New York Times Answers - Saturday, 14th December 1985 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 14th December 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ___ off (leave)SHOVEAAcross 6: ___ throatSTREPAAcross 11: Cr.-card itemCHGAAcross 14: SculledOAREDAAcross 15: Sen. Hawkins from Fla.PAULAAAcross 16: Own: Scot.HAEAAcross 17: Gallinacean alarm clockCHANTICLEERAAcross 19: Yes voteAYEAAcross 20: Batman's creatorKANEAAcross 21: Songdom's SalGALAAcross 22: BeefeatersGUARDSAAcross 24: T.W.A. rivalEALAAcross 26: CrimsonCARMINEAAcross 27: A finchSPARROWAAcross 31: Wind: Comb. formANEMOAAcross 32: McGrew's ladyLOUAAcross 33: Partner-in-crimeCOHORTAAcross 35: Aleutian isleATTUAAcross 38: Pluto, when in RomeORCUSAAcross 40: A Wright bro.ORVAAcross 41: Close, to CowperANEARAAcross 42: Volstead's oppositionWETSAAcross 43: One of the "Greats"PETER IAAcross 45: Coop findEGGAAcross 46: "None that ___ love than myself": Shak.IMOREAAcross 48: Miscreant's second thoughtsREMORSEAAcross 50: A. Hitchcock specialtySHOCKERAAcross 52: Part of r.p.m.PERAAcross 53: "Lord Jim" authorCONRADAAcross 54: Rickenbacker was oneACEAAcross 56: Sometimes it's one centANTEAAcross 60: CaviarROEAAcross 61: Thomas Paine, e.g.PAMPHLETEERAAcross 64: Haw. liquorOKEAAcross 65: "___ wise father . . . ": Shak.ITISAAAcross 66: Nonitalic typeROMANAAcross 67: German articleDERAAcross 68: A SevillianSENORAAcross 69: End of a Stein lineAROSEDDown 1: Place for a clockSOCKDDown 2: Sunk fenceHA-HADDown 2: Sunk fenceHAHADDown 3: G.I.'s 1942 landing siteORANDDown 4: GlossVENEERDDown 5: Summer time in N.Y.C.EDTDDown 6: Humane org.SPCADDown 7: How heroes standTALLDDown 8: Actress McClanahanRUEDDown 9: SplendiferousELEGANTDDown 10: Matched set of jewelryPARUREDDown 11: Messala, e.g.CHARIOTEERDDown 12: "The Seasons" composerHAYDNDDown 13: Anserine creaturesGEESEDDown 18: Place to park a parkaIGLOODDown 23: Jordanian capitalAMMANDDown 25: SpotlightsARCSDDown 26: He made axle grease from peanutsCARVERDDown 27: Like molassesSLOWDDown 28: Tiny openingPOREDDown 29: Grown man who criesAUCTIONEERDDown 30: Whatever person, in poesyWHOEERDDown 34: LeavingORTDDown 36: Auto ID'sTAGSDDown 37: ExhortURGEDDown 39: Backup org. for gyrenesUSMCRDDown 41: Bien-___ (French darling)AIMEDDown 43: Write tomorrow's check todayPREDATEDDown 44: Use an insectifugeREPELDDown 47: Giraffes' kinOKAPISDDown 49: Red Jacket was oneORATORDDown 50: Grand Banks denizenSCRODDDown 51: English physicist: 1635–1703HOOKEDDown 54: Lhasa ___APSODDown 55: Soho mopperCHARDDown 57: Remote telecastNEMODDown 58: BrewsTEASDDown 59: Irish lakeERNEDDown 62: Gump's wifeMINDDown 63: Stat. for Dr. KERA