New York Times Answers - Thursday, 8th December 1988 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 8th December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Not fem. or neut.MASCAAcross 5: Young hooterOWLETAAcross 10: "Nature's ___ nurse": Shak.SOFTAAcross 14: Mine, to MimiAMOIAAcross 15: IngenuousNAIVEAAcross 16: "I cannot tell ___"ALIEAAcross 17: Warlike officers?MARTIALMARSHALSAAcross 20: SnarlENTANGLEAAcross 21: Little spotted skunkCIVETAAcross 22: Playing cardTREYAAcross 23: SplotchBLOBAAcross 25: ShrewderCAGIERAAcross 28: ___ de forceTOURAAcross 29: African cobraASPAAcross 32: Melville workOMOOAAcross 33: PassageAISLEAAcross 34: Govt. org. once headed by BushCIAAAcross 35: A.M. sorrow?MORNINGMOURNINGAAcross 39: Before, in poetryEREAAcross 40: Site of witch trialsSALEMAAcross 41: Fairy-tale openerONCEAAcross 42: Barber or ButtonsREDAAcross 43: Unique personONERAAcross 44: ThrustLUNGEDAAcross 46: Harte's Poker ___FLATAAcross 47: Not flaccidFIRMAAcross 48: Brought to courtTRIEDAAcross 51: Succession; seriesSEQUENCEAAcross 55: Gathered a hot-dog condiment?MUSTEREDMUSTARDAAcross 58: Like some seamenABLEAAcross 59: "Remember the ___"ALAMOAAcross 60: Bald ___ eagleASANAAcross 61: RequireNEEDAAcross 62: TightwadPIKERAAcross 63: Color called goose grayLAMADDown 1: A Lansbury roleMAMEDDown 2: To ___ (with no exception)A'MANDDown 3: ClassifySORTDDown 4: Triple Crown winner: 1948CITATIONDDown 5: Medieval catapultONAGERDDown 6: Cox of early TVWALLYDDown 7: Gimlet ingredientLIMEDDown 8: Braun or GaborEVADDown 9: Thrice, in prescriptionsTERDDown 10: Sir, to HindusSAHIBDDown 11: King of NorwayOLAVDDown 12: Rank's companionFILEDDown 13: CriterionTESTDDown 18: ConcerningINREDDown 19: Track officialSCORERDDown 23: Heart or affectionBOSOMDDown 24: Congressman's plumLULUDDown 25: Yuppie, e.g.COMERDDown 26: Love, in LivornoAMOREDDown 27: Stuck a toreroGOREDDDown 28: Colleague of 19 DownTIMERDDown 29: Serving winnersACINGDDown 30: BecauseSINCEDDown 31: Summoned, as at a hotelPAGEDDDown 33: Ornamental tagAGLETDDown 36: Wagner heroineISOLDEDDown 37: Zola novelNANADDown 38: Nitrogen or carbonNONMETALDDown 44: Tequila, e.g.LIQUORDDown 45: Extinct wild oxURUSDDown 46: Entertained an honoreeFETEDDDown 47: ___ fataleFEMMEDDown 48: Govt. agentT-MANDDown 49: Cartoonist GoldbergRUBEDDown 50: Homophone for 33 AcrossISLEDDown 51: A neighbor of Wyo.SDAKDDown 52: Houston org.NASADDown 53: StuffCRAMDDown 54: Best or FerberEDNADDown 56: Sound at a séanceRAPDDown 57: A descendant of AaronELI