New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st July 1998 There are 35 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st July 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Discovery made by a spot check?MEASLESAAcross 8: StingyCLOSEAAcross 13: Cast of characters?ALPHABETAAcross 15: Mark and MartinSAINTSAAcross 16: Self-service stationSALAD BARAAcross 17: OptimisticUPBEATAAcross 18: Ray, in a waySPOKEAAcross 19: More than persuasionFORCEAAcross 21: Start of many Indian place namesSRIAAcross 22: Wife's name in "Babe"ESMEAAcross 23: DisguiseCLOAKAAcross 24: "M" or "V"FILMAAcross 25: Girl in a gownDEBAAcross 26: EccentricLOOPYAAcross 27: Marshall McLuhan's concernMEDIAAAcross 28: Rack and ruinHAVOCAAcross 29: KeenLAMENTAAcross 30: GraveASSOBERASAJUDGEAAcross 34: See 45-AcrossBUTTERAAcross 35: Straight ___RAZORAAcross 36: Leading lines?SPIELAAcross 37: HarmonyORDERAAcross 38: Deck (out)TOGAAcross 41: Blow the whistleTELLAAcross 42: Speakeasy risksRAIDSAAcross 43: Chichén Itzá residentMAYAAAcross 44: .0247 acreAREAAcross 45: Delicacy cooked in 34-AcrossMORELAAcross 46: Easily confusedDITSYAAcross 47: OpeningsINTROSAAcross 49: RingRESONATEAAcross 51: Home-grownNATIVEAAcross 52: "Stoned Love" singers, with "the"SUPREMESAAcross 53: It's not on the levelSLOPEAAcross 54: Forty-niner's questPAY DIRTDDown 1: MusteredMASSEDDDown 2: Tick awayELAPSEDDown 3: PoiseAPLOMBDDown 4: Deal binderSHAKEDDown 5: StevedoreLADEDDown 6: Fall offEBBDDown 7: Octopus's localeSEA FLOORDDown 7: Octopus's localeSEAFLOORDDown 8: Bull's targetCAPEDDown 9: Ad followerLIBDDown 10: PartialONE-SIDEDDDown 11: Myna's cousinSTARLINGDDown 12: GaugeESTIMATEDDown 14: Wartime transportationTROOPCARRIERSDDown 15: Be a leechSUCKDDown 20: Bit of sunRAYDDown 23: Run for it!COVERDDown 24: Biggest bone in the bodyFEMURDDown 26: Motown, for oneLABELDDown 27: ___ medicalMAJORDDown 28: It has its reservationsHOTELDDown 29: Kills timeLAZESDDown 30: Lays off, with "from"ABSTAINSDDown 31: HeavenlySUPERNALDDown 32: Eyelet makerSTILETTODDown 33: Get ready to rideSADDLEUPDDown 37: It has a bladeOARDDown 38: Japanese straw matTATAMIDDown 39: Kind of forkOYSTERDDown 40: Most festiveGAYESTDDown 42: Sunset-tingedROSEDDown 43: Like enemy waters, maybeMINEDDDown 45: Change placesMOVEDDown 46: Site for a 37-DownDORYDDown 48: Speed (through)RIPDDown 50: Jacuzzi siteSPA