New York Times Answers - Thursday, 31st December 1998 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 31st December 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Actress GaynorMITZIAAcross 6: "___ la vista, baby!"HASTAAAcross 11: Serpent's soundSSSAAcross 14: Flareup of crime?ARSONAAcross 15: Dizzying picturesOP ARTAAcross 16: GoonAPEAAcross 17: Watch a shaky Japanese money market?SEEYENWAVERAAcross 19: Passing assistance?YEAAAcross 20: Lean and lovelySVELTEAAcross 21: With 33-Down, 1978 Nobel Prize recipientANWARAAcross 23: Cold war foeSOVIETSAAcross 26: Contemptuous looksSNEERSAAcross 27: UnblocksCLEARSAAcross 28: LibrarygoerREADERAAcross 30: ___ d'oeuvreHORSAAcross 31: Fictional hero first filmed in 1920ZORROAAcross 32: N.Y. winter hrs.ESTAAcross 35: Not straightWRYAAcross 36: What each of today's four long answers is vis-à-vis New Year's EveANAGRAMAAcross 38: The Seine is full of itEAUAAcross 39: PitchesADSAAcross 40: Words for actorsLINESAAcross 41: Briefs, brieflyBVD'SAAcross 42: Band on a limbARMLETAAcross 44: Run in the rawSTREAKAAcross 46: Dessert not for the diet-consciousSUNDAEAAcross 48: Popular magazine since 1926PARENTSAAcross 49: Off drugsCLEANAAcross 50: Jean of "Bombshell"HARLOWAAcross 52: Get one pastACEAAcross 53: This little poem or that?ANYWEEVERSEAAcross 58: Kitten's cryMEWAAcross 59: Lighthouse sitesCAPESAAcross 60: Fall awayERODEAAcross 61: Prefix with ColumbianPREAAcross 62: Forfeits furSHEDSAAcross 63: Actress Danning of "Hercules"SYBILDDown 1: Women with shaversMASDDown 2: It makes one hotIREDDown 3: Mao ___-tungTSEDDown 4: Asian grasses popular on lawnsZOYSIASDDown 5: "Well!"INEVERDDown 6: BaysHOWLSDDown 7: Pit-___ (heart sound)APATDDown 8: Reliever's triumphSAVEDDown 9: Three for SophiaTREDDown 10: HaphazardlyAT RANDOMDDown 11: Call off the debt?SAYWEREEVENDDown 12: Headhunter's equipmentSPEARDDown 13: J. C. Penney rivalSEARSDDown 18: Takes homeNETSDDown 22: Wedding notice wordNEEDDown 23: Pronunciation symbolSCHWADDown 24: Prayer openingOLORDDDown 25: Sheep with all its marbles?VERYSANEEWEDDown 26: She played Darlene on "Roseanne"SARADDown 28: Writer's referenceROGETDDown 29: Does the wrong thingERRSDDown 31: Author GreyZANEDDown 33: See 21-AcrossSADATDDown 34: Wild boar featuresTUSKSDDown 36: Astronomical data providersALMANACSDDown 37: Bank-washer in CairoNILEDDown 41: Suds sourceBREWERYDDown 43: Cereal box infoRDADDown 44: Shopaholic's delightSALEDDown 45: Pirates' stashesTROVESDDown 46: RogueSCAMPDDown 47: Cause of a nasty gut feeling?ULCERDDown 48: Basketball tacticPRESSDDown 50: HooplaHYPEDDown 51: StarstruckAWEDDDown 54: Down-home turndownNAHDDown 55: Rip offROBDDown 56: Star Wars lettersSDIDDown 57: Electrifying swimmerEEL