New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th September 1988 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th September 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like many a marathon finisherGASPINGAAcross 8: Kind of horse or camelARABIANAAcross 15: ProsaicLITERALAAcross 16: GoonGORILLAAAcross 17: SpringEMANATEAAcross 18: MortifiesHUMBLESAAcross 19: Utah ski resortALTAAAcross 20: DefameABASEAAcross 22: N.Y.C. transit lineIRTAAcross 23: Playwright SimonNEILAAcross 24: Tell good jokesAMUSEAAcross 25: Curtain raiserACTIAAcross 26: Draft orgSSSAAcross 27: Act the coquetteFLIRTAAcross 28: Semisheer fabricVOILEAAcross 29: Rubberneck's activitySTARINGAAcross 31: St. Sebastian, for oneMARTYRAAcross 32: AccommodationsLODGEMENTAAcross 34: Mark of shameSTIGMAAAcross 37: Bush or Dukakis, e.g.SURNAMEAAcross 40: Where a kadein livesHAREMAAcross 41: Port for PompeyOSTIAAAcross 42: Rosary beadAVEAAcross 44: At any timeEVERAAcross 45: George of the RoyalsBRETTAAcross 46: Math dept. subjectTRIGAAcross 47: Fam. memberRELAAcross 48: Journey on an AutobahnREISEAAcross 49: BroadWIDEAAcross 50: New Orleans confectionPRALINEAAcross 52: Wis. city and countyRACINESAAcross 55: Poe's "___ Lee"ANNABELAAcross 56: NotedEMINENTAAcross 57: Cruel onesSADISTSAAcross 58: EntertainsDIVERTSDDown 1: Gathers leftoversGLEANSDDown 2: RandomAIMLESSDDown 3: Advocate of centralized governmentSTATISTDDown 4: Kind of codePENALDDown 5: Ethan Allen's brotherIRADDown 6: ___ Turner, Styron heroNATDDown 7: LustrousGLEAMINGDDown 8: HorrifiedAGHASTDDown 9: AwakenROUSEDDown 10: Flic's weaponARMEDDown 11: Necessity for a babyBIBDDown 12: UnlawfulILLICITDDown 13: In a wide-awake mannerALERTLYDDown 14: MeanerNASTIERDDown 21: Colonial Va.'s House of ___BURGESSESDDown 24: Actress ValliALIDADDown 25: Large blood vesselAORTADDown 27: Psychoanalyst ErichFROMMDDown 28: Letter-turner WhiteVANNADDown 30: "Phil the Fiddler" authorALGERDDown 31: Kind of badgeMERITDDown 33: Grumbled indistinctlyMUTTEREDDDown 34: Himalayan guidesSHERPASDDown 35: Athens cafeTAVERNADDown 36: Jill or John of filmsIRELANDDDown 38: U.S. space probeMARINERDDown 39: ObviousEVIDENTDDown 41: MiradorsORIELSDDown 43: DischargesEGESTSDDown 45: Poet Stephen VincentBENETDDown 46: Plaything for a kittenTWINEDDown 48: TeasesRIBSDDown 51: Chou En-___LAIDDown 53: Pierre's friendAMIDDown 54: Ovid's 104CIV