New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd December 1988 There are 35 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd December 1988. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: More's the pity!ALASAAcross 5: Praline componentPECANAAcross 10: ___ morganaFATAAAcross 14: Bombay bigwigRANAAAcross 15: BouquetAROMAAAcross 16: MonumentalEPICAAcross 17: Almost simultaneouslyIN THE SAME BREATHAAcross 20: Circle measureDIAMETERAAcross 21: Magistrate in ancient RomeEDILEAAcross 22: Lawyer's thingRESAAcross 23: Laughed like a groupieTITTEREDAAcross 25: First name of a Wharton manETHANAAcross 28: Palette colorOCHERAAcross 29: HellkitesFIENDSAAcross 31: NeedlefishGARAAcross 32: BedstaffSLATAAcross 36: La's lead-inTRAAAcross 37: He arouses a woman's furySCORNERAAcross 40: O'Neill monogramEGOAAcross 41: Egyptian kingSETIAAcross 43: Egg: Comb. formOVIAAcross 44: Ending with nor' or sou'WESTERAAcross 46: ___ throatSTREPAAcross 48: Actress SpacekSISSYAAcross 49: Coal minersCOLLIERSAAcross 52: ___ Paul Kruger, Transvaal leaderOOMAAcross 53: ZonesAREASAAcross 54: " . . . lay like ___ taking his rest": WolfeAWARRIORAAcross 58: How a cookie crumbles, with "the"WAYTHEWINDBLOWSAAcross 61: Novel or sermon endingETTEAAcross 62: Clean or spotless, in CaenNETTEAAcross 63: ___ Seton, "My Theodosia" authorANYAAAcross 64: Woodland creatureDEERAAcross 65: One of the 12 tribes of IsraelASHERAAcross 66: Grating soundRASPDDown 1: Nickname of a famous GreekARIDDown 2: Catch a carpLANDDDown 3: OppositionistANTIDDown 4: Resembling part of AfricaSAHARANDDown 5: Bullfighters' maneuversPASESDDown 6: Part of Q.E.D.ERATDDown 7: Tackle a problemCOMETOGRIPSWITHDDown 8: "An ___ Tragedy": DreiserAMERICANDDown 9: CollarNABDDown 10: TributariesFEEDERSDDown 11: Hardy's "___ of Blue Eyes"APAIRDDown 12: Kind of page or roleTITLEDDown 13: Felt pity forACHEDDDown 18: Corrects a textEMENDSDDown 19: Network in one's bodyRETEDDown 24: ___ over (forsook)THREWDDown 25: NewtsEFTSDDown 26: Item kicked by some motoristsTIREDDown 27: The cops, to hoodsHEATDDown 30: OrchestrateSCOREDDown 33: TV's "___ Make a Deal"LETSDDown 34: MellowsAGESDDown 35: Loyalist of '76TORYDDown 38: Intimidates, in a wayOVERAWESDDown 39: Soak in againRESORBDDown 42: "It ___ than you think"ISLATERDDown 45: ResemblingSIMILARDDown 47: Rinehart bookTISHDDown 49: Aped a crowCAWEDDDown 50: Take the podiumORATEDDown 51: Philippine invasion point: 1944LEYTEDDown 52: Judge's demandORDERDDown 55: Stud stakeANTEDDown 56: O'Neill's daughterOONADDown 57: B.&O., C.&O., etc.RWYSDDown 59: Alfonso XIII's queenENADDown 60: BlockheadSAP