New York Times Answers - Thursday, 1st December 1988 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 1st December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: AbradesRASPSAAcross 6: British cleaning womanCHARAAcross 10: Card gameSKATAAcross 14: His Monday is our SundayASIANAAcross 15: Game divided into chukkersPOLOAAcross 16: ProngTINEAAcross 17: Nocturnal tooters?HORNEDOWLSAAcross 19: KelepsANTSAAcross 20: FreshenRENEWAAcross 21: Ophthalmologist's concernEYESIGHTAAcross 23: Goddess of the rainbowIRISAAcross 25: Young hood's neighborhoodTURFAAcross 26: "I am the ___ of Sharon . . . "ROSEAAcross 29: DenyNEGATEAAcross 32: FuryIREAAcross 35: Actor SharifOMARAAcross 36: JubilantELATEDAAcross 37: To be, in VeracruzSERAAcross 38: ParsonageMANSEAAcross 40: Make into a knightDUBAAcross 41: Allen or FromeETHANAAcross 43: Song in "A Chorus Line"ANDAAcross 44: The highest pointAPOGEEAAcross 47: Neural networkRETEAAcross 48: Tuck's companionNIPAAcross 49: Most tractableTAMESTAAcross 50: Tax shelters, for shortIRASAAcross 51: Path for PompeyITERAAcross 53: Soviet cityTULAAAcross 55: Electrical current's strengthAMPERAGEAAcross 59: StupidDENSEAAcross 62: What Lear's pobble lacksTOESAAcross 63: Some N.F.L. skinheads?BALDEAGLESAAcross 66: Civil wrongTORTAAcross 67: Division of a leafLOBEAAcross 68: Lines of typeSLUGSAAcross 69: Bear on highURSAAAcross 70: ZestELANAAcross 71: ConciseTERSEDDown 1: Cheer wordRAHDDown 2: Hebrew lyreASORDDown 3: BegetSIREDDown 4: BasketsPANNIERSDDown 5: ScoffSNEERDDown 6: U.S.N. noncomCPODDown 7: He put ma in stitchesHOWEDDown 8: Friend in a frayALLYDDown 9: Circular architectural ornamentROSETTEDDown 10: Kind of case or waySTAIRDDown 11: Royal angler?KINGFISHERDDown 12: Flower: Comb. formANTHDDown 13: Dry runTESTDDown 18: Waste away, in YorkshireDWINEDDown 22: Leather that swayed Elvis?SUEDEDDown 24: RarelySELDOMDDown 26: ___ candleROMANDDown 27: Native of an Arabian sultanateOMANIDDown 28: Gritty flutists?SANDPIPERSDDown 30: Measurement for a shotgun barrelGAUGEDDown 31: Under most favorable conditionsAT BESTDDown 33: Gaucho's ropeREATADDown 34: Piscivorous fliersERNESDDown 39: GourmandEATERDDown 42: Percussion instrumentTRIANGLEDDown 45: Allegorical storyPARABLEDDown 46: Practice pieceETUDEDDown 52: Seed coatTESTADDown 54: Describing some bitterns and flycatchersLEASTDDown 55: Aleutian islandATTUDDown 56: Fix firmlyMOORDDown 57: Jail for WildeGAOLDDown 58: Italian islandELBADDown 60: VilipendSLURDDown 61: Records of brain elec. activityEEGSDDown 64: Kind of motherDENDDown 65: Reno-to-Las Vegas dir.SSE