New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 23rd October 1984 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 23rd October 1984. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rhetorical basicsABC'SAAcross 1: Rhetorical basicsABCSAAcross 5: Viking of comicsHAGARAAcross 10: DictatorTSARAAcross 14: Sri Lanka moneyMAHAAAcross 15: CognizantAWAREAAcross 16: RecessAPSEAAcross 17: Effigy of a sortIDOLAAcross 18: ___ orangeNAVELAAcross 19: Gym itemsMATSAAcross 20: Napoleonic generalGERARDAAcross 22: MonadONEAAcross 23: GrimalkinCATAAcross 24: Bonnie Franklin's vehicleONEDAYATATIMEAAcross 28: Erstwhile draft initialsUMTAAcross 29: ___ Parker (busybody)NOSEYAAcross 32: FileRASPAAcross 36: Nuclear particleATOMAAcross 39: Wild oxenGAURSAAcross 40: Very unusualONCEINALIFETIMEAAcross 43: Taj ___MAHALAAcross 44: ___ avisRARAAAcross 45: HeadlinerSTARAAcross 46: BoutiqueSTOREAAcross 47: A GershwinIRAAAcross 49: "In The Good ___," 1902 songOLDSUMMERTIMEAAcross 57: ChumPALAAcross 59: Yoko ___ONOAAcross 60: Garden utensilWEEDERAAcross 61: MelodyARIAAAcross 63: Stage utteranceASIDEAAcross 65: AntitoxinsSERAAAcross 66: DispatchSENDAAcross 67: HazardPERILAAcross 68: Checkroom itemsTAGSAAcross 69: Nestor, e.g.SAGEAAcross 70: Kind of woolSTEELAAcross 71: To shelter, at seaALEEDDown 1: Friend, in CádizAMIGODDown 2: Region in SW GermanyBADENDDown 3: TaskCHOREDDown 4: Menu itemSALADDDown 5: Jack of all tradesHANDYMANDDown 6: Hawaiian milkfishAWADDown 7: French danceGAVOTDDown 8: Joe Louis Sports ___, DetroitARENADDown 9: Rented againRELETDDown 10: Head coveringTAMDDown 11: Astronaut's attireSPACESUITDDown 12: Dog starASTADDown 13: Take fiveRESTDDown 21: Author Santha Rama ___RAUDDown 25: Rose essenceATTARDDown 26: "Picnic" playwrightINGEDDown 27: Ditches around castlesMOATSDDown 30: Writer BombeckERMADDown 31: Nieuwpoort's riverYSERDDown 32: Gypsy gentlemenROMSDDown 33: What Michelangelo studied: Abbr.ANATDDown 34: EducationSCHOOLINGDDown 35: Bailey or BuckPEARLDDown 37: Biographer WinslowOLADDown 38: Lake on Uruguay's boundaryMIRIMDDown 41: "___ Three Lives": PhilbrickILEDDDown 42: Parting wordsFAREWELLDDown 48: Verb formAREDDown 50: Cleansing agentsSOAPSDDown 51: Not solidifiedUNSETDDown 52: Watered silkMOIREDDown 53: Seed coatingTESTADDown 54: PerfectIDEALDDown 55: CombineMERGEDDown 56: ExpungeERASEDDown 57: Masher's maneuverPASSDDown 58: PrecinctAREADDown 62: Humorist or drinkADEDDown 64: Casting moldDIE