New York Times Answers - Thursday, 20th August 1998 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 20th August 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tombstone nameEARPAAcross 5: Carpenter's toolRASPAAcross 9: WaitsBIDESAAcross 14: PerplexedASEAAAcross 15: Bibliographic abbr.ET ALAAcross 15: Bibliographic abbr.ET AL.AAcross 16: Like some bookstoresADULTAAcross 17: Pursued pure partners?CHASEDTHECHASTEAAcross 20: Kind of coupletHEROICAAcross 21: Bolger co-star of 1939LAHRAAcross 22: Shoe partTOEAAcross 23: Royale, of 30's autodomREOAAcross 25: Appeal (for)SUEAAcross 26: NBC prog. since 1975SNLAAcross 27: Longed for fog to roll in?MISSEDTHEMISTAAcross 33: Without purposeIDLYAAcross 34: Pecked atATEAAcross 35: Place for a dinette setNOOKAAcross 37: No mere spectatorDOERAAcross 38: They have shouldersROADSAAcross 41: Mandolin featureFRETAAcross 43: "Star Wars" princessLEIAAAcross 45: MaintainedRANAAcross 46: PucksIMPSAAcross 47: Set trends in cheap jewelry?PACEDTHEPASTEAAcross 51: 70's White House kidAMYAAcross 53: Mercury or Saturn, but not MarsCARAAcross 54: Chou En-___LAIAAcross 55: Japanese dramaNOHAAcross 56: ApplicationsUSESAAcross 58: Fife playerKNOTTSAAcross 63: Was successful on "What's My Line"?GUESSEDTHEGUESTAAcross 66: Really steamedIRATEAAcross 67: Grandpa Walton portrayerGEERAAcross 68: Carhop's loadTRAYAAcross 69: ClosedENDEDAAcross 70: Rams' ma'amsEWESAAcross 71: Your highnessSIREDDown 1: A popEACHDDown 2: Queens's ___ StadiumASHEDDown 3: NurtureREARDDown 4: ___ doble (Spanish dance)PASODDown 5: Aromatic woodRED CEDARDDown 6: Telecom stock listingATTDDown 7: Satirist MortSAHLDDown 8: GratifyPLEASEDDown 9: Persian Gulf nation: Var.BAHREINDDown 10: Wyo. neighborIDADDown 11: Drought accompaniers, oftenDUSTSTORMSDDown 12: Rocker JohnELTONDDown 13: Girder materialSTEELDDown 18: Cork's countryEIREDDown 19: IntimateCHUMDDown 24: German kingOTTODDown 27: CentralMIDDDown 28: Second Commandment tabooIDOLDDown 29: One nodding offSLEEPYHEADDDown 30: Aleppo's landSYRIADDown 31: CompassionHEARTDDown 32: Balkan capitalSOFIADDown 36: Didn't hand offKEPTDDown 39: Willy Wonka's creatorDAHLDDown 40: Air Jordans, e.g.SNEAKERSDDown 42: Lao-___TSEDDown 44: DefendantACCUSEDDDown 48: Slip (into)EASEDDown 49: Harbor deepenerDREDGEDDown 50: Ricocheting bullet soundPINGDDown 51: 1973 Rolling Stones hitANGIEDDown 52: LamentMOURNDDown 57: Ragout or burgooSTEWDDown 59: Scoreboard infoOUTSDDown 60: Actress HatcherTERIDDown 61: Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich"TSARDDown 62: Eye problemSTYEDDown 64: Canonized mlle.STEDDown 65: Tee followerHEE