New York Times Answers - Monday, 9th May 1988 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 9th May 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Nursery need, informallyTALCAAcross 5: Beanstalk boyJACKAAcross 9: ManifestOVERTAAcross 14: CupidAMORAAcross 15: Wight, e.g.ISLEAAcross 16: Abdul-Jabbar is oneLAKERAAcross 17: The CensorCATOAAcross 18: Nicholas Il was the lastTSARAAcross 19: Mountain ridgeARETEAAcross 20: With 36 Across, used-car salesman's pitchTHISONEPROVIDESAAcross 23: It's for the birdsSUETAAcross 24: Tot's muddy concoctionPIEAAcross 25: Equivalence in valuePARITYAAcross 28: Chance happeningACCIDENTAAcross 33: CorrectEMENDAAcross 34: Jai ___ALAIAAcross 35: Kanga's babyROOAAcross 36: See 20 AcrossABIGOPPORTUNITYAAcross 40: Not proCONAAcross 41: Wimbledon winner: 1975ASHEAAcross 42: Sydney Carton's loveLUCIEAAcross 43: Mandarin's drink, perhapsHYSONTEAAAcross 46: Camille's loveARMANDAAcross 47: PotholeRUTAAcross 48: Gleason's "How sweet ___!"ITISAAcross 49: Customer's replyIHEARITKNOCKINGAAcross 57: " . . . by the ___ early light": KeyDAWNSAAcross 58: A KingALANAAcross 59: Eye partUVEAAAcross 60: Funeral orationELOGEAAcross 61: Note-able fish?TUNAAAcross 62: Frog or year precederLEAPAAcross 63: InvitedASKEDAAcross 64: Skating maneuverAXELAAcross 65: Cithara's cousinLYREDDown 1: DiplomacyTACTDDown 2: Nanking nannyAMAHDDown 3: Viaud's pen nameLOTIDDown 4: IntersectionCROSSINGDDown 5: Small busJITNEYDDown 6: What 1 Down is to a consulASSETDDown 7: Thunder soundCLAPDDown 8: Deborah, Jean or WalterKERRDDown 9: Patron saint of NorwayOLAV IIDDown 10: DiverseVARIEDDDown 11: Made doEKEDDDown 12: NetworkRETEDDown 13: "___ bien!"TRESDDown 21: SurpassOUTDODDown 22: In the work cited: Abbr.OPCITDDown 25: Fruit for Melba's dessertPEACHDDown 26: Perth ___, N.J.AMBOYDDown 27: Horse's restraintREINSDDown 28: Greeting with the lei of the landALOHADDown 29: SolicitudeCAREDDown 30: Writer JongERICADDown 31: OutNOTINDDown 32: Trifled (with)TOYEDDDown 34: Basilica areaAPSEDDown 37: Page or LuPonePATTIDDown 38: Actress Lenore of yesteryearULRICDDown 39: ChowderheadNUMSKULLDDown 44: Dec. 24 stocking-stufferORANGEDDown 45: Harbored, as a grudgeNURSEDDDown 46: DissonantATONALDDown 48: SillyINANEDDown 49: BrainstormIDEADDown 50: "The Laughing Cavalier" painterHALSDDown 51: Furry "Return of the Jedi" creatureEWOKDDown 52: Informal farewellTATADDown 53: Part of K.K.K.KLUXDDown 54: Actress Judith from El PasoIVEYDDown 55: ClosefistedNEARDDown 56: Stare openmouthedGAPE