New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 4th December 1985 There are 38 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 4th December 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Creator of SchmoosCAPPAAcross 5: Christie was oneDAMEAAcross 9: "___ first you don't succeed . . . "IFATAAcross 13: Largest continentASIAAAcross 14: Muscat is its capitalOMANAAcross 15: Cordial flavoringANISEAAcross 16: Fender hollowDENTAAcross 17: Word heard at churchLORDAAcross 18: Mushy dish from buckwheatKASHAAAcross 19: Comely Czechs, perhapsSATELLITEDISHESAAcross 22: No, at the CapitolNAYAAcross 23: "___ She Sweet?"AINTAAcross 24: He wrote "Hyperion"KEATSAAcross 27: Had onWOREAAcross 29: Tuscaloosa's loc.ALAAAcross 29: Tuscaloosa's loc.ALA.AAcross 32: Panay nativeATIAAcross 33: GulpSWIGAAcross 35: Science of visionOPTICSAAcross 38: Game you only lose onceRUSSIAN ROULETTEAAcross 41: Horizontal beamLINTELAAcross 42: "I could ___ horse!"EATAAAcross 43: Actor-director HowardRONAAcross 44: DioceseSEEAAcross 45: Shoemaker's modelLASTAAcross 47: TendencyTRENDAAcross 49: Mob disorderRIOTAAcross 51: Season in ParisETEAAcross 52: Fog and mist, maybeFELLOWTRAVELERSAAcross 60: Actor DelonALAINAAcross 61: Optimistic feelingHOPEAAcross 62: Elvis was oneIDOLAAcross 63: Salts' talksYARNSAAcross 64: CopycatAPERAAcross 65: Feed storehouseSILOAAcross 66: HitchSNAGAAcross 67: Student's bookTEXTAAcross 68: Give a leg upHELPDDown 1: Chaps who chicaneCADSDDown 2: Where to meet Bobby ShaftoeASEADDown 3: Four gillsPINTDDown 4: Protect an ideaPATENTDDown 5: Wheelbarrow's cousinDOLLYDDown 6: Mine, to FifiAMOIDDown 7: Shopping plazaMARTDDown 8: Evoke affectionENDEARDDown 9: OverwroughtINASTATEDDown 10: Piscator's preyFISHDDown 11: Noted netmanASHEDDown 12: Mad Hatter's affairsTEASDDown 15: SimilarAKINDDown 20: Knight's heroineLASSIEDDown 21: Become extinctDIE OUTDDown 24: One of the MarxesKARLDDown 25: Needle casesETUISDDown 26: Oise tributaryAISNEDDown 27: Be the victorWINDDown 28: Fairy-tale monstersOGRESDDown 30: About a quart, in EnglandLITREDDown 31: Medieval knight's garmentACT ONDDown 31: Medieval knight's garmentACTONDDown 34: Act like a pigWALLOWDDown 36: Neb. riverPLATTEDDown 37: DispatchSENDDDown 39: High grade of silverSTERLINGDDown 40: Morsel for a SuffolkOATDDown 46: As matters now standATTHATDDown 48: Hot-dog condimentRELISHDDown 50: Atomic particlesIONSDDown 51: Turn inside outEVERTDDown 52: Bainter and WrayFAYSDDown 53: PanacheELANDDown 54: Woman Zhivago lovedLARADDown 55: Use a lariatROPEDDown 56: PinnacleAPEXDDown 57: Ernie Kovacs's widowEDIEDDown 58: Canary's trillROLLDDown 59: Spill overSLOP