New York Times Answers - Friday, 8th September 1989 There are 34 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 8th September 1989. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: PredicamentSCRAPEAAcross 7: Breakfast drinksCOCOASAAcross 13: Classroom missileERASERAAcross 14: Vitamin C sourceORANGEAAcross 15: Some execs give out theseWALKING PAPERSAAcross 17: CriesBAWLSAAcross 18: "His wife could ___ lean"EATNOAAcross 19: Believer in: SuffixISTAAcross 21: Parisian's airportORLYAAcross 22: Mound in the MissouriISLETAAcross 23: Baritone Alan ___OPIEAAcross 24: Alphabetic sequenceCDEAAcross 25: Mission beginningINTERAAcross 26: Fat fowlCAPONAAcross 27: ___ beetASREDASAAAcross 29: Botanical sportMUTANTAAcross 30: ___ Dykstra, former MetLENAAcross 31: Actor VigodaABEAAcross 32: CounselADVISEAAcross 35: Kind of consentPARENTALAAcross 40: Hijacker's specialtyHEISTAAcross 41: "___ long, life . . . "ARTISAAcross 42: Troy, N.Y., sch.RPIAAcross 43: Land parcelACREAAcross 44: MarbleAGATEAAcross 45: "We'll tak a ___ kindness . . . ": BurnsCUPOAAcross 46: SwampBOGAAcross 47: Colosseum sectionARENAAAcross 48: Massenet operaMANONAAcross 49: Parts of flivversRUNNINGBOARDSAAcross 52: Mercury, e.g.PLANETAAcross 53: Hangnest or firebirdORIOLEAAcross 54: Flower partsSEPALSAAcross 55: Did some rootingYELLEDDDown 1: ___ Folly (Alaska)SEWARDSDDown 2: One-year-old, usuallyCRAWLERDDown 3: Auto raceRALLYDDown 4: InquiresASKSDDown 5: Noted architectPEIDDown 6: Borgnine and HemingwayERNESTSDDown 7: WhirlybirdCOPTERDDown 8: Praying figureORANTDDown 9: Guitar deviceCAPODDown 10: Arlen's "___ for My Baby"ONEDDown 11: Emperor Augustus's son-in-lawAGRIPPADDown 12: AssemblySESSIONDDown 16: Helmet-shaped part of a flowerGALEADDown 17: ___ Raton, Fla.BOCADDown 20: Bugler's padTENTDDown 22: SillyINANEDDown 23: Like some cookiesOATENDDown 25: Helpful Latin phraseID ESTDDown 26: Cheese chunksCUBESDDown 28: Beethoven wrote for herELISEDDown 29: Madame CurieMARIEDDown 32: Peck roleAHABDDown 33: Esprit ___DECORPSDDown 34: The line in 20/20VIRGULEDDown 35: Bomb heavily, in R.A.F. argotPRANGDDown 36: "Good fellow!"ATTABOYDDown 37: Kind of bedTRUNDLEDDown 38: Put side by sideAPPOSEDDDown 39: He has his prideLIONDDown 41: They often see starsAGENTSDDown 44: Biography of Shelley by MauroisARIELDDown 45: Entertainer ChanningCAROLDDown 47: Palindromic nameANNADDown 48: Knight clothes?MAILDDown 50: Catch a Z or twoNAPDDown 51: Crude metalOREDDown 51: Crude metalORE.