New York Times Answers - Thursday, 22nd December 1983 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 22nd December 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ApeMIMICAAcross 6: Publishing nameOCHSAAcross 10: PrincipalMAINAAcross 14: Rivera role: 1957ANITAAAcross 15: "Thanks ___!"A LOTAAcross 16: Pollster RoperELMOAAcross 17: Porter musical: 1948KISSMEKATEAAcross 19: Latin I wordAMATAAcross 20: Catchall abbr.ETC.AAcross 21: ParadiseEDENAAcross 22: "___ Hattie": 1940PANAMAAAcross 24: Home of 40 millionIRANAAcross 25: StrikingBOLDAAcross 26: "Get lost!"SCRAMAAcross 28: ___ SilverLONGJOHNAAcross 32: Shuts abruptlySLAMSAAcross 33: Quality, in QuébecALOIAAcross 34: Iris layerUVEAAAcross 35: "Nine, ___ big fat hen"TENAAAcross 36: Ginseng or gingerPLANTAAcross 37: Contact ___LENSAAcross 38: "All men, true and ___": TennysonLEALAAcross 39: Cane alcoholsRUMSAAcross 40: AboutCIRCAAAcross 41: Rodgers-Hammerstein show: 1943OKLAHOMAAAcross 43: Baseballer BoyerCLETEAAcross 44: Quick swimsDIPSAAcross 45: OdistPOETAAcross 46: Mississippi River discovererDESOTOAAcross 49: Arizona cityYUMAAAcross 50: Loser to H.C.H.AESAAcross 53: Aleutian islandATTUAAcross 54: Bock-Harnick show: 1963SHELOVESMEAAcross 57: Suffix with Ham or ShemITICAAcross 58: Ages and agesEONSAAcross 59: Kind of nerveOPTICAAcross 60: Goof-proofSUREAAcross 61: Medicinal portionDOSEAAcross 62: Carpenter's purchaseNAILSDDown 1: CreateMAKEDDown 2: "What's ___ for me?"INITDDown 3: File sect.MISCDDown 4: Possessive pronounITSDDown 5: Tiros II adjunctsCAMERASDDown 6: Made of a hardwoodOAKENDDown 7: Highlands groupCLANDDown 8: Like ice in the underworldHOTDDown 9: Speed upSTEP ON ITDDown 10: Rodgers-Hammerstein show: 1953MEANDJULIETDDown 11: Mrs. MahlerALMADDown 12: Moslem prayer leaderIMAMDDown 13: ___ beneNOTADDown 18: Dutch treatEDAMDDown 23: H.S. subjectALGDDown 24: Imported show: 1960IRMALADOUCEDDown 25: BenefitsBOONSDDown 26: StreamlinedSLEEKDDown 27: Root or ErieCANALDDown 28: Andean beast of burdenLLAMADDown 29: OpenOVERTDDown 30: ThereforeHENCEDDown 31: Org. for Apollo and MercuryNASADDown 32: Norman communeSTLODDown 33: GradsALUMSDDown 36: OfferedPROPOSEDDDown 40: "Purlie" star ___ LittleCLEAVONDDown 42: S.R.O. showHITDDown 43: Lake or PerryCOMODDown 45: BeatPULSEDDown 46: Spot for BryanDAISDDown 47: Some penultimate wordsETTUDDown 48: CalabooseSTIRDDown 49: DesiresYENSDDown 50: ___ spumanteASTIDDown 51: Actor JanningsEMILDDown 52: Min. partsSECSDDown 55: Follower of boo or yooHOODDown 56: Ruckelshaus's agcy.E.P.A.DDown 56: Ruckelshaus's agcy.EPA