New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 5th December 1984 There are 39 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 5th December 1984. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sign for SondheimCLEFAAcross 5: Wading birdEGRETAAcross 10: Art Deco designerERTEAAcross 14: Bessie of the silentsLOVEAAcross 15: Lie in ambushCOUCHAAcross 16: Like gossamerAIRYAAcross 17: Author-film critic: 1909–55AGEEAAcross 18: Jabber at a joustLANCEAAcross 19: Procyon is oneSTARAAcross 20: Austen's "___ Abbey"NORTHANGERAAcross 22: RecordTAPEAAcross 23: Third-world needAIDAAcross 24: Avril followerMAIAAcross 26: ComebackANSWERAAcross 30: Skimmers in the stacksBROWSERSAAcross 35: Better this than neverLATEAAcross 36: ___-in (sure bet)SHOOAAcross 38: Geneva's lakeLEMANAAcross 39: Bellow from BlighAVASTAAcross 41: D.C. agencyIRSAAcross 42: Co-defendant with VanzettiSACCOAAcross 43: " . . . ___ match my mountains": FossMENTOAAcross 44: BoundLEAPAAcross 46: Tarot interpreterSEERAAcross 47: Roots for manyOLD-WORLDAAcross 49: TestifyATTESTAAcross 51: Lager's cousinALEAAcross 52: ___ Anne de BeaupréSTEAAcross 53: Culture mediumAGARAAcross 56: Capote or FaulknerSOUTHERNERAAcross 63: Western chumPARDAAcross 64: Direction indicatorARROWAAcross 65: MireOOZEAAcross 66: PrurienceITCHAAcross 67: Bulwer-Lytton novelLEILAAAcross 68: Being, in BrestETREAAcross 69: Part of ManhattanSOHOAAcross 70: De Quincey productESSAYAAcross 71: Sign of approvalSEALDDown 1: BrotherhoodCLANDDown 2: Golden Arches, e.g.LOGODDown 3: Companion of anonEVERDDown 4: TrilbiesFEETDDown 5: Caloric delightsECLAIRSDDown 6: "___ sin no more": John 8:11GOANDDDown 7: DegreeRUNGDDown 8: ___ homoECCEDDown 9: Heat: Comb. formTHERMODDown 10: Kipling phraseEASTISEASTDDown 11: Donizetti heroineRITADDown 12: Clay-pigeon launcherTRAPDDown 13: Charlotte's JaneEYREDDown 21: Possess, to BurnsHAEDDown 25: Beltmakers' toolsAWLSDDown 26: Texas shrineALAMODDown 27: Central pointNAVELDDown 28: Lose a lapSTANDDDown 29: Kingsley bookWESTWARDHODDown 30: World-wearyBOREDDDown 31: Soprano PonselleROSADDown 32: Bert Parks, at timesEMCEEDDown 33: TearsRACESDDown 34: Straight shotSNORTDDown 37: Blueberry or BunkerHILLDDown 40: Means to an endTOOLDDown 45: CoursePATHWAYDDown 48: Used-car venditionRESALEDDown 50: Gadget for PalmerTEEDDown 52: Robe for CalpurniaSTOLADDown 53: Sacred bull of EgyptAPISDDown 54: Pet in a casaGATODDown 55: Prefix for angel or fiendARCHDDown 57: Pyrite and galenaORESDDown 58: Author of "The Haj"URISDDown 59: Female ruminantsROESDDown 60: ObserveNOTEDDown 61: Benson or PoundEZRADDown 62: Virginia ___REEL