New York Times Answers - Thursday, 23rd July 1998 There are 41 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 23rd July 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Like good bedsMADEAAcross 5: ___ the finishINATAAcross 9: Word said in graceBLESSAAcross 14: Marlon's "On the Waterfront" directorELIAAAcross 15: Fix upREDOAAcross 16: CircumscribeLIMITAAcross 17: Attempt at a carnival boothTOSSAAcross 18: This has a big mouthEWERAAcross 19: Walled city near MadridAVILAAAcross 20: Tonto portrayer, brieflyAGHEELSAAcross 22: "Goodnight, Irene" singer, brieflyPBBELLYAAcross 24: Union headquarters?ALTARAAcross 25: Symbols of kingly powerORBSAAcross 26: Financing abbr.APRAAcross 28: Arles articleUNEAAcross 29: Future fishROEAAcross 30: Lose (to)BOWAAcross 33: Old instrument of torture, brieflyFEMAIDENAAcross 36: ApparitionWRAITHAAcross 38: One on a pedestalIDOLAAcross 39: ___ Cayes, HaitiLESAAcross 41: See 42-AcrossNOTEAAcross 42: With 41-Across, kidnapper's correspondenceRANSOMAAcross 45: Bond nemesis, brieflyAUFINGERAAcross 48: Cambridgeshire cathedral townELYAAcross 49: Kindergarten breakNAPAAcross 51: Cartoon dogRENAAcross 52: AforeEREAAcross 53: Irish Rose loverABIEAAcross 54: "Silly Cow" playwright BenELTONAAcross 56: Like Marilyn Monroe, brieflyPTBLONDAAcross 59: Early theater, brieflyNIODEONAAcross 62: Caribbean edenARUBAAAcross 63: The final wordAMENAAcross 65: Sicilian smokerETNAAAcross 66: Linoleum layerTILERAAcross 67: Smoke detectorNOSEAAcross 68: No-win situations?TIESAAcross 69: Sank the putt, with "out"HOLEDAAcross 70: Actress HarperTESSAAcross 71: Louis Armstrong popularized itSCATDDown 1: Physical beginningMETADDown 2: Sleep like ___ALOGDDown 3: JanglingDISHARMONYDDown 4: Supporter of the arts?EASELDDown 5: Cork localeIRELANDDDown 6: Fox Movietone pieceNEWSREELDDown 7: Drink suffixADEDDown 8: LethargyTORPORDDown 9: TattletaleBLABBERDDown 10: SubsistsLIVESDDown 11: Biographer LudwigEMILDDown 12: ThresholdSILLDDown 13: Gallows reprieveSTAYDDown 21: Pincushion alternativeETUIDDown 23: Sweat siteBROWDDown 26: Eager and excitedAFIREDDown 27: Piano partPEDALDDown 30: Like Ernst Haeckel's lawBIOGENETICDDown 31: River ___OTTERDDown 32: The spotWHEREDDown 34: Hirt and HaigALSDDown 35: World's largest professional org.NEADDown 37: Miller of "On the Town"ANNDDown 40: CertaintySURENESSDDown 43: RidingON BOARDDDown 43: RidingONBOARDDDown 44: ChiefMAINDDown 46: Ocelots and othersFELINESDDown 47: Eagerly studyingINTODDown 50: HairsplitterPEDANTDDown 53: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwrightALBEEDDown 55: "Waiting for Lefty" playwrightODETSDDown 56: Trodden trackPATHDDown 57: The Bee Gees, e.g.TRIODDown 58: Certain chargerBULLDDown 60: Most draftableONEADDown 61: Democratic donkey designerNASTDDown 64: Berg of baseballMOE