New York Times Answers - Monday, 9th March 1998 There are 39 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 9th March 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "___ Howdy Doody time!"ITSAAcross 4: Bit of gravelSTONEAAcross 9: "Falstaff" or "Fidelio"OPERAAAcross 14: Singer ___ King ColeNATAAcross 15: Lecture hall platformsPODIAAAcross 16: Boxcars, in diceSIXESAAcross 17: Barbecue dishSPARERIBSAAcross 19: Open, as a bottleUNCAPAAcross 20: WeirdEERIEAAcross 21: "Cómo ___ usted?"ESTAAAcross 23: Enlivens, with "up"PEPSAAcross 24: DevelopmentsTRENDSAAcross 26: One "E" on a scoreboardERRORAAcross 28: Street urchinGUTTERSNIPEAAcross 32: Nay cancelerYEAAAcross 35: Load for Jack and JillPAILAAcross 36: MadcapANTICAAcross 38: 9-Across soloARIAAAcross 40: Fairy tale figureGNOMEAAcross 43: Bird on a beachTERNAAcross 44: Malden and MarxKARLSAAcross 46: Scores 72 on a 72 coursePARSAAcross 48: LairDENAAcross 49: Kind of timingSPLIT SECONDAAcross 53: SlowdownLET UPAAcross 53: SlowdownLETUPAAcross 54: Deep Throat, e.g., in the Watergate scandalSOURCEAAcross 58: Kill, as a dragonSLAYAAcross 60: Not slackTAUTAAcross 63: SmellsODORSAAcross 64: BirchbarkCANOEAAcross 66: Nolan Ryan specialtySTRIKE OUTAAcross 66: Nolan Ryan specialtySTRIKEOUTAAcross 68: Bread spreadsOLEOSAAcross 69: Pale purpleMAUVEAAcross 70: NNW's oppositeSSEAAcross 71: Hornets' cousinsWASPSAAcross 72: Very, very thinSHEERAAcross 73: Word before "more" and "merrier"THEDDown 1: Map within a mapINSETDDown 2: Become narrowerTAPERDDown 3: Gawk (at)STAREDDown 4: AccelerationSPEED UPDDown 4: AccelerationSPEEDUPDDown 5: Craggy peakTORDDown 6: Garfield's canine palODIEDDown 7: Bird beaksNIBSDDown 8: It ends LentEASTERDDown 9: The Buckeyes: Abbr.OSUDDown 10: Locate exactlyPINPOINTDDown 11: Quoted (from)EXCERPTEDDDown 12: Sow's oppositeREAPDDown 13: Nile snakesASPSDDown 18: Bathtub detritusRINGDDown 22: Horace's "___ Poetica"ARSDDown 25: Without womenSTAGDDown 27: Genetic initialsRNADDown 29: Kind of foilTINDDown 30: Skip the usual wedding preparationsELOPEDDown 31: Land of the leprechaunsEIREDDown 32: Tibetan oxYAKDDown 33: Paleozoic and MesozoicERASDDown 34: Hangar contentsAIRPLANESDDown 37: Larry King employerCNNDDown 39: Cartoon cavemanALLEYOOPDDown 41: Rock's Fleetwood ___MACDDown 42: Son of AphroditeEROSDDown 45: Take a chairSITDDown 47: Pub gameSNOOKERDDown 50: Egyptian boy kingTUTDDown 51: Muscle ticsSPASMSDDown 52: Surfer's sobriquetDUDEDDown 55: Barnyard perchROOSTDDown 56: Puppy loveCRUSHDDown 57: Cosmetician LauderESTEEDDown 58: Flat-bottomed boatSCOWDDown 59: Singer's refrainLALADDown 61: Beehive StateUTAHDDown 62: LoyalTRUEDDown 65: Super G curve, in the OlympicsESSDDown 67: "___ Got a Secret"IVE