New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 5th August 1998 There are 39 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 5th August 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Big sugar exporterFIJIAAcross 5: Find repugnantABHORAAcross 10: Hiking localePATHAAcross 14: ___ about (approximately)ONORAAcross 15: Playground featureSLIDEAAcross 16: Quick reply, sayECHOAAcross 17: Start of a quipACHEAPUSEDCARISAAcross 20: ChesspieceMANAAcross 21: Luau souvenirsLEISAAcross 22: Cut offALONEAAcross 23: Cropped photos?PICSAAcross 24: Kind of throatSTREPAAcross 26: Part 2 of the quipPROOFTHATITAAcross 30: Naval inits.HMSAAcross 33: Run outLAPSEAAcross 34: Cuts offLOPSAAcross 35: Alley ___OOPAAcross 36: Provide with a hideout, perhapsABETAAcross 37: Breaks up, in a wayPLOWSAAcross 39: SkilledABLEAAcross 40: 007's creator FlemingIANAAcross 41: ___ ClinicMAYOAAcross 42: Afghan or ThaiASIANAAcross 43: Like one in a seriesN-THAAcross 43: Like one in a seriesNTHAAcross 44: Part 3 of the quipISOFTENHARDAAcross 47: Locale in western LondonACT ONAAcross 47: Locale in western LondonACTONAAcross 49: FringeEDGEAAcross 50: Sitcom pioneer DesiARNAZAAcross 52: Nicolas of "Con Air"CAGEAAcross 53: Humorous fellowWAGAAcross 56: End of the quipTODRIVEABARGAINAAcross 60: Doomsayer's signOMENAAcross 61: Knot-tying siteALTARAAcross 62: Gumbo vegetableOKRAAAcross 63: AssembledMADEAAcross 64: Thick-soled shoesCLOGSAAcross 65: Top-qualityBESTDDown 1: Shaver's purchaseFOAMDDown 2: One in an old empireINCADDown 3: FacilitiesJOHNDDown 4: DanderIREDDown 5: FacetASPECTDDown 6: Like robins' eggsBLUISHDDown 7: Greeting for the villainHISSDDown 8: Wordsworth workODEDDown 9: SunburnedREDDDown 10: "Positive Thinking" proponentPEALEDDown 11: Woe for a high-wire walkerACROPHOBIADDown 12: DiluteTHINDDown 13: Firefighter's handfulHOSEDDown 18: "Get ___!" (90's catch phrase)ALIFEDDown 19: Grocery sightsCARTSDDown 23: AssignmentPOSTDDown 24: Put into the holdSTOWDDown 25: Loses verticalityTIPSDDown 26: No-frillsPLAINDDown 27: Capital on the African coastRABATDDown 28: GenerousOPENHANDEDDDown 29: DistantALOOFDDown 31: GrinderMOLARDDown 32: Devote, as timeSPENDDDown 37: El ___, Tex.PASODDown 38: City northeast of St.-ÉtienneLYONDDown 39: Tennis legend ArthurASHEDDown 41: Actress GaynorMITZIDDown 42: InflameANGERDDown 45: Item attached to a stringTEA BAGDDown 46: Mystery writers' awardsEDGARSDDown 48: Judy of "Laugh-In"CARNEDDown 50: Elemental particleATOMDDown 51: Ancient capitalROMADDown 52: Censor of 51-DownCATODDown 53: StirWAKEDDown 54: SuperciliousnessAIRSDDown 55: Small buzzerGNATDDown 57: Hoover, e.g., informallyVACDDown 58: Add-onELLDDown 59: TarGOB