New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 12th August 1998 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 12th August 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Start of a well-known seriesABCDEAAcross 6: Forest denizenELKAAcross 9: Dry (off)TOWELAAcross 14: RetinueTRAINAAcross 15: New beginning?NEOAAcross 16: LessenABATEAAcross 17: 25 million to 1, maybeLOTTOODDSAAcross 19: Put a spell onHEXEDAAcross 20: Director LeeANGAAcross 21: Kind of alertSMOGAAcross 22: Round Table addressSIRAAcross 23: Gulf war missileSCUDAAcross 25: Craving for candySWEET TOOTHAAcross 30: Native American symbolTOTEMAAcross 32: Washington heightRAINIERAAcross 33: Carving arrowheads, nowadaysLOSTARTAAcross 37: Draft org.SSSAAcross 38: Theme of this puzzleTRIPLEDOUBLESAAcross 42: "___ get it!" ("Aha!")OHIAAcross 43: Where to find clear sailingOPENSEAAAcross 44: Football choiceRECEIVEAAcross 47: Actor BruceNIGELAAcross 51: Person with a logBOOKKEEPERAAcross 55: Vena ___ (vessel to the heart)CAVAAAcross 56: Lots of timeEONAAcross 57: Canal with a mule named SalERIEAAcross 59: Hit with a phaserZAPAAcross 60: Capital in 1960's headlinesHANOIAAcross 63: KindnessesGOODDEEDSAAcross 65: Actress AiméeANOUKAAcross 66: ArmageddonENDAAcross 67: "A Delicate Balance" playwrightALBEEAAcross 68: Words to rememberMOTTOAAcross 69: Soap solutionLYEAAcross 70: AmbiancesMOODSDDown 1: "It's about time!"AT LASTDDown 2: Something to bustBRONCODDown 3: Strong stringCATGUTDDown 4: Dah's partnerDITDDown 5: "The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoffENOSDDown 6: GrantENDOWDDown 7: Sitting spotLEDGEDDown 8: Frazier's specialtiesKOSDDown 9: Gauguin localeTAHITIDDown 10: Moon of UranusOBERONDDown 11: Grow, in a wayWAXDDown 12: Summer in FranceETEDDown 13: RanLEDDDown 18: MantrasOMSDDown 22: PositionSTATUSDDown 24: Supermarket sectionDELIDDown 26: ___ the side of caution (play it safe)ERRONDDown 27: Seine tributaryOISEDDown 28: 1979 Nastassja Kinski roleTESSDDown 29: Mark McGwire stat: Abbr.HRSDDown 31: SwabMOPDDown 34: Untidy oneSLOVENDDown 35: Home on the rangeTEPEEDDown 36: Summer pick-me-upADEDDown 38: Lt. KojakTHEODDown 39: "Miami Vice" copRICODDown 40: Little Joe's pa, on "Bonanza"BENDDown 41: Not clericalLAICDDown 42: Shape of the worldORBDDown 45: Scrape togetherEKE OUTDDown 46: 1965 Dixie Cups hitIKOIKODDown 48: Park structureGAZEBODDown 49: Got aroundEVADEDDDown 50: FailuresLAPSESDDown 52: Spring bloomerPEONYDDown 53: WearERODEDDown 54: Free (of)RIDDDown 58: Dutch cheeseEDAMDDown 60: Hardly one with stage frightHAMDDown 61: It starts with eneroANODDown 62: "Forget it!"NOTDDown 63: Come togetherGELDDown 64: "Eldorado" rock grp.ELO