New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th July 1998 There are 32 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th July 1998. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: World War II dangerKAMIKAZEAAcross 9: StingsSCAMSAAcross 14: I.R.S. workerEXAMINERAAcross 15: PhantomsSHAPESAAcross 16: Certain cravingNICOTINEAAcross 17: Bottom of the crankcaseOILPANAAcross 18: Sarah, Duchess of ___YORKAAcross 19: Major birth newsOCTUPLETSAAcross 21: Part of a Latin trioAMOAAcross 22: Woman with a causeSISTERAAcross 24: Prof. helpersTASAAcross 25: Flip, as a topSNAPOPENAAcross 27: Food, for FidoORTSAAcross 29: Nestea competitorSALADAAAcross 30: Lord's PrayerPATERAAcross 31: Part of a boaFEATHERAAcross 34: Good bridge localeNARROWSAAcross 36: Composer BrucknerANTONAAcross 37: Kind of eraserARTGUMAAcross 39: One of the Near IslandsATTUAAcross 40: Some football teamsDEFENSESAAcross 43: Half a cartoon coupleRENAAcross 44: #1 foreign-language song of 1958VOLAREAAcross 45: Simple signaturesXESAAcross 47: Cuisinart precursorHAND MIXERAAcross 49: Kitchen extensionETTEAAcross 50: Kind of wrestlingINDIANAAcross 51: Cut offAMPUTATEAAcross 54: Tracks, of a sortSCENTSAAcross 55: ExpertSEASONEDAAcross 56: BulrushSEDGEAAcross 57: Old-fashioned adventurismERRANTRYDDown 1: Great Rift Valley localeKENYADDown 2: Geometrician's studyAXIOMSDDown 3: Diacritical markMACRONDDown 4: Words of reassuranceIMOKDDown 5: Nurse's aidKITDDown 6: "Wheel of Fortune" requestANIDDown 7: Famous mathematical curiosityZENOSPARADOXDDown 8: MadeERECTEDDDown 9: SendSHIPDDown 10: Invigorating wordsCALLTOARMSDDown 11: Be seen by, in a visionAPPEARTODDown 12: Hearty entreeMEATSTEWDDown 13: Nine-digit ID'sSSNSDDown 15: Down (on)SOURDDown 20: Struggling rural workerTENANT FARMERDDown 22: Winningest southpaw in major-league historySPAHNDDown 23: Captive of HerculesIOLEDDown 26: Hard to believeASTOUNDINGDDown 28: A.A.R.P. membersSRSDDown 30: TrimPRUNEDDown 31: J.F.K. watchdogFAADDown 32: CharmENTRANCEDDown 33: Waited uponATTENDEDDDown 35: Worry, perhapsAGERDDown 38: Permission paperRELEASEDDown 41: Not lost or destroyedEXTANTDDown 42: Volleyball playerSETTERDDown 44: Côtes du Rhône and othersVINSDDown 46: WretchedSEEDYDDown 47: Vent soundHISSDDown 48: BuddyMATEDDown 49: Noted town in BuckinghamshireETONDDown 52: Hole numberPARDDown 53: 1994 World Cup hostU.S.A.DDown 53: 1994 World Cup hostUSA