New York Times Answers - Friday, 2nd December 1988 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 2nd December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: KingdomREALMAAcross 6: Tragic monarchLEARAAcross 10: Short swimDIPAAcross 13: Cold meat-juice jellyASPICAAcross 14: Actress RainesELLAAAcross 15: "Ain't She Sweet?" composerAGERAAcross 17: Author chained to apeSTEPHENKINGKONGAAcross 20: Endora's spellHEXAAcross 21: GormandizesEATSAAcross 22: Keyboard combinationsCHORDSAAcross 23: Hosp. groupRNSAAcross 24: Easily composed, in typesettingPHATAAcross 25: Mystery writer wedded to royaltyELLERYQUEENANNEAAcross 33: PreparedREADYAAcross 34: ExtremeULTRAAAcross 35: U.S.A., Gallic styleEUAAAcross 36: Author EhrenburgILYAAAcross 37: Cruise-ship companiesLINESAAcross 38: Bar billsTABSAAcross 39: Fr. companyCIEAAcross 40: Turkestani MoslemSALARAAcross 41: Bandleader ShawARTIEAAcross 42: Broadway producer linked to Falstaff's friendHAROLDPRINCEHALAAcross 45: Ottoman governors of yoreBEYSAAcross 46: King topperACEAAcross 47: Tristan's loveISOLDEAAcross 50: Cherbourg cherubANGEAAcross 52: Presidential nicknameABEAAcross 55: Tobacco heiress linked to Dodger immortalDORISDUKESNIDERAAcross 58: Sleep like ___ALOGAAcross 59: Arab potentateEMIRAAcross 60: Former rulersTSARSAAcross 61: WatchEYEAAcross 62: Verne's skipperNEMOAAcross 63: "Gypsy" composerSTYNEDDown 1: MapcapRASHDDown 2: Alberto Azzo II, e.g.ESTEDDown 3: CulminationAPEXDDown 4: Back talkLIPDDown 5: Fort in Baltimore's harborMCHENRYDDown 6: Fast timeLENTDDown 7: WapitisELKSDDown 8: Caliph or pugilistALIDDown 9: CattlemenRANCHERSDDown 10: ___ Territory: 1861-89DAKOTADDown 11: Operatic princeIGORDDown 12: Hang firePENDDDown 16: Some coll. linemenRGSDDown 18: Captain of comicsEASYDDown 19: Land once headed by NkrumahGHANADDown 23: Hester Prynne's stigmaREDADDown 24: "The Great" czarPETER IDDown 25: Composer-conductor KorngoldERICHDDown 26: George Sand heroineLELIADDown 27: HenLAYERDDown 28: Dickensian dwarf and wifeQUILPSDDown 29: Of a forearm boneULNARDDown 30: Below, to ByronNEATHDDown 31: Knitted scarfNUBIADDown 32: Item for InnessEASELDDown 37: Earl of Avon's wifeLADYEDENDDown 38: Kingwood, e.g.TREEDDown 40: LugesSLEDSDDown 41: Certain stressesACCENTSDDown 43: Noblesse ___OBLIGEDDown 44: HenpecksNAGSDDown 47: G. & S. princessIDADDown 48: FlatfishSOLEDDown 49: "___ Plata" (Mont.'s motto)OROYDDown 50: Tamiroff of filmsAKIMDDown 51: Fiddling emperorNERODDown 52: "An apple ___ . . . "ADAYDDown 53: A European capitalBERNDDown 54: Highlands dialectERSEDDown 56: Japanese apricotUMEDDown 57: Royal finishIST