New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 23rd December 1998 There are 41 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 23rd December 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ Damon of "Saving Private Ryan"MATTAAcross 5: Site of the oldest church in FranceMETZAAcross 9: BonesDICEAAcross 13: Teacher of HeifetzAUERAAcross 14: Queens's ___ StadiumASHEAAcross 15: The whole gamutATOZAAcross 16: Supercomputer pioneerCRAYAAcross 17: Electoral testSTRAW VOTEAAcross 19: Hold upROBAAcross 20: Certain playing marbleSTEELIEAAcross 21: Bout decisionTKOAAcross 23: One of the MusketeersARAMISAAcross 25: Long timeEONAAcross 26: Prepare, as a hookBAITAAcross 27: Old-fashioned wizardsMAGESAAcross 28: Club alternativeBLTAAcross 29: Man of many wordsROGETAAcross 30: Film felineELSAAAcross 31: ___ alaiJAIAAcross 32: Savory fungiMORELSAAcross 33: It's nowhereTHESTICKSAAcross 36: Skipped past with a remoteZAPPEDAAcross 39: Remote targets?TVSAAcross 40: Large bulrushTULEAAcross 44: With forceAMAINAAcross 45: "Around the World in 72 Days" writerBLYAAcross 46: Have food deliveredEAT INAAcross 47: Pew areaNAVEAAcross 48: ChargeFEEAAcross 49: "Fighting" Big Ten teamILLINIAAcross 50: Pipe connectorELLAAcross 51: Firefighter's breathing apparatusAIRPACKAAcross 53: KickerLEGAAcross 54: SlackerGOLDBRICKAAcross 56: Author O'FlahertyLIAMAAcross 57: Like an 8-DownAVIDAAcross 58: Malarial feverAGUEAAcross 59: Cornell of Cornell UniversityEZRAAAcross 60: Vacation-planning aidsMAPSAAcross 61: J.F.K. arrivalsSSTSAAcross 62: Girls in gownsDEBSDDown 1: Yarn workMACRAMEDDown 2: DawnlikeAURORALDDown 3: Brewers' needsTEABAGSDDown 4: EssayTRYDDown 5: SparsMASTSDDown 6: City near PaduaESTEDDown 7: Storied homebuildersTHREELITTLEPIGSDDown 8: Big fanZEALOTDDown 9: Late-night nameDAVEDDown 10: "What was ___ think?"ITODDown 11: Kind of industryCOTTAGEDDown 12: "God strengthens" in HebrewEZEKIELDDown 18: Convert, with "over"WINDDown 20: Start of a cheerSISDDown 22: Giant Mel and familyOTTSDDown 24: Baked entreeMEAT PIEDDown 26: School for bad ladsBORSTALDDown 28: Many college gradsBASDDown 29: Seoul G.I.ROKDDown 31: Clampett patriarch, in 60's TVJEDDDown 32: Hosts, for shortMCSDDown 34: Little red oneHENDDown 35: Arbutus, e.g.IVYDDown 36: Actor Billy of "Tombstone"ZANEDDown 37: MixtureAMALGAMDDown 38: St. Petersburg-born ballet starPAVLOVADDown 41: Put to workUTILIZEDDown 42: 3,500-year-old writing deciphered in 1953LINEAR BDDown 43: MysteriesENIGMASDDown 45: Yankee Yogi and othersBERRASDDown 46: Caribou kinELKDDown 48: TaradiddleFIBDDown 49: F.D.R.'s Interior SecretaryICKESDDown 51: Comments furtherADDSDDown 52: ___ above the restACUTDDown 55: SassLIPDDown 56: Put down the first cardLED