New York Times Answers - Saturday, 3rd December 1988 There are 28 across clues and 45 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 3rd December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ChurchmenECCLESIASTICALSAAcross 16: Marie ___ (Ouida)LOUISEDELARAMEEAAcross 17: SurplusesOVERPRODUCTIONSAAcross 18: Westphalian riverEDERAAcross 19: Opposite of pos.NEGAAcross 20: Feel another's absenceMISSAAcross 20: Feel another's absenceMISS.AAcross 21: AdherentsISTSAAcross 23: "A daimen-icker in a thrave/'S a ___ request": BurnsSMAAAcross 25: MakeCREATEAAcross 29: Bluto's baneSPINACHAAcross 33: "Au clair de la ___ . . . "LUNEAAcross 34: Soup ingredientLENTILAAcross 37: "___ walks in beauty . . . ": ByronSHEAAcross 38: Senecan political satireAPOCOLOCYNTOSISAAcross 41: Poivre's partnerSELAAcross 42: Poe's "rare and radiant maiden"LENOREAAcross 43: What a toper does to his whistleWETSAAcross 44: Soccer shotsHEADERSAAcross 46: Bloodsucking flyTSETSEAAcross 48: HeadlandRASAAcross 49: HQ of Siberian Cossacks, onceOMSKAAcross 51: SateCLOYAAcross 54: Swedish name for TurkuABOAAcross 55: PhilosophiesISMSAAcross 59: An Emmy winner for "Love Among the Ruins": 1975LAURENCE OLIVIERAAcross 64: R.F.K. was oneATTORNEY GENERALAAcross 65: Flares at seaDISTRESSSIGNALSDDown 1: Popular rock group, for shortELODDown 2: HarborCOVEDDown 3: Prompted an actorCUEDDDown 4: Neapolitan moneyLIREDDown 5: ___ de corpsESPRITDDown 6: Indian weightSERDDown 7: "___ Care," 1905 songIDONTDDown 8: Roman house or mosquito genusAEDESDDown 9: NudibranchSLUGDDown 10: One-third of a simple gameTACDDown 11: Subway in N.Y.C.IRTDDown 12: Amazon crocodilianCAIMANDDown 13: Frenchman's "Help!"AMOIDDown 14: Telescope partLENSDDown 15: Mtg.SESSDDown 22: Clouseau portrayerSELLERSDDown 23: Compact pianosSPINETSDDown 24: ___ Pappas, former pitcherMILTDDown 25: The ___, British punk groupCLASHDDown 26: Pakistani dollarRUPEEDDown 27: ___ GayENOLADDown 28: Former nuclear agcy.AECDDown 29: Ukrainian riverSTYRDDown 30: Opposite of liabilityASSETDDown 31: VouchersCHITSDDown 32: Nobelist in Literature: 1946HESSEDDown 35: Long periods of timeEONSDDown 36: Sgt. or cpl.NCODDown 39: Olive, to OvidOLEADDown 40: Part of i.o.u.OWEDDown 45: Plant diseaseDRY-ROTDDown 47: Hiemal recreationSKIINGDDown 49: HeedsOBEYSDDown 50: Certain synthesizersMOOGSDDown 51: DressedCLADDDown 52: Former Latvian dollarsLATIDDown 53: Six events in an inningOUTSDDown 54: Richthofen and RickenbackerACESDDown 56: Explorer HedinSVENDDown 57: Remarkable variable starMIRADDown 58: Leopard or harp followerSEALDDown 60: GoofERRDDown 61: Compass pt.NNEDDown 62: Kauai giftLEIDDown 63: Literary monogramRLS