New York Times Answers - Monday, 7th March 1988 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 7th March 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: CommunicationsMESSAGESAAcross 9: ConductsSTEERSAAcross 15: At the coreINTERNALAAcross 16: Hot milk-and-wine drinkPOSSETAAcross 17: Of the third orderTERTIARYAAcross 18: East Indian sailorLASCARAAcross 19: Time periodERAAAcross 20: Sharp toolAWLAAcross 21: DisencumberRIDAAcross 22: Mohammed's son-in-lawALIAAcross 23: Took a cabRODEAAcross 25: Ruhr cityESSENAAcross 27: Went coastingSLIDAAcross 28: Side dishSALADAAcross 30: Take stepsACTAAcross 31: Window sectionPANEAAcross 32: ___ daisySHASTAAAcross 34: Like some cakesOATENAAcross 35: Unit of elec. currentAMPAAcross 38: Goes to the meetingATTENDSAAcross 40: Id followerESTAAcross 41: Skirt featuresGORESAAcross 43: Judge twiceRETESTAAcross 45: NettledIREDAAcross 46: D.C. bigwigSENAAcross 47: Mubarak's capitalCAIROAAcross 50: Soviet news sourceTASSAAcross 51: "Siddhartha" authorHESSEAAcross 53: Spiders on stovesPANSAAcross 55: Stein fillerALEAAcross 56: QuipMOTAAcross 57: Touch of winterNIPAAcross 59: ___ d'Or, town in QuebecVALAAcross 60: Flammable itemTINDERAAcross 62: Mechanical advantageLEVERAGEAAcross 64: Singles-bar rarityESCORTAAcross 65: Reduced to a meanAVERAGEDAAcross 66: AdamantSTEELYAAcross 67: Scrooge and MarleyPARTNERSDDown 1: Clerical headdressMITERDDown 2: Juárez JanuariesENEROSDDown 3: "La ___," 1954 filmSTRADADDown 4: CoterieSETDDown 5: "Nessun dorma," e.g.ARIADDown 6: Caused corrosionGNAWEDATDDown 7: British noblemenEARLSDDown 8: VulpineSLYDDown 9: First-aid deviceSPLINTDDown 10: NatterjackTOADDDown 11: Hook shapeESSDDown 12: IncreaseESCALATEDDown 13: Straightens anewREALINESDDown 14: GratingSTRIDENTDDown 21: DisavowRECANTDDown 24: Overhead rwys.ELSDDown 26: Glossy fabricsSATEENSDDown 27: Bad Ems, e.g.SPADDown 29: Triumphant criesAHASDDown 33: Lewis's "Main ___"STREETDDown 34: Greek peakOSSADDown 35: Stirs upAGITATESDDown 36: Aesop, for oneMORALISTDDown 37: BearingPRESENCEDDown 39: CheatDECEIVERDDown 42: Sullivan and AsnerEDSDDown 44: CantTIPDDown 46: Hospital bed jacketSHORTYDDown 48: PlunderRAVAGEDDown 49: Ass or catapultONAGERDDown 52: Indy champ: 1983SNEVADDown 54: LugesSLEDSDDown 56: BlackbirdMERLDDown 58: ImpudentPERTDDown 61: Bambi's motherDOEDDown 62: Vanishing seatLAPDDown 63: Took charge ofRAN