New York Times Answers - Thursday, 29th January 1998 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 29th January 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: PlattersDISCSAAcross 6: WavelessCALMAAcross 10: Bidder's optionPASSAAcross 14: "Racy" neckwearASCOTAAcross 15: Rink jumpAXELAAcross 16: DistrictAREAAAcross 17: President who married in officeGROVER CLEVELANDAAcross 20: Kind of controlREMOTEAAcross 21: Military acronymNORADAAcross 22: What you stand to lose?LAPAAcross 24: Erwin of 50's TVSTUAAcross 25: Group of whalesPODAAcross 27: Dug intoATEAAcross 28: Beckett awardOBIEAAcross 30: "The African Queen" writerC. S. FORESTERAAcross 33: Swift boatsPROASAAcross 35: Tin Pan Alley org.ASCAPAAcross 36: 1962 Robert Frost collectionINTHECLEARINGAAcross 41: Fungus, in FalmouthMOULDAAcross 42: Hearty entreeSTEAKAAcross 44: 1997 Masters winnerTIGERWOODSAAcross 49: Mistress in a Thomas Mann novelZAZAAAcross 50: Photographer's abbr.ENLAAcross 51: "Brat Farrar" mystery writerTEYAAcross 52: "Rocks"ICEAAcross 54: Be worthwhilePAYAAcross 55: In agreementATONEAAcross 57: Relative of 14-AcrossCRAVATAAcross 59: C.I.A. undertakingCOVERT OPERATIONAAcross 64: Salt Lake City playersUTESAAcross 65: Word said with a tearALASAAcross 66: Canio's wife in "Pagliacci"NEDDAAAcross 67: LarboardPORTAAcross 68: VanquishBESTAAcross 69: Down at the heelsSEEDYDDown 1: First name at the U.N., 1953-61DAGDDown 2: Neighbor of Syr.ISRDDown 3: StingerSCORPIONDDown 4: Sheltered nookCOVEDDown 5: Dams upSTEMSDDown 6: Prickly pear, e.g.CACTUSDDown 7: Car barAXLEDDown 8: Nautical sideLEEDDown 9: XI years before the Battle of HastingsMLVDDown 10: ___ AltoPALODDown 11: Mountain whose name means "holy ground"ARARATDDown 12: Ratifying bodySENATEDDown 13: Not so sunnySADDERDDown 18: College org.ROTCDDown 19: Makes belovedENDEARSDDown 22: Chop offLOPDDown 23: Archeological shelterABRIDDown 25: AssertPOSEDDown 26: Bo Derek's whale of a filmORCADDown 29: Words on a Wonderland cakeEATMEDDown 31: 1996 Masters winnerFALDODDown 32: Thick-coated dogSPITZDDown 34: More succinctSHORTERDDown 37: World chess champ, 1935-37EUWEDDown 38: PallCLOYDDown 39: Sea currentNEAP TIDEDDown 40: Where Samson ground mealGAZADDown 43: King Arthur's foster brotherKAYDDown 44: China pieceTEACUPDDown 45: EntirelyIN TOTODDown 46: Mandela portrayer in a 1987 filmGLOVERDDown 47: Most dreadfulDIRESTDDown 48: Dueling memento, maybeSCARDDown 53: Editor HaroldEVANSDDown 56: "___-ce pas?"NESTDDown 57: Their days are numberedCPASDDown 58: To ___ (exactly)ATEEDDown 60: Bar billTABDDown 61: Cheer for EscamilloOLEDDown 62: OutlandishODDDDown 63: Dissenting voteNAY