New York Times Answers - Thursday, 4th July 1985 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 4th July 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: DefectFLAWAAcross 5: S.A. countryARGAAcross 8: GrooveSLOTAAcross 12: Knobby of Joe Palooka stripWALSHAAcross 13: Actor GorceyLEOAAcross 14: Bob of U.S.O. fameHOPEAAcross 15: DejectedMOROSEAAcross 16: Map abbr.ISLAAcross 17: Kind of hygieneORALAAcross 18: Start of a patriotic songIMAYANKEEDOODLEAAcross 21: Song: Part IIDANDYAAcross 22: Start a paragraphINDENTAAcross 23: Not Dem. or Rep.IND.AAcross 24: TidiesCLEANSAAcross 25: Latin I wordAMOAAcross 28: PanoramaSCENEAAcross 30: Wind a rod after a biteREELINAAcross 32: The George ___MCOHANSAAcross 35: BargainCUT-RATEAAcross 36: HateDETESTAAcross 37: Light raftBALSAAAcross 38: HardenedSETAAcross 39: Job securityTENUREAAcross 41: Give ___ tryITAAAcross 44: HemingwayERNESTAAcross 45: "No ___ an island": DonneMANISAAcross 47: More of the songBORNONTHEFOURTHAAcross 51: Congregation wordAMENAAcross 52: Ending for JerseyITEAAcross 53: Still more of the songOFJULYAAcross 54: Bill of bites?MENUAAcross 55: Kind of AmericanALLAAcross 56: HelpfulOFUSEAAcross 57: OpposedANTIAAcross 58: Bandleader BrownLESAAcross 59: Sheer nonsenseTOSHDDown 1: ___ wide (extensively)FARANDDDown 2: Actor NolanLLOYDDDown 3: TestASSAYDDown 4: Declaration starterWHENDDown 5: New owner, in lawALIENEEDDown 6: MignonetteRESEDADDown 7: "Do unto others . . . "GOLDEN RULEDDown 8: Discharge a musketSHOOTDDown 9: Olivier is oneLORDDDown 10: GemstoneOPALDDown 11: Part of TVTELEDDown 12: Helen Reddy's "I Am ___"WOMANDDown 15: South of FranceMIDIDDown 19: Drying ovensKILNSDDown 20: AttacksONSETSDDown 24: 1876, e.g.CENTENNIALDDown 25: Part of the U.S.A.ALADDown 25: Part of the U.S.A.ALA.DDown 26: Cambridge inst.MITDDown 27: "___ if by land . . . "ONEDDown 28: Pronoun for Old IronsidesSHEDDown 29: His orientation came in OrienteCASTRODDown 31: Monroe's ___ of Good FeelingERADDown 32: A.M.A. peopleMDSDDown 33: So-so markCEEDDown 34: Mel of CooperstownOTTDDown 35: Word before blancheCARTEDDown 37: Large amountsBUSHELSDDown 40: IrritateNETTLEDDown 41: ImplosionINRUSHDDown 42: ChampionshipTITLEDDown 43: PaleASHYDDown 44: BoredomENNUIDDown 45: Soprano AnnaMOFFODDown 46: Cookery termAU JUSDDown 47: Crimson TideBAMADDown 48: PortentOMENDDown 49: LeaseRENTDDown 50: Kind of soldierFOOT