New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th January 1998 There are 34 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th January 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Some required readingCLASSICSAAcross 9: They might raise quartersSHARPSAAcross 15: AccumulatedRACKEDUPAAcross 16: Kitchen gadgetsPARERSAAcross 17: Sophocles workANTIGONEAAcross 18: Minister, at timesUNITERAAcross 19: Weapons prog. since 1983SDIAAcross 20: Noted adviserANNLANDERSAAcross 22: Moved, nautically speakingHOVEAAcross 24: CultivateTILLAAcross 25: Those, to TomásESOSAAcross 26: ClearsNETSAAcross 28: Where the Gurkha reignedNEPALAAcross 30: Chinchilla, for oneFURAAcross 32: AbjectHANGDOGAAcross 34: Let goFIREAAcross 35: 50's FireFliteDESOTOAAcross 38: Violent, perhapsRRATEDAAcross 40: Rock blasters?AMPSAAcross 41: More than uncooperativeDEFIANTAAcross 45: Crude meas.BBLAAcross 46: Put on a new staffREMANAAcross 47: "No way!"ASIFAAcross 50: Provoked responseRISEAAcross 52: Euterpe, e.g.MUSEAAcross 54: UniqueONLYAAcross 56: "All About Eve" actressANNEBAXTERAAcross 59: Rope used in sailingTYEAAcross 60: Organ stopOCTAVEAAcross 61: Result of plotting, perhapsPARABOLAAAcross 63: One who hootsJEERERAAcross 64: Disney Studios employeeANIMATORAAcross 65: Least commonODDESTAAcross 66: QuitSTEP-DOWNDDown 1: Market problemCRASHDDown 2: "I Was a Teen-Age Werewolf" star, 1957LANDONDDown 3: Kind of ingredientACTIVEDDown 4: Word with bum or bunnySKIDDown 5: Sonic the Hedgehog makerSEGADDown 6: "___ Wanna Cry," 1991 #1 songIDONTDDown 7: ArtCUNNINGDDown 8: Spoke literally?SPELLEDDDown 9: Created a web site?SPUNDDown 10: Bach contemporaryHANDELDDown 11: Old DodgeARIESDDown 12: Modify equipment, in a wayRETROFITDDown 13: UrgencyPRESSUREDDown 14: Abbr. on old mapsSSRDDown 21: Food for FidoALPODDown 23: Community spiritETHOSDDown 27: MetSATDDown 29: Uttar Pradesh cityAGRADDown 31: River to the MississippiREDDDown 33: ProtuberanceNODEDDown 34: "Porky"FATSODDown 35: Apply gentlyDABDDown 36: AdoptedEMBRACEDDDown 37: Set, in a waySPLINTEDDDown 39: Genetic stuffRNADDown 42: 19th-century educator WillardEMMADDown 43: SlipFAUX PASDDown 44: FlashINSTANTDDown 46: "Speed" actorREEVESDDown 48: CompletelyIN TOTODDown 49: Proceed so as to avoid radar detectionFLYLOWDDown 51: Hunting deviceSNAREDDown 53: Like a Dean Koontz novelEERIEDDown 55: LongYEARNDDown 57: One of the Bobbsey twinsBERTDDown 58: Garage featureRAMPDDown 60: Eye, in IberiaOJODDown 62: Ill-doneBAD