New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 31st August 1988 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 31st August 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jean de Brunhoff creationBABARAAcross 6: Brow wiper's sighWHEWAAcross 10: Thespian cutupHAMAAcross 13: Miss ScarlettO'HARAAAcross 14: Buenos ___AIRESAAcross 16: Famed ring nameALIAAcross 17: BuffoonMERRY ANDREWAAcross 19: "Oui ou ___?"NONAAcross 20: Sugar-cane leftoversBAGASSEAAcross 21: Polyurethane fiberSPANDEXAAcross 23: Delightful placeEDENAAcross 24: Set of doctrinesISMAAcross 26: RemainSTAYAAcross 27: UnderstoodGOTAAcross 29: Behind the scenesOFFSTAGEAAcross 33: Golfer LeeELDERAAcross 36: Woody's sonARLOAAcross 37: Phillips University is hereENIDAAcross 38: Actress ZadoraPIAAAcross 39: Supermarket clerks, oftenBAGGERSAAcross 42: Genes materialDNAAAcross 43: RascalsIMPSAAcross 45: StalemateDRAWAAcross 46: Vast chasm, to the BardABYSMAAcross 48: Hooded cloakCAPUCHINAAcross 50: Eureka Springs, e.g.SPAAAcross 51: He created Perry and DellaERLEAAcross 52: Mule of folk songSALAAcross 54: Okinawa seaportNAHAAAcross 58: Some sleeves end hereFOREARMAAcross 61: HungDANGLEDAAcross 63: State furtherADDAAcross 64: HoboWEARY WILLIEAAcross 66: O.S.S. successorCIAAAcross 67: SwaggerSTRUTAAcross 68: Sierra ___LEONEAAcross 69: King beater, in pinochleTENAAcross 70: Rival of NadiaOLGAAAcross 71: Organic compoundESTERDDown 1: Frozen dessertBOMBEDDown 2: WinningAHEADDDown 3: Sight on the ChesapeakeBARGEDDown 4: PlanARRANGEDDown 5: Light linesRAYSDDown 6: DeclinesWANESDDown 7: ConcealedHIDDDown 8: Is mistakenERRSDDown 9: ___ joy (is ecstatic)WEEPSFORDDown 10: Novel by Samuel LoverHANDYANDYDDown 11: Spiny plantALOEDDown 12: Saucy young womanMINXDDown 15: Emulates RuthSWATSDDown 18: ___ were (so to speak)ASITDDown 22: Tiny Archibald of N.B.A. fameNATEDDown 25: Some saddle horsesMORGANSDDown 28: SphereORBDDown 30: Went like the windFLEWDDown 31: "And Phoebus ___ arise": Shak.GINSDDown 32: Dutch exportEDAMDDown 33: GrandioseEPICDDown 34: City in OhioLIMADDown 35: Foppish clotheshorseDAPPERDANDDown 36: Fields, to AgrippinaAGRIDDown 40: Support stronglyADHERETODDown 41: Tree's life bloodSAPDDown 44: "Betcha boots!"SUREDDown 47: Bracelet's charmsBANGLESDDown 49: ChelaeCLAWSDDown 50: Picnic dish, for shortSLAWDDown 53: Innermost shrinesADYTADDown 55: Portion outALLOTDDown 56: German poet-essayistHEINEDDown 57: "Do, ___ . . . "ADEERDDown 58: Bit of truthFACTDDown 59: Comic-strip canineODIEDDown 60: Crumbly soilMARLDDown 62: Khartoum's riverNILEDDown 65: Spot for a snug bugRUG