New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 18th May 1988 There are 37 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 18th May 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In the distanceAFARAAcross 5: Gator's kinCROCAAcross 9: Team of horsesSPANAAcross 13: Wheel hubNAVEAAcross 14: Sports centerARENAAAcross 15: Double this for a toy trainCHOOAAcross 16: " . . . ___ saw Elba"EREIAAcross 17: "The Devil and Daniel Webster" authorBENETAAcross 18: Young ones are flitternsOAKSAAcross 19: Pool pro Rudolf Wanderone Jr.MINNESOTAFATSAAcross 22: Gerund's endingINGAAcross 23: Mercury, to JupiterSONAAcross 24: HexapodINSECTAAcross 27: "Your Show of Shows" regularCAESARAAcross 29: "___ la vie"CESTAAcross 31: 3/4 of an hour?OURAAcross 32: Children's classic by Kleinsinger and TrippTUBBYTHETUBAAAcross 35: Veer offSLUEAAcross 38: Significant periodERAAAcross 39: Bit of newsITEMAAcross 40: "The Maltese Falcon" heavyKASPERGUTMANAAcross 45: Vital statisticAGEAAcross 46: Red news serviceTASSAAcross 47: Certain mothsEGGERSAAcross 51: Wordsworth's "Ode ___"TODUTYAAcross 53: Pac-10 schoolASUAAcross 54: Wimbledon divisionSETAAcross 55: "Mr. Twist"CHUBBYCHECKERAAcross 59: Six-sided stateUTAHAAcross 61: Spiny ratURAREAAcross 62: Like early TVLIVEAAcross 63: Japanese ship designationMARUAAcross 64: Marry againREWEDAAcross 65: Iowa college townAMESAAcross 66: ElegantPOSHAAcross 67: Famed FedNESSAAcross 68: Playwright HartMOSSDDown 1: Lacking vitalityANEMICDDown 2: "Our Gang" memberFARINADDown 3: Exact punishmentAVENGEDDown 4: CurbREINDDown 5: Jocasta's brotherCREONDDown 6: Monthly expenseRENTDDown 7: "___ penny, two a penny . . . "ONEADDown 8: Hunter of baseballCATFISHDDown 9: Burns and BarrieSCOTSDDown 10: Eliminate graduallyPHASE-OUTDDown 10: Eliminate graduallyPHASEOUTDDown 11: Astronaut's "Fine!"A-OKDDown 12: Us, to CatoNOSDDown 14: Sponge upABSORBDDown 20: Jacob's twinESAUDDown 21: Pot starterANTEDDown 25: Sugar shapeCUBEDDown 26: Public conveyanceTRAMDDown 28: Instruction segmentSTEPDDown 29: Statesman VanceCYRUSDDown 30: French stateETATDDown 33: PanhandlesBEGSDDown 34: Sound of a small bellTINGDDown 35: Three-handed card gameSKATDDown 36: Como in Italia is oneLAGODDown 37: Some caveat-emptor purchasesUSEDCARSDDown 41: "___, Brute!"ETTUDDown 42: Game-show host GeneRAYBURNDDown 43: Engaged, as gearsMESHEDDDown 44: Chilling experience?AGUEDDown 48: Igloo builderESKIMODDown 49: A Superman portrayerREEVESDDown 50: Engineer's concernSTRESSDDown 52: Guttural approvalUHHUHDDown 53: Lots of lotsACRESDDown 56: Jane Fonda's role in "Klute'BREEDDown 57: Swerves, at seaYAWSDDown 58: QuahogCLAMDDown 59: He cleans the plateUMPDDown 60: Chinese principleTAO