New York Times Answers - Thursday, 5th December 1985 There are 36 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th December 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kind of taxPOLLAAcross 5: Fenced inPALEDAAcross 10: Speak grufflyBARKAAcross 14: Caesar's sisterATIAAAcross 15: Affirmed forcefullySWOREAAcross 16: AirARIAAAcross 17: With 28 and 49 Across, a riddleWHATKINDOFWATCHAAcross 20: CheekNERVEAAcross 21: "___ the Moon," 1953 songISEEAAcross 22: HankerYENAAcross 23: "___ deal!"ITSAAAcross 26: Arab garmentABAAAcross 28: See 17 AcrossHASACCURATETIMEAAcross 36: Prior toEREAAcross 37: Priestly garbHABITAAcross 38: MeandersROVESAAcross 39: ___ Islands, off IrelandARANAAcross 41: TopgallantsMASTSAAcross 43: EscapeMISSAAcross 43: EscapeMISS.AAcross 44: Helicopter partROTORAAcross 46: DinglesDELLSAAcross 48: J.F.K. abbr.ETAAAcross 49: See 17 AcrossTWOTIMESEACHDAYAAcross 52: Nightfall, to DonneEVEAAcross 53: To be, in ToulonETREAAcross 54: Expression of disbeliefHUHAAcross 57: Designer SchiaparelliELSAAAcross 60: Midterm and finalEXAMSAAcross 64: Answer to riddleANYSTOPPEDWATCHAAcross 68: Asiatic palmNIPAAAcross 69: ___ Parker (busybody)NOSEYAAcross 70: Writer Mazo ___ RocheDELAAAcross 71: DitherSTEWAAcross 72: Stone monumentSTELEAAcross 73: EroticSEXYDDown 1: Chess piecePAWNDDown 2: Will-___-wispOTHEDDown 3: MythomaniacLIARDDown 4: A Soviet republicLATVIADDown 5: Omega precederPSIDDown 6: Barley beardAWNDDown 7: Calif. cityLODIDDown 8: Son of AphroditeEROSDDown 9: DownDEFEATDDown 10: Barnyard soundBAADDown 11: ChichiARTYDDown 12: Risotto ingredientRICEDDown 13: Songwriter GusKAHNDDown 18: Sailing vesselKETCHDDown 19: German composer: 1786–1826WEBERDDown 24: Con man's ruseSCAMDDown 25: Musical compositionAUBADEDDown 27: JotATOMDDown 28: CompassionHEARTDDown 29: Weapon in "Deliverance"ARROWDDown 30: Former intl. pactSEATODDown 31: Loses a lapRISESDDown 32: English prime minister: 1945–51ATTLEEDDown 33: Like some wallsIVIEDDDown 34: Perle ___, memorable socialiteMESTADDown 35: AttemptESSAYDDown 40: Bank certificateNOTEDDown 42: Louver partSLATDDown 45: Fasten securelyRIVETDDown 47: Kind of propellerSCREWDDown 50: Some peposMELONSDDown 51: Groups of sixHEXADSDDown 54: German novelist Hoffmann: 1848–1909HANSDDown 55: Part of B.T.U.UNITDDown 56: Promotional gimmickHYPEDDown 58: PredicamentSPOTDDown 59: Cathedral's east endAPSEDDown 61: To ___ (exactly)ATEEDDown 62: CCXC quadrupledMCLXDDown 63: Light carriageSHAYDDown 65: AphorismSAWDDown 66: WrigglerEELDDown 67: TinctureDYE