New York Times Answers - Thursday, 8th December 1983 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 8th December 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: JokeJESTAAcross 5: Type of physicsASTROAAcross 10: Eighth-century Mercian kingOFFAAAcross 14: "Deutschland ___ Alles"UBERAAcross 15: Bend downSTOOPAAcross 16: Russia's ___ MountainsURALAAcross 17: Comedian from DaytonJONATHANWINTERSAAcross 20: IndefatigableUNTIRINGAAcross 21: Our, in MilanoNOSTROAAcross 22: RequireNEEDAAcross 23: QuoteCITEAAcross 24: Singer Donna from BostonSUMMERAAcross 27: Small toasted pieces of breadCROUTONSAAcross 31: Lend ___ (heed)ANEARAAcross 32: Custard-filled tartsFLANSAAcross 33: OutfitKITAAcross 34: Pool in a rangeTARNAAcross 35: SchemesPLANSAAcross 36: TV sitcomTAXIAAcross 37: Work unitERGAAcross 38: Salty waterBRINEAAcross 39: MushSEPONAAcross 40: Campaigner's calumnious actSMEARINGAAcross 42: Byington of filmdomSPRINGAAcross 43: FareDIETAAcross 44: Laugh loudlyROARAAcross 45: "Autumn ___," 1950 songLEAVESAAcross 48: PloversLAPWINGSAAcross 52: Teapot Dome figureALBERTBACONFALLAAcross 54: MannerMIENAAcross 55: CrowbarLEVERAAcross 56: " . . . 'I eat what ___'!": CarrollISEEAAcross 57: Wadded cotton fibersBATTAAcross 58: Thurber's "The ___ with Ross"YEARSAAcross 59: GnawCHEWDDown 1: Magic, West African styleJUJUDDown 2: BlackEBONDDown 3: TransmittedSENTDDown 4: Railroad workerTRAINMANDDown 5: More pallidASHIERDDown 6: Little Bighorn event: 1876STANDDDown 7: Chinese societyTONGDDown 8: LineROWDDown 9: JudgmentsOPINIONSDDown 10: StartOUTSETDDown 11: AnnoyFRETDDown 12: Jamie of "After MASH"FARRDDown 13: TooALSODDown 18: Shoe-factory employeeTREERDDown 19: South windNOTUSDDown 23: Large wading birdCRANEDDown 24: CloysSATESDDown 25: Strip of weaponsUNARMDDown 26: MeldMERGEDDown 27: Loud resounding noiseCLANGDDown 28: Giraffe's relativeOKAPIDDown 29: Johnson's ex-teammateNIXONDDown 30: What some rays doSTINGDDown 32: Powdered quartzFLINTDDown 35: SacerdotalPRIESTLYDDown 36: Admirable or awfulTERRIFICDDown 38: Thorny bushBRIERDDown 39: Mass of fish eggsSPAWNDDown 41: A comingADVENTDDown 42: Profound sleepsSOPORSDDown 44: American blacksnakeRACERDDown 45: Follower of MaryLAMBDDown 46: KazanELIADDown 47: Give a yegg a leg upABETDDown 48: Etna residueLAVADDown 49: Poet or autoNASHDDown 50: MerrimentGLEEDDown 51: Quite a lotSLEWDDown 53: Hairy insectBEE