New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 17th August 1988 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 17th August 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Goddess of plentyOPSAAcross 4: RemuneratedPAIDAAcross 8: Carangid fishSCADAAcross 12: Customary functionROLEAAcross 14: Of sightOPTICAAcross 16: Biblical weedTAREAAcross 17: CHIC ENG. PAL gets fruitCLINGPEACHAAcross 19: Sicilian cityENNAAAcross 20: Volume in a pewHYMNALAAcross 21: BrineSEAWATERAAcross 23: O.T. bookOBADAAcross 25: Aeschylus creationDRAMAAAcross 26: Gave a shave and a haircutBARBEREDAAcross 30: Twelfth U.S. PresidentTAYLORAAcross 33: Objects of adulationIDOLSAAcross 34: Renaissance fiddleREBECAAcross 36: Be in arrearsOWEAAcross 37: The ___ King, foe of OzNOMEAAcross 38: French Cubist painterLEGERAAcross 39: Pale green mothLUNAAAcross 40: Middle of a palindromeEREAAcross 41: Senegal's capitalDAKARAAcross 42: Become attenuated, with "off"TAPERAAcross 43: Souchong receptacleTEAPOTAAcross 45: They try hardSTRIVERSAAcross 47: Martinique spouterPELEEAAcross 49: Sphere or stich precederHEMIAAcross 50: Some toutsTIPSTERSAAcross 53: "The Heart Is a ___ Hunter": McCullersLONELYAAcross 57: Heraldic bandORLEAAcross 58: Fruit coming in NINE CRATESNECTARINESAAcross 60: Formal assemblyDIETAAcross 61: Hair-raisingSCARYAAcross 62: Man FridayAIDEAAcross 63: Greek peakOSSAAAcross 64: Speaker of baseballTRISAAcross 65: Nabokov novelDARDDown 1: Mehta's gp., e.g.ORCHDDown 2: Kind of graph or esterPOLYDDown 3: Pickens of filmsSLIMDDown 4: Wood used for pulpPOPLARDDown 5: EmulateAPEDDown 6: "Play ___ It Lays": DidionITASDDown 7: Cut into cubesDICEDDDown 8: VaporousSTEAMYDDown 9: LEAP A COUNT to get fruitCANTALOUPEDDown 10: "Artaxerxes" composerARNEDDown 11: ExpensiveDEARDDown 13: Elevate to dignityENNOBLEDDown 15: ConstitutionCHARTERDDown 18: Tunisian seaportGABESDDown 22: British servicewoman: W.W. IWAACDDown 24: John or BoDEREKDDown 26: Intelligence manBINETDDown 27: "I may command where I ___": Shak.ADOREDDown 28: AMPLE PROSE about fruitROMEAPPLESDDown 29: Painter of ballerinasDEGASDDown 31: Deed holderOWNERDDown 32: Brings upREARSDDown 35: Ship's parking spaceBERTHDDown 38: Triangular sailsLATEENSDDown 39: Wife of AeneasLAVINIADDown 41: BlockheadDOLTDDown 42: Indonesian islandTIMORDDown 44: Cartagena coinPESETADDown 46: Passes onRELAYSDDown 48: VerticalERECTDDown 50: HooplaTO-DODDown 51: Novelist MurdochIRISDDown 52: Battle mementoSCARDDown 54: Home of Vance AFBENIDDDown 55: Clytemnestra's motherLEDADDown 56: Belgian riverYSERDDown 59: Cot or corn starterTRI