New York Times Answers - Monday, 14th December 1998 There are 36 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 14th December 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A three-of-a-kind beats itPAIRAAcross 5: GlidedSLIDAAcross 9: StunAMAZEAAcross 14: TooALSOAAcross 15: Newsweek rivalTIMEAAcross 16: Poorer, as excuses goLAMERAAcross 17: Formal danceBALLAAcross 18: Give offEMITAAcross 19: Trim limbsPRUNEAAcross 20: Something of trivial importanceSMALLPOTATOESAAcross 23: "My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner MarisaTOMEIAAcross 24: TeleviseAIRAAcross 25: Bad ___ (German spa)EMSAAcross 28: Alcott classicLITTLEWOMENAAcross 33: Spawning fishSHADAAcross 37: Buck's mateDOEAAcross 38: Michelangelo statuePIETAAAcross 39: Achingly desirePINEFORAAcross 41: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-starEDASNERAAcross 43: Make amendsATONEAAcross 44: Muhammad ___ALIAAcross 45: To be, in ToulouseETREAAcross 46: Don Ho's theme songTINYBUBBLESAAcross 50: Porker's padSTYAAcross 51: Actress ZadoraPIAAAcross 52: "The Lion King" lionSIMBAAAcross 57: Windmill settingMINIATURE GOLFAAcross 62: Think out loudOPINEAAcross 64: ___-American relationsSINOAAcross 65: Inter ___ALIAAAcross 66: String bean's oppositeFATSOAAcross 67: Oklahoma cityENIDAAcross 68: HugeVASTAAcross 69: Test, as a garmentTRY-ONAAcross 70: Certain NCO'sSGTSAAcross 71: GaelicERSEDDown 1: Big name in brewingPABSTDDown 2: "Remember the ___"ALAMODDown 3: 44-Across's faithISLAMDDown 4: Esther of TV's "Good Times"ROLLEDDown 5: Part of a processSTEPDDown 6: Prom night transportLIMODDown 7: ApeIMITATEDDown 8: ParticularDETAILDDown 9: Brand for BowserALPODDown 10: Stallion's mateMAREDDown 11: Kind of parkAMUSEMENTDDown 12: Buddhist stateZENDDown 13: Before, in poetryEREDDown 21: Diamond ___LILDDown 22: Three, in TorinoTREDDown 26: Poet's constraintMETERDDown 27: EntrapSNAREDDown 29: Bride's wordsIDODDown 30: High craggy hillTORDDown 31: Depression-era program: Abbr.WPADDown 32: River to the SeineOISEDDown 33: TiffsSPATSDDown 34: Bandleader's cryHITITDDown 35: Fame's oppositeANONYMITYDDown 36: When said three times, a liar's policyDENYDDown 40: Jan. followerFEBDDown 41: Pipe bendELLDDown 42: Go out, as a flameDIEDDown 44: Letting upABATINGDDown 47: Wire service inits.UPIDDown 48: SlantsBIASESDDown 49: Opposite NNWSSEDDown 53: "___ at the office"IGAVEDDown 54: Back toothMOLARDDown 55: EcstasyBLISSDDown 56: ___ worse than deathAFATEDDown 58: Not ___ many wordsINSODDown 59: Sign gasNEONDDown 60: Measuring standardUNITDDown 61: AxlesRODSDDown 62: Many a timeOFTDDown 63: Golfer's goalPAR