New York Times Answers - Thursday, 22nd December 1988 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 22nd December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Goliath's godBAALAAcross 5: Speak pompouslyORATEAAcross 10: Recording star JohnnyCASHAAcross 14: River in CzechoslovakiaODRAAAcross 15: WisentBISONAAcross 16: One opposedANTIAAcross 17: Singers team up for a duetELTONJOHNDENVERAAcross 20: Charlotte of TVRAEAAcross 21: Harmful mosquitoAEDESAAcross 22: Lacking sophisticationNAIVEAAcross 23: Library signSILENCEAAcross 25: Like some teethFILLEDAAcross 26: Container for wineVATAAcross 27: Square-rigged shipsBRIGSAAcross 29: Gluck of the operaALMAAAcross 32: Great Britain, to VictoriaREALMAAcross 33: PastAGOAAcross 36: Songstress joins actorDIANAROSSMARTINAAcross 40: Japanese sectZENAAcross 41: A titheTENTHAAcross 42: African riverUELEAAcross 43: Pieces in the parlorSOFASAAcross 44: Avail oneself of VailSKIAAcross 46: RiseASCENTAAcross 49: Emulated Jasper JohnsPAINTEDAAcross 53: Greek legislative assemblyBOULEAAcross 54: Brick structure in the SouthwestADOBEAAcross 56: DanderIREAAcross 57: Senator meets authorALBERTGOREVIDALAAcross 60: Russian-born actressSTENAAcross 61: Passover mealSEDERAAcross 62: Hog's fareMASTAAcross 63: Partner of seekHIDEAAcross 64: Pointed instruments on ranchesPRODSAAcross 65: Something a hood copsPLEADDown 1: Some South AfricansBOERSDDown 2: Dwight's opponentADLAIDDown 3: Collective in the U.S.S.R.ARTELDDown 4: Vientiane nativeLAODDown 5: TargetOBJECTDDown 6: ___ Oro, African bayRIODEDDown 7: Winner at Wimbledon: 1975ASHEDDown 8: "Sixteen ___," Tennessee Ernie Ford hitTONSDDown 9: ConclusionENDDDown 10: Shortcuts for shipsCANALSDDown 11: Block used by a smithyANVILDDown 12: Garvey of baseballSTEVEDDown 13: Took onHIREDDDown 18: Starring role for 60 AcrossNANADDown 19: A puzzlementENIGMADDown 24: Author HunterEVANDDown 25: Shoot a movieFILMDDown 27: DefeatsBESTSDDown 28: ImpetuousRASHDDown 29: Tool used for trimming woodADZDDown 30: Nose grower for PinocchioLIEDDown 31: ___ about townMANDDown 32: Jaffe or BarrettRONADDown 33: NoshedATEDDown 34: Gerard of "Buck Rogers . . . "GILDDown 35: Small billONEDDown 37: He expiatesATONERDDown 38: FissureREFTDDown 39: Archeologist's findRUINDDown 43: Greek goddess of the moonSELENEDDown 44: Cavalry weaponsSABERSDDown 45: City on the DneprKIEVDDown 46: DisconcertABASHDDown 47: Sir Georg of the Chicago SymphonySOLTIDDown 48: Raised to the third powerCUBEDDDown 49: Studied hardPOREDDDown 50: Kind of waveTIDALDDown 51: Clean the slateERASEDDown 52: Gamma followerDELTADDown 54: Electric-lamp inspectorAGERDDown 55: Fuddy-duddyDODODDown 58: Cooking abbr.TSPDDown 59: Dennis the Menace, e.g.IMP