New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 14th October 1998 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 14th October 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fishhook featureBARBAAcross 5: Clogs' cousinsSABOTSAAcross 11: File folder featureTABAAcross 14: Siouan speakerOTOEAAcross 15: Man with all the answers?TREBEKAAcross 16: Cry's companionHUEAAcross 17: "Touched by an Angel" star DowneyROMAAAcross 18: "Fighting" N.C.A.A. teamILLINIAAcross 19: Depression ___ERAAAcross 20: Fisherman's woe?EMPTYNETSAAcross 22: Fictional pachydermBABARAAcross 24: IndicationsSIGNSAAcross 25: Come in behind the othersLOSEAAcross 26: Had a TV dinner, sayATEINAAcross 29: Eyeglass prescription measurementDIOPTERAAcross 32: "___ depends..."THATAAcross 33: BeausSWAINSAAcross 36: CunningSLYAAcross 37: BarflySOTAAcross 38: BrushwoodTHICKETAAcross 39: Like King George IIIMADAAcross 40: Triage sites, brieflyERSAAcross 41: Like margarita glassesSALTEDAAcross 42: Slalom obstacleGATEAAcross 43: Odd occurrenceANOMALYAAcross 45: Foul-upBONERAAcross 46: "Open ___!"FIREAAcross 47: Picket line crossersSCABSAAcross 50: Snake in the grassSNEAKAAcross 52: Lamé wear?GOLDCOATSAAcross 56: Affirmative actionNODAAcross 57: Pill bug or wood louseISOPODAAcross 59: Bad thing to hear at a checkupUHOHAAcross 60: CopyAPEAAcross 61: Better halfSPOUSEAAcross 62: HooplaTO-DOAAcross 63: ComposePENAAcross 64: Drew uponTAPPEDAAcross 65: Stevenson scoundrelHYDEDDown 1: Use an augerBOREDDown 2: Positron's placeATOMDDown 3: Easy winROMPDDown 4: Gets lostBEATSITDDown 5: OverchargeSTINGDDown 6: "Stormy Weather" songwriterARLENDDown 7: Waist circlersBELTSDDown 8: Waist circlersOBISDDown 9: Lacrosse quorumTENDDown 10: Sun Valley lift?SKIBOOSTDDown 11: Jimmy the Greek?THEBETSMANDDown 12: NimbusAURADDown 13: Den denizenBEARDDown 21: Dark half of a Chinese circleYINDDown 23: Warbucks's henchman, with "the"ASPDDown 25: Like a gridironLINEDDDown 26: PerplexedAT SEADDown 27: Brier featureTHORNDDown 28: Adam's apple?EATSOFEDENDDown 29: Sandbag stack, maybeDIKEDDown 30: TickleELATEDDown 31: Golf's ___ CupRYDERDDown 33: Oil sourceSHALEDDown 34: CunningWILYDDown 35: Take stepsACTDDown 38: Russian monarch with lipstick marks on his cheek?TSARKISTDDown 42: Leave for the winter, sayGOSOUTHDDown 44: One to remember, for shortMIADDown 45: "Fawlty Towers" airerBBCDDown 47: AbsorbSOP UPDDown 48: IntimateCLOSEDDown 49: Part of V.A.T.ADDEDDDown 50: Kind of judgmentSNAPDDown 51: "Forget it!"NOPEDDown 52: Sticky stuffGOOPDDown 53: Yawl callAHOYDDown 54: Sondheim's SweeneyTODDDDown 55: It's about a footSHOEDDown 58: Workout localeSPA