New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th December 1988 There are 37 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ear-relatedOTICAAcross 5: Tatting loopsPICOTSAAcross 11: Hosp. printoutECGAAcross 14: Home of the Baylor BearsWACOAAcross 15: Where the Gallery of Apollo isLOUVREAAcross 16: Jamie ___ Curtis of cinemaLEEAAcross 17: Fan-shaped spongeELEPHANT EARAAcross 19: Low stat for Frank ViolaERAAAcross 20: More wrinkledCREASIERAAcross 21: Kind of trailVAPORAAcross 23: Mlle., in MadridSRTAAAcross 24: Chest: Comb. formSTETHAAcross 26: Stamp on some pkgs.PPDAAcross 29: Auxiliary smoker on a steamshipDONKEYSTACKAAcross 33: Search for trufflesROOTAAcross 35: ___ Strait, N Canadian channelRAEAAcross 36: Pigment from blue grapesENINAAcross 37: "Yes ___?" (ultimatum words)ORNOAAcross 38: GarnerAMASSAAcross 40: Allies' prize: July 1944STLOAAcross 41: Oil city on the CaspianBAKUAAcross 42: Pollster HarrisLOUAAcross 43: Place for a parlor-game pinTAILAAcross 44: Large-caliber weaponELEPHANTGUNAAcross 49: Bando or MaglieSALAAcross 50: BarmYEASTAAcross 51: Chemical endingsYNESAAcross 53: OutshineEXCELAAcross 55: No. 40 on the A.K.C. listAIREDALEAAcross 59: Madre's sisterTIAAAcross 60: Portable engines' foundation framesDONKEYSLEDSAAcross 63: Kind of base or brakeAIRAAcross 64: May or StritchELAINEAAcross 65: Med.-school subjectANATAAcross 66: Sauced upLITAAcross 67: Pulled apartRENDEDAAcross 68: Don Pedro and YellowtailDAMSDDown 1: Have a marker outOWEDDown 2: SteatiteTALCDDown 3: Wedding-cake artisanICERDDown 4: Scrapes byCOPESDDown 5: Formation: Comb. formPLASTODDown 6: Heraclitus was oneIONIANDDown 7: WilyCUTEDDown 8: Opposite of statesideOVERSEASDDown 9: La-la precederTRADDown 10: Fills the billSERVESDDown 11: Violent East Indian stormsELEPHANTASDDown 12: KingfishCERODDown 13: Reverse, e.g.GEARDDown 18: ___ as nailsHARDDDown 22: Perform a court dutyATTESTDDown 25: Nautical chainsTYESDDown 26: Exploratory devicePROBEDDown 27: Of tiny openings in the skinPORALDDown 28: Two-wheeled conveyanceDONKEY CARTDDown 30: Reuben-sandwich ingredientKRAUTDDown 31: EyelashesCILIADDown 32: HillockKNOLLDDown 34: Cosell topperTOUPEEDDown 38: "___ the day!": DesdemonaALASDDown 39: Brent Musberger, for oneMONTANANDDown 45: A German W.W. II chief of staffHALDERDDown 46: Marine, to MarinesGYRENEDDown 47: Not seenUNEYEDDDown 48: Beatty and SparksNEDSDDown 52: Caesar, e.g.SALADDDown 53: Kin of etc.ET ALDDown 53: Kin of etc.ET AL.DDown 54: Cicero's unlucky numberXIIIDDown 56: "___ You Not," Paar bookIKIDDDown 57: Long Russian riverLENADDown 58: Cheese with a red jacketEDAMDDown 61: Chic's Broadway partnerOLEDDown 62: Ave. crossersSTS