New York Times Answers - Saturday, 5th December 1998 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 5th December 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pot contents, perhapsLOBSTERAAcross 8: WeakFLACCIDAAcross 15: Light yellowish greenAVOCADOAAcross 16: Musical embellishmentROULADEAAcross 17: Roman home protectorsPENATESAAcross 18: They're left behindESTATESAAcross 19: Property of a clichéTRITENESSAAcross 21: Ready for drawingON TAPAAcross 22: Gray pieceODEAAcross 23: Safer associateSTAHLAAcross 25: Shiva's wifeKALIAAcross 26: Hardly retiringPUSHYAAcross 29: Fine-tuneTWEAKAAcross 31: Not nousILSAAcross 32: BristlesSETAEAAcross 33: ___ nousENTREAAcross 34: Leaching productLYEAAcross 35: PerverseWRYAAcross 37: Viña ___ Mar, ChileDEL.AAcross 37: Viña ___ Mar, ChileDELAAcross 39: DefectiveBADAAcross 42: ScourgesBANESAAcross 46: Gorilla's swingLIANAAAcross 50: GloamingEVEAAcross 51: FloorAMAZEAAcross 52: Tannin sourceSUMACAAcross 53: Finnish cross-country gold medalist MaentyrantaEEROAAcross 55: First-magnitude star in VirgoSPICAAAcross 57: Launch of 2/20/86MIRAAcross 58: Error that leads to trialCRIMEAAcross 60: HierarchyTOTEM POLEAAcross 63: Danish cheeseHAVARTIAAcross 65: "1984" settingOCEANIAAAcross 66: Program particularAGENDUMAAcross 67: Salad preparation stepRINSINGAAcross 68: RefereeMEDIATEAAcross 69: Banger, in BritainSAUSAGEDDown 1: They're off during takeoffLAPTOPSDDown 2: Accumulating finesOVERDUEDDown 3: Superlatively spareBONIESTDDown 4: "Aroint thee!," in modern languageSCATDDown 5: Poet laureate of 1692TATEDDown 6: Blissful statesEDENSDDown 7: Leopard spotROSETTEDDown 8: Flash floodFRESHETDDown 9: West end of L.A.?LOSDDown 10: ___ partsAUTODDown 11: Knight noiseCLANKDDown 12: Elephant grass, e.g.CATTAILDDown 13: For best resultsIDEALLYDDown 14: Not fancy at allDESPISEDDown 20: CutSAWNDDown 24: Enrich, in a wayLARDDDown 27: Bit of hesitationHAWDDown 27: Bit of hesitationHAW.DDown 28: ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)YERBADDown 30: Dirigible partsKEELSDDown 36: Southern rootsYAMSDDown 38: "Turandot" slave girlLIUDDown 39: Royal Philharmonic founderBEECHAMDDown 40: B+ or C-, e.g.AVERAGEDDown 41: Reasoned outDERIVEDDDown 43: When the kids are outNAPTIMEDDown 44: Handel operaEZIODDown 45: They may be privateSECTORSDDown 47: Suffocating solutionAMMONIADDown 48: Carpentry choreNAILINGDDown 49: LandACREAGEDDown 54: Qabus bin Said, e.g.OMANIDDown 56: Fungal spore sacsAECIADDown 59: Mother of the ValkyriesERDADDown 61: Dinner table?MENUDDown 62: It's often made freshlyPASSDDown 64: Entombed kingTUT