New York Times Answers - Thursday, 17th September 1998 There are 38 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th September 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: UnguentBALMAAcross 5: A prisoner may enter onePLEAAAcross 9: Russia's Sea of ___AZOVAAcross 13: Omnium-gatherumOLIOAAcross 14: ___ grudge (harbored resentment)HELDAAAcross 16: Slayton of Apollo 18DEKEAAcross 17: ThrashesLAMSAAcross 18: Perfectionist's aimIDEALAAcross 19: Progress impederSNAGAAcross 20: Fear an English philosopher's family?DREADLOCKESAAcross 23: 40's war agcy.OPAAAcross 24: "___ believe it!"IDONTAAcross 25: 1972 Broadway debutPIPPINAAcross 27: 1965 Peace Prize recipientUNICEFAAcross 30: Showily enthusiasticRAHRAHAAcross 32: Seoul soldierROKAAcross 33: Latin conjugation wordAMATAAcross 35: Gradually removeERODEAAcross 38: Peace of mindATARAXYAAcross 41: AnthologyOMNIBUSAAcross 43: Like a sleeping bagLINEDAAcross 44: Sofer of soapsRENAAAcross 46: Suffix with guitarISTAAcross 47: Dundee designTARTANAAcross 49: Take turnsROTATEAAcross 52: Massage parlor offeringOILRUBAAcross 54: Year in Marcus Aurelius's reignCLXVIAAcross 56: Pulitzer-winning writer AkinsZOEAAcross 57: English philosopher not yet arrived?MOORETOCOMEAAcross 62: White chip, oftenANTEAAcross 64: Michael of "Flashdance"NOURIAAcross 65: Hayworth's royal hubbyKHANAAcross 66: Convoy componentsRIGSAAcross 67: Derby Stakes siteEPSOMAAcross 68: Chisholm Trail townENIDAAcross 69: C.O.N.T.R.O.L. enemyKAOSAAcross 70: Eyelid problemSTYEAAcross 71: Puts onDONSDDown 1: BarefacedBOLDDDown 2: Banned sprayALARDDown 3: GreenishLIMEDDown 4: Subway tunnel art, maybeMOSAICDDown 5: Communication from an Alexandrian philosopher?PHILOFAXDDown 6: Gave false hopesLEDONDDown 7: Sophocles subjectELECTRADDown 8: One of the AleutiansADAKDDown 9: SpotsADSDDown 10: Fear of an ancient Greek philosopher?ZENOPHOBIADDown 11: Rain forest ruminantOKAPIDDown 12: Non-meat-eaterVEGANDDown 15: Beth's precederALEPHDDown 21: W.W. II gen.DDEDDown 22: Mythical bird-womanSIRENDDown 26: ___ passu (equably)PARIDDown 27: Orsk's riverURALDDown 28: "Don't look at me!"NOTIDDown 29: Declaration about unhanding a German philosopher?IKANTLETGODDown 31: HeapsATONDDown 34: Hess who was a dameMYRADDown 36: Composition of some cloudsDUSTDDown 37: Borgia in-lawESTEDDown 39: CabooseREARDDown 40: Tight as ___ADRUMDDown 42: Era of a German philosopher?MARXTIMEDDown 45: Overlay, in a wayENCRUSTDDown 48: Delmonico alternativeTBONEDDown 50: Ab ___ (from day one)OVODDown 51: Teed offTICKEDDDown 52: ___ National Forest, Ark.OZARKDDown 53: Conquest of CroesusIONIADDown 55: "Quo Vadis?" director MervynLEROYDDown 58: Cry over spilled milkOOPSDDown 59: "That's awful!"OHNODDown 60: Kind of a dragMAINDDown 61: BoundsENDSDDown 63: River's path, possiblyESS