: Nocturnal mammalTAPIRDDown 4: Enero is first in this periodANODDown 5: Walk unsteadilyTOTTERDDown 6: Jacob's eighth sonASHERDDown 7: ArrestSTEMDDown 8: Religious schs.SEMSDDown 9: Tic-tac-toe trioOOODDown 10: " . . . and carry ___ stick"ABIGDDown 11: Smooth consonantLENEDDown 12: Units of workERGSDDown 15: BelowUNDERDDown 17: Tray's kinFIDODDown 18: Secondhand transactionRESALEDDown 23: Like some coffee or teaICEDDDown 24: Colorful fishOPAHDDown 26: PostponeDEFERDDown 27: Major trailerETTEDDown 28: Sobrinos' kinTIOSDDown 29: Of an epochERALDDown 30: Miami's countyDADEDDown 31: Iowa cityAMESDDown 32: FuzzLINTDDown 33: Baltic waterwayODERDDown 34: SpeckMOTEDDown 37: Crude shelterLEAN-TODDown 38: "Love and Squalor" girlESMEDDown 39: Public disturbanceRIOTDDown 44: Loam or loessEARTHDDown 45: Breakfast itemRASHERDDown 46: Conversation fillerISEEDDown 48: ___ nousENTREDDown 49: Cato was oneEDILEDDown 50: Take it easyRELAXDDown 51: IndigentNEEDYDDown 52: Rhyme schemeABBADDown 53: Place for a dipPOOLDDown 54: "___ boy!"ATTADDown 55: Mindanao nativeMORODDown 56: On the horizonAFARDDown 59: Soft shoe, for shortMOCDDown 60: PopsPAS