New York Times Answers - Saturday, 20th August 1988 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 20th August 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Prefix with dextrousAMBIAAcross 5: Powerful personNABOBAAcross 10: Donkey's cryBRAYAAcross 14: Grazing landsLEASAAcross 15: Writer CalvinoITALOAAcross 16: Actor AuberjonoisRENEAAcross 17: Like some mushroomsVERSICOLORAAcross 19: Handle for HadrianANSAAAcross 20: Makes harmoniousATTUNESAAcross 21: Come in againRE-ENTERAAcross 21: Come in againREENTERAAcross 23: Rhone feederAINAAcross 24: Calculating snakes?ADDERSAAcross 25: Yellow mushroomsCHANTERELLESAAcross 31: Spy in the sky, for shortAWACSAAcross 32: Liquid part of fatOLEINAAcross 33: ErodeEATAAcross 36: WhittlePAREAAcross 37: Watery fences?MOATSAAcross 38: Swinburne, e.g.ISLEAAcross 39: One kind of crustPIEAAcross 40: Rib: Comb. formCOSTIAAcross 41: Growing outENATEAAcross 42: Fungi growing on decaying logsEARTHTONGUESAAcross 44: Foo yong, e.g.OMELETAAcross 47: Christie's "___ M"NORAAcross 48: Kind of swallowtailPARSNIPAAcross 50: Flings againRECASTSAAcross 54: Way outEXITAAcross 55: Mushroom loversMYCOPHILESAAcross 57: Carty of baseballRICOAAcross 58: ScrapeERASEAAcross 59: Tweed twitterNASTAAcross 60: To ___A'MANAAcross 61: Pave againRETARAAcross 62: Cpls.' bossesSGTSDDown 1: Part of T.A.E.ALVADDown 2: A homophone for meteMEETDDown 3: A StarrBARTDDown 4: P.O. actionISSUANCEDDown 5: A creedNICENEDDown 6: Philippine political divisionsATOSDDown 7: Dance in Le HavreBALDDown 8: Genus of swansOLORDDown 9: Aurora ___BOREALISDDown 10: Commercial namesBRANDSDDown 11: French incomeRENTEDDown 12: Genus of geeseANSERDDown 13: Thurber's "The ___ With Ross"YEARSDDown 18: R.L.S. and J.F.K., e.g.INITSDDown 22: London heroEDENDDown 25: Fearless Fosdick's creatorCAPPDDown 26: Yellow River feederHWAIDDown 27: Swiss waterwayAAREDDown 28: Fowl poleROOSTDDown 29: Gulf of Aqaba portELATHDDown 30: "___ Be," Beatles hitLETITDDown 33: Jacob's twinESAUDDown 34: Der ___ (Adenauer)ALTEDDown 35: Peete's pegsTEESDDown 37: One of Bergen's dummiesMORTIMERDDown 38: Fixes deeply and firmlyINGRAINSDDown 40: City in NormandyCAENDDown 41: "___ Arden," Tennyson poemENOCHDDown 42: ___ Howard of baseballELSTONDDown 43: "___ customer"ONEPERDDown 44: "Euridice" was the first complete oneOPERADDown 45: ApothegmMAXIMDDown 46: Writer JongERICADDown 49: Funeral pilePYREDDown 50: Artist BonheurROSADDown 51: Scoriaceous lavaSLAGDDown 52: Screen ___TESTDDown 53: Fast jetsSSTSDDown 56: Garfield, e.g.CAT