New York Times Answers - Saturday, 4th July 1998 There are 36 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 4th July 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Paul Claudel's "Cinq Grandes ___"ODESAAcross 5: "My word!"EGADAAcross 9: "Civil Disobedience," e.g.ESSAYAAcross 14: Lead, oftenTITLE ROLEAAcross 16: PitchSLOPEAAcross 17: Reporter's questINTERVIEWAAcross 18: Winter treatCOCOAAAcross 19: One way to serve 18-AcrossSTEAMINGAAcross 20: Nearing bedtimeLATISHAAcross 21: Sound of swift passageZINGAAcross 22: It goes with tailsTOP HATAAcross 23: PrickSTINGAAcross 25: Picnic servingCOLESLAWAAcross 27: Use a food millPUREEAAcross 28: DewlapsJOWLSAAcross 29: Union fighter: Abbr.CSAAAcross 30: On ___ (equipotent)APARAAcross 31: MannersMODESAAcross 32: "Double Indemnity" authorCAINAAcross 33: Brainard, the Absent-Minded ProfessorNEDAAcross 34: N.B.A. teammate since 1947LAKERAAcross 35: ParceledDOLEDAAcross 36: MuggedGRIMACEDAAcross 38: "A Natural Man" singer, 1971RAWLSAAcross 39: Cairn compositionSTONESAAcross 40: Met manager, 1950-72BINGAAcross 41: JukesFEINTSAAcross 42: Not drawn outSUCCINCTAAcross 46: Really fancyADOREAAcross 47: Where a bus passenger might stepTOTHEREARAAcross 48: PurportTENORAAcross 49: Flood markWATER LINEAAcross 49: Flood markWATERLINEAAcross 50: Museum Folkwang localeESSENAAcross 51: Metallurgist's stockORESAAcross 52: Knock offSLAYDDown 1: Cager ThorpeOTISDDown 2: ExertionDINTDDown 3: Suffix with diskETTEDDown 4: Less reputableSLEAZIERDDown 5: 1981 N.B.A. M.V.P.ERVINGDDown 6: Like some concernsGOINGDDown 7: Shake or break followerALEGDDown 8: To Shakespeare it was "honey-heavy"DEWDDown 9: They may be narrowESCAPESDDown 10: Couch potatoes, saySLOTHSDDown 11: VisitSOCIALCALLDDown 12: Desertions of dogmaAPOSTASIESDDown 13: "___, right!"YEAHDDown 15: Ferret's cousinERMINEDDown 20: SlouchesLOLLSDDown 22: Broadcaster's needTOWERDDown 23: DisplacesSUPERSEDESDDown 24: CustomsTRADITIONSDDown 25: UnreadableCODEDDDown 26: Pixie stickWANDDDown 27: QualmPANGDDown 28: Laughing stock?JOKESDDown 31: Uses an airborne defenseMACESDDown 32: Barrel race participantsCOWGIRLSDDown 34: Revere signalerLANTERNDDown 35: Ball boy or ball girl?DANCERDDown 37: Bill ___, the Father of BluegrassMONROEDDown 38: Forty-niner's questRICHESDDown 40: Evel Knievel's hometownBUTTEDDown 41: It may have a twistFATEDDown 42: Shoot upSOARDDown 43: Quarterback O'DonnellNEILDDown 44: "Marriage at ___" (Veronese painting)CANADDown 45: One more than 47-DownTREYDDown 47: Low cardTWO