New York Times Answers - Friday, 9th December 1988 There are 37 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 9th December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Acronym for a clause in a union contractCOLAAAcross 5: Cow and field followersPEASAAcross 9: OverweightOBESEAAcross 14: Sherman Hemsley vehicle on TVAMENAAcross 15: Kilmer's rhyme for "rain"LAINAAcross 16: Gordon and RomanRUTHSAAcross 17: DiagonalBIASAAcross 18: Woody's sonARLOAAcross 19: Barber's needSTROPAAcross 20: Leroy Anderson opusTHETYPEWRITERAAcross 23: Asian tongueLAOAAcross 24: Hindu god of bad luckSANIAAcross 25: Fabrics' meas.YDSAAcross 28: ___ the finishINATAAcross 31: Sgt., e.g.NONCOMAAcross 35: ___ a limbOUTONAAcross 37: British servicewomanWAACAAcross 39: Unit of loudnessSONEAAcross 40: Epithet for Pope John Paul IIKEEPEROFTHEKEYSAAcross 43: Unicorn fishUNIEAAcross 44: ___ Peak, in the Sierra NevadaALTAAAcross 45: Parachute materialNYLONAAcross 46: Kind of opusMAGNUMAAcross 48: Battle site: 1944STLOAAcross 50: "A Boy Named ___"SUEAAcross 51: Writer BagnoldENIDAAcross 53: Island off JutlandALSAAcross 55: Borge needsCONCERTGRANDSAAcross 61: One of the GaborsMAGDAAAcross 62: FlagIRISAAcross 63: Art Deco nameERTEAAcross 65: Chandler's "The Big ___"SLEEPAAcross 66: Transportation for TarzanVINEAAcross 67: Haven of a sortLAIRAAcross 68: CoastersSLEDSAAcross 69: Painter SchieleEGONAAcross 70: Vega's constellationLYRADDown 1: Semi compartmentCABDDown 2: ExcludeOMITDDown 3: Jacob's first wifeLEAHDDown 4: Photographer AdamsANSELDDown 5: ___ words (pun)PLAYONDDown 6: Wild West nameEARPDDown 7: Ange appendageAILEDDown 8: Causes of wonderlands?SNOWSDDown 9: Duke in "Twelfth Night"ORSINODDown 10: KibitzerBUTTINSKYDDown 11: Raison d'___ETREDDown 12: Memorable restaurateurSHORDDown 13: Test type at Duke U.E.S.P.DDown 13: Test type at Duke U.ESPDDown 21: Hippolyte, the philosopher-criticTAINEDDown 22: Southfork, e.g.RANCHDDown 25: Comics nameYOKUMDDown 26: Spanish landladyDUENADDown 27: Cartoonist WilliamSTEIGDDown 29: M.P.'s quarryAWOLDDown 30: Noted Ohio familyTAFTSDDown 32: Oriental cuckoos: Var.COELSDDown 33: "The joke's ___!"ONYOUDDown 34: Feudal lordMESNEDDown 36: Like some debatesOPEN-ENDEDDDown 38: Rat tailATATDDown 41: Textile fiberRAMIEDDown 42: ___ Gay, Col. Tibbets's planeENOLADDown 47: Opens a bottleUNCAPSDDown 49: Jack London's Wolf ___LARSENDDown 52: Get-up-and-goDRIVEDDown 54: Fishhook attachmentSNELLDDown 55: VisitCALLDDown 56: Pointed archOGEEDDown 57: Kin of alg.TRIGDDown 58: Football Hall of Famer MarchettiGINODDown 59: Squirrel's nestDRAYDDown 60: BrouhahaSTIRDDown 61: Eds.' concernsMSSDDown 64: An interest of NOWERA