5 December 1998 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 5 December 1998

1
L
2
O
3
B
4
S
5
T
6
E
7
R
8
F
9
L
10
A
11
C
12
C
13
I
14
D
15
A
V
O
C
A
D
O
16
R
O
U
L
A
D
E
17
P
E
N
A
T
E
S
18
E
S
T
A
T
E
S
19
T
R
I
T
E
N
E
20
S
S
21
O
N
T
A
P
22
O
D
E
23
S
T
A
H
24
L
25
K
A
L
I
26
P
U
S
27
H
28
Y
29
T
W
E
A
30
K
31
I
L
S
32
S
E
T
A
E
33
E
N
T
R
E
34
L
Y
E
35
W
R
36
Y
37
D
E
38
L
39
B
40
A
41
D
42
B
A
43
N
44
E
45
S
46
L
I
47
A
48
N
49
A
50
E
V
E
51
A
M
A
Z
E
52
S
U
M
A
C
53
E
E
R
54
O
55
S
P
I
C
56
A
57
M
I
R
58
C
R
I
M
59
E
60
T
O
T
E
61
M
62
P
O
L
E
63
H
A
V
A
R
64
T
I
65
O
C
E
A
N
I
A
66
A
G
E
N
D
U
M
67
R
I
N
S
I
N
G
68
M
E
D
I
A
T
E
69
S
A
U
S
A
G
E

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Pot contents, perhaps : LOBSTER
8
Weak : FLACCID
15
Light yellowish green : AVOCADO
16
Musical embellishment : ROULADE
17
Roman home protectors : PENATES
18
They're left behind : ESTATES
19
Property of a cliché : TRITENESS
21
Ready for drawing : ONTAP
22
Gray piece : ODE
23
Safer associate : STAHL
25
Shiva's wife : KALI
26
Hardly retiring : PUSHY
29
Fine-tune : TWEAK
31
Not nous : ILS
32
Bristles : SETAE
33
___ nous : ENTRE
34
Leaching product : LYE
35
Perverse : WRY
37
Viña ___ Mar, Chile : DEL
39
Defective : BAD
42
Scourges : BANES
46
Gorilla's swing : LIANA
50
Gloaming : EVE
51
Floor : AMAZE
52
Tannin source : SUMAC
53
Finnish cross-country gold medalist Maentyranta : EERO
55
First-magnitude star in Virgo : SPICA
57
Launch of 2/20/86 : MIR
58
Error that leads to trial : CRIME
60
Hierarchy : TOTEMPOLE
63
Danish cheese : HAVARTI
65
"1984" setting : OCEANIA
66
Program particular : AGENDUM
67
Salad preparation step : RINSING
68
Referee : MEDIATE
69
Banger, in Britain : SAUSAGE
Down
1
They're off during takeoff : LAPTOPS
2
Accumulating fines : OVERDUE
3
Superlatively spare : BONIEST
4
"Aroint thee!," in modern language : SCAT
5
Poet laureate of 1692 : TATE
6
Blissful states : EDENS
7
Leopard spot : ROSETTE
8
Flash flood : FRESHET
9
West end of L.A.? : LOS
10
___ parts : AUTO
11
Knight noise : CLANK
12
Elephant grass, e.g. : CATTAIL
13
For best results : IDEALLY
14
Not fancy at all : DESPISE
20
Cut : SAWN
24
Enrich, in a way : LARD
27
Bit of hesitation : HAW
28
___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay) : YERBA
30
Dirigible parts : KEELS
36
Southern roots : YAMS
38
"Turandot" slave girl : LIU
39
Royal Philharmonic founder : BEECHAM
40
B+ or C-, e.g. : AVERAGE
41
Reasoned out : DERIVED
43
When the kids are out : NAPTIME
44
Handel opera : EZIO
45
They may be private : SECTORS
47
Suffocating solution : AMMONIA
48
Carpentry chore : NAILING
49
Land : ACREAGE
54
Qabus bin Said, e.g. : OMANI
56
Fungal spore sacs : AECIA
59
Mother of the Valkyries : ERDA
61
Dinner table? : MENU
62
It's often made freshly : PASS
64
Entombed king : TUT