New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 16th March 1988 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 16th March 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: U.S. priest-poet John Banister ___TABBAAcross 5: Channel changerDIALAAcross 9: "Celtic Twilight" authorYEATSAAcross 14: Cosmetic plantALOEAAcross 15: Sea eagleERNEAAcross 16: Brass or pewterALLOYAAcross 17: Irish mossCARRAGEENAAcross 19: Synthetic fabricNYLONAAcross 20: Wordsworth's " . . . ___ Abbey"TINTERNAAcross 21: French forestARGONNEAAcross 23: S-shaped moldingOGEEAAcross 24: Heine's "___ Troll"ATTAAAcross 25: Charlotte ___, V.I.AMALIEAAcross 28: Musical modeJAZZAAcross 30: The way, in ChineseTAOAAcross 33: AperturesRENTSAAcross 34: Denmark's ___ IslandsFAROEAAcross 35: Keats subjectURNAAcross 36: Mild expletiveRATSAAcross 37: GambolCAPERAAcross 38: "Trinity" authorURISAAcross 39: He wrote "The College Widow"ADEAAcross 40: King with a golden touchMIDASAAcross 41: Green chalcedonyPRASEAAcross 42: Dry, as champagneSECAAcross 43: Yemeni portADENAAcross 44: Transfer a leaseSUBLETAAcross 45: That Ferrara familyESTEAAcross 47: Thomas ___ EdisonALVAAAcross 48: What Muses doINSPIREAAcross 51: Wreak destruction, in DixieRUINATEAAcross 55: Flowers for a señoritaROSASAAcross 56: Of Greek and Roman antiquityCLASSICALAAcross 58: PressesIRONSAAcross 59: Port of CorkCOBHAAcross 60: Greek letterZETAAAcross 61: Twilled fabricSERGEAAcross 62: SimpleEASYAAcross 63: Garden in GenesisEDENDDown 1: Savoir-faireTACTDDown 2: Jai ___ALAIDDown 3: NéeBORNDDown 4: Writer Brecht and namesakesBERTOLTSDDown 5: Academic distinctionDEGREEDDown 6: Byzantine empressIRENEDDown 7: One, to BurnsANEDDown 8: Chanteuse HorneLENADDown 9: Chinese riverYANGTZEDDown 10: Author of "The Castel of Helth"ELYOTDDown 11: Like health foodsALLNATURALDDown 12: Fast JetTOONDDown 13: "Auld Lang ___"SYNEDDown 18: AuspicesAEGISDDown 22: Beard eraserRAZORDDown 25: TapestryARRASDDown 26: Fort ___, Fla.MEADEDDown 27: Previous incumbentANTECESSORDDown 28: Kind of varnishJAPANDDown 29: A lover of AphroditeARESDDown 31: SpringARISEDDown 32: AssaultONSETDDown 34: Grow dimFADEDDown 37: Fruit drinkCIDERDDown 38: CitifyURBANIZEDDown 40: "La Desserte" painterMATISSEDDown 41: Painter ___ de ChavannesPUVISDDown 44: Like partly melted snowSLUSHYDDown 46: Smack-dabSPANGDDown 47: Mideastern peopleARABSDDown 48: Zeus's messengerIRISDDown 49: The ___, Thames estuary sandbankNOREDDown 50: Behold, to CiceroECCEDDown 52: Made a perfect serveACEDDDown 53: London art galleryTATEDDown 54: VerveELANDDown 57: Mauna ___LOA