New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th December 1988 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Word of woeALASAAcross 5: Local Communist groupCELLAAcross 9: Lascivious eyerOGLERAAcross 14: It equals one joule per secondWATTAAcross 15: Hunt's Ben AdhemABOUAAcross 16: ComposedWROTEAAcross 17: Pound or StoneEZRAAAcross 18: VinegarySOURAAcross 19: The man without a countryNOLANAAcross 20: Leaving no will behind? (malapropism)DYINGINTERSTATEAAcross 23: GainsayDENYAAcross 24: Not at homeOUTAAcross 25: Barrio residentLATINOAAcross 28: Kitchen garbage dumpDISPOSALAAcross 33: Of a race: Comb. formETHNOAAcross 34: Poilu's weaponARMEAAcross 35: Dernier ___CRIAAcross 36: Choir offering? (malapropism)GREGARIOUSCHANTAAcross 40: Forever, poeticallyE'ERAAcross 41: Andy's partnerAMOSAAcross 42: Eagle's penthouse suiteAERIEAAcross 43: Jogged the memoryREMINDEDAAcross 46: London dry-goods dealerDRAPERAAcross 47: "Why ___ Love You?"DOIAAcross 48: Garden starterSEEDAAcross 49: Chutzpah? (malapropism)UNMEDICATEDGALLAAcross 57: This may be tossedSALADAAcross 58: Tel ___AVIVAAcross 59: Writer WieselELIEAAcross 60: MaliceSPITEAAcross 61: Embassy spyMOLEAAcross 62: Carpenter's toolADZEAAcross 63: Gave a glowing reviewRAVEDAAcross 64: Washstand adjunctEWERAAcross 65: BellowROARDDown 1: WonderstruckAWEDDDown 2: Like a certain SusanLAZYDDown 3: Abruzzi bell townATRIDDown 4: UprightSTANDINGDDown 5: Monte Carlo attractionCASINODDown 6: Lustrous blackEBONYDDown 7: LummoxLOUTDDown 8: Fishhook baitLUREDDown 9: Comes cleanOWNSUPDDown 10: Capri has a blue oneGROTTODDown 11: She gets what she wantsLOLADDown 12: State, in ToursETATDDown 13: DescartesRENEDDown 21: Birthplace of ColumbusGENOADDown 22: Frank Gilroy's subjectROSESDDown 25: French painter Fernand ___LEGERDDown 26: Up ___ (cornered)ATREEDDown 27: Unit of heatTHERMDDown 28: Dickens's dramatized EdwinDROODDDown 29: Hawaiian baking pitsIMUSDDown 30: Steep slopeSCARPDDown 31: Palmer, to his "army"ARNIEDDown 32: Metric quartLITERDDown 34: "Darling, Je Vous ___ Beaucoup"AIMEDDown 37: SpokesRADIIDDown 38: Gave a hootCAREDDDown 39: Tiaras, crowns and halosHEADGEARDDown 44: Form a thoughtIDEATEDDown 45: Indicated assentNODDEDDDown 46: Kipling's ill-fated DannyDEEVERDDown 48: Meadow crossingSTILEDDown 49: U.N. memberUSSRDDown 50: Calif. wine valleyNAPADDown 51: Year in Macbeth's reignMLIVDDown 52: ArrivedCAMEDDown 53: Swear solemnlyAVOWDDown 54: Ray of "God's Little Acre"ALDODDown 55: Actress-singer MinnelliLIZADDown 56: Salacious lookLEER