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New York Times Answers

Thursday, 17th December 1998
There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th December 1998. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: "___ first you..."IFAT
AAcross 5: Sgt. of 50's TVJOEFRI
AAcross 11: Cousin of "Phooey!"
AAcross 14: Emergency CB channel
AAcross 15: Some former dictators, e.g.
AAcross 16: Skating champion MidoriITO
AAcross 17: Some Broadway performancesSATMATINEES
AAcross 19: Hoedown participant
AAcross 20: Braided
AAcross 21: With indifference
AAcross 23: Crackerjack
AAcross 24: Chi paper, with "The"TRIB
AAcross 26: Jeer
AAcross 27: Actress Oberon
AAcross 29: Chunk or clunk
AAcross 32: Slam-dance, 90's-style
AAcross 33: Put together, in a way
AAcross 35: ___-Altaic languagesURAL
AAcross 37: Nashville inst.TSU
AAcross 38: Winter feature with a hint to today's puzzle themeSHORTERDAYS
AAcross 41: Bird of legend
AAcross 43: Linguist ChomskyNOAM
AAcross 44: Cockney's abodeOME
AAcross 45: Word on a coinUNUM
AAcross 47: Fac. member
AAcross 49: Kitchen gizmo
AAcross 53: When repeated, a vitamin B deficiencyBERI
AAcross 54: Alliance since 1949
AAcross 56: Compass dir.
AAcross 57: Football stat
AAcross 61: Betrayed
AAcross 63: Prefix with angularTRI
AAcross 64: Dilettantes, maybeSUNPAINTERS
AAcross 66: Adaptable truck, for short
AAcross 67: Encroach on
AAcross 68: Superiority
AAcross 69: Surprised comments
AAcross 70: 1966 Fonda-Robards movieANYWED
AAcross 71: Guatemala natives
DDown 1: Fashion line
DDown 2: Ring bearer?
DDown 3: Horn
DDown 4: Puccini melody, e.g.TEMA
DDown 5: 1996 A.L. Rookie of the YearJETER
DDown 6: Like rust
DDown 7: German articleEIN
DDown 8: Kind of bag
DDown 9: It might wind up on a boat
DDown 10: "That ___ you!"ISSO
DDown 11: Yeti-like creatures
DDown 12: Puzzled
DDown 13: Pre-Easter timeHOLYTHU
DDown 18: Followed, as an impulseACTEDON
DDown 22: Man with a law
DDown 25: Post-weekend letdownBLUEMON
DDown 28: ___-di-dah
DDown 30: Onetime Esposito teammate
DDown 31: Pedestal part
DDown 34: Word with anchor or dead
DDown 36: Harvard tradition
DDown 38: Hightails it
DDown 39: Bluejacket
DDown 40: Voice vote
DDown 41: 1967 Rolling Stones hitRUBYTUE
DDown 42: Here, not in heaven
DDown 46: Term start?
DDown 48: Pretense
DDown 50: California locale whose name is an anagram of 52-Down
DDown 51: Oomph
DDown 52: Biblical locale
DDown 55: Heard in court
DDown 58: Where Myanmar is
DDown 59: "Treasure Island" characterGUNN
DDown 60: It's a sin
DDown 62: Main part of a word
DDown 65: Hand, slangily
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