New York Times Answers - Thursday, 7th March 1985 There are 40 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 7th March 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Brief breathGASPAAcross 5: Palm offFOISTAAcross 10: ShortcomingFLAWAAcross 14: Second of a Latin trioAMASAAcross 15: Forster's "A Passage to ___"INDIAAAcross 16: Inauguration ritualOATHAAcross 17: ReekFUMEAAcross 18: SaltationsLEAPSAAcross 19: Tom Joad, e.g.OKIEAAcross 20: DecorationFLOURISHAAcross 22: Two-point football scoreSAFETYAAcross 24: Old saltSEA DOGAAcross 24: Old saltSEADOGAAcross 25: Cherubini productOPERAAAcross 27: ScullsOARSAAcross 29: PanickyALARMEDAAcross 33: Noncom rankSFCAAcross 36: IndigentNEEDYAAcross 38: Thick woolen fabricBAIZEAAcross 39: Magician's expressionPOOFAAcross 41: "The ___ jealousy heareth all things": ApocryphaEAROFAAcross 43: "As you ___"WEREAAcross 44: Semirural regionEXURBAAcross 46: ___ T. Firefly, Groucho roleRUFUSAAcross 48: AtrabiliousSADAAcross 49: Make reparationEXPIATEAAcross 51: Possible princeFROGAAcross 53: Madrid museumPRADOAAcross 55: Tex. riverBRAZOSAAcross 59: MilquetoastCASPARAAcross 62: DecorationFRETWORKAAcross 64: Wheel connectionAXLEAAcross 65: Bottom-line figureTOTALAAcross 67: Both: Comb. formAMBIAAcross 68: DreadFEARAAcross 69: "You ___ Fair," 1937 songARESOAAcross 70: Footnote abbr.IBID.AAcross 71: Up-tightEDGYAAcross 72: Take up againRENEWAAcross 73: D.C. nine once in the A.L.NATSDDown 1: SparsGAFFSDDown 2: Stubborn as ___AMULEDDown 3: Pacific island groupSAMOADDown 4: FalsePSEUDODDown 5: DecorationFILIGREEDDown 6: Numerical openersONESDDown 7: The Gem StateIDAHODDown 8: Drink a littleSIPDDown 9: Mortarboard decorationTASSELDDown 10: DecorationFOOFARAWDDown 11: Geneva or ConstanceLAKEDDown 12: Keep ___ (persevere)ATITDDown 13: Muffet fareWHEYDDown 21: Horse colorROANDDown 23: Kuwaiti residentARABDDown 26: BoodlePAY OFFDDown 26: BoodlePAYOFFDDown 28: DesiccatedSEAREDDDown 30: Architect ___ van der RoheMIESDDown 31: Pound, the poetEZRADDown 32: TurnDEEDDDown 33: Graf von ___SPEEDDown 34: Comedian ReddFOXXDDown 35: Brilliant strokeCOUPDDown 37: Actress JoanneDRUDDown 40: DecorationFRIPPERYDDown 42: DecorationFURBELOWDDown 45: Negri contemporaryBARADDown 47: Put in orderSORTDDown 50: Dental calculusTARTARDDown 52: Arthur's nephewGAWAINDDown 54: Time after timeOFTENDDown 56: City in S MalawiZOMBADDown 57: Glenn's path in 1962ORBITDDown 58: Hit the ___ (fail)SKIDSDDown 59: BistroCAFEDDown 60: FiredAXEDDDown 61: CinderSLAGDDown 63: Make an incised markRASEDDown 66: Pay dirtOREDDown 66: Pay dirtORE.