New York Times Answers - Thursday, 24th October 1985 There are 34 across clues and 38 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 24th October 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kind of suitLIBELAAcross 6: Create edgingsTATAAcross 9: Tree of the custard-apple familyPAPAWAAcross 14: " . . . to get you in ___, honey"ATAXIAAcross 15: MatureAGEAAcross 16: Calvino or BalboITALOAAcross 17: "Beat it!"SCRAMAAcross 18: Turpin or VereenBENAAcross 19: Wakefield personageVICARAAcross 20: Hope movie: 1951THELEMONDROPKIDAAcross 23: Half-inning enderTHIRDOUTAAcross 24: Sounds of surpriseOHSAAcross 27: About 70 percent of the globeOCEANSAAcross 28: Caesar's co-starCOCAAAcross 32: Citrus fruitKUMQUATAAcross 34: AttackSET UPONAAcross 36: Early A.D. theologianARIUSAAcross 37: TolerateABIDEAAcross 38: Most inclined to dawdlePOKIESTAAcross 41: Allen film: 1971BANANASAAcross 43: Agnes, in AvilaINEZAAcross 44: Saxe-___COBURGAAcross 46: Superlative finisherESTAAcross 47: Prussian city, famed for cutlerySOLINGENAAcross 49: Burgess work, with "A"CLOCKWORKORANGEAAcross 56: SE Asian capitalHANOIAAcross 57: SmaWEEAAcross 58: ParagonIDEALAAcross 59: Squash varietyACORNAAcross 60: "A Q O T W F" novelistEMRAAcross 61: HalosNIMBSAAcross 62: Revengers in a recent filmNERDSAAcross 63: ___ gestaeRESAAcross 64: NotchedEROSEDDown 1: Fitzgerald's "The ___ Tycoon"LASTDDown 2: HankeringITCHDDown 3: ExposeBAREDDown 4: GlorifyEXALTDDown 5: "___ Blues," 1924 songLIMEHOUSEDDown 6: Potted-plant standTABORETDDown 7: ScheduleAGENDADDown 8: HamstringsTENDONSDDown 9: TurnPIVOTDDown 10: Very eagerATIPDDown 11: Roller-derby groupingPACKDDown 12: Jai ___ALAIDDown 13: PromiseWORDDDown 21: MuscoviteMICADDown 22: StratagemRUSEDDown 24: Giraffe's kinOKAPIDDown 25: Lake or IndianHURONDDown 26: Nickleby's companionSMIKEDDown 28: Largest of the West IndiesCUBADDown 29: Express a viewpointOPINEDDown 30: Ballet finalesCODASDDown 31: "___ of robins . . . "ANESTDDown 33: ExamQUIZDDown 35: Jimmy Dorsey hit of 1942TANGERINEDDown 39: Flat-bottomed boatSCOWDDown 40: "When the night is beginning ___": LongfellowTOLOWERDDown 41: Edith and ArchieBUNKERSDDown 42: Ex-constellationARGODDown 45: Vessel that saw action a ActiumBIREMEDDown 47: K.P. residueSKINSDDown 48: Zenith's oppositeNADIRDDown 49: Fictional sleuthCHANDDown 50: Limerick productLACEDDown 51: ___ about (approximately)ONORDDown 52: StringCORDDDown 53: Nautilus captainNEMODDown 54: Wags the tongueGABSDDown 55: OtherwiseELSE