New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 17th December 1985 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 17th December 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: TablelandMESAAAcross 5: N.H.'s state flowerLILACAAcross 10: PopDADAAcross 13: King toppersACESAAcross 14: Sports areaARENAAAcross 15: Artist Charles ___ GibsonDANAAAcross 16: Temporary prexyPRESIDENTPROTEMAAcross 19: Khartoum is its capitalSUDANAAcross 20: ExplodeDETONATEAAcross 21: Scratch producerITCHAAcross 24: Soft drinkSODAAAcross 25: "Bonjour, mon ___"AMIAAcross 28: Babylonian deityERUAAAcross 30: Quit workingRETIREAAcross 34: ForbidBANAAcross 35: InclinesRAMPSAAcross 37: Periods of timeERASAAcross 38: Veep's possible roleACTINGPRESIDENTAAcross 42: CultivateFARMAAcross 43: DiscoverHITONAAcross 44: BornNEEAAcross 45: Cheap: SlangTWOBITAAcross 48: SecularLAICAAcross 49: Eternally, to PoeE'ERAAcross 50: Juice drinksADESAAcross 52: Hebrew monthELULAAcross 54: HornedANTLEREDAAcross 58: Ernie of baseball fameBANKSAAcross 62: Ford or CarterFORMERPRESIDENTAAcross 65: RegretsRUESAAcross 66: Giant grassOTATEAAcross 67: Kind of spiritEVILAAcross 68: Quarter of fourONEAAcross 69: Clergyman's dickeyRABATAAcross 70: Alliance acronymNATODDown 1: ChartsMAPSDDown 2: TannishECRUDDown 3: PipSEEDDDown 4: Very: Mus.ASSAIDDown 5: BoyLADDDown 6: AngerIREDDown 7: Lease precederLENDDDown 8: Poker paymentsANTESDDown 9: Paris, to HelenCAPTORDDown 10: InformationDATADDown 11: Dill of the BibleANETDDown 12: Title Christie heldDAMEDDown 15: Made a charitable giftDONATEDDDown 17: Clinic figureINTERNDDown 18: Took a cabRODEDDown 22: BluffCRAGDDown 23: Sound of doubt or disdainHUMPHDDown 25: In the rear, at seaABAFTDDown 26: ParrotMACAWDDown 27: Opening monologue, for shortINTRODDown 29: Showery monthAPRILDDown 31: Good-night girlIRENEDDown 32: Rajah's mateRANEEDDown 33: Chemical compoundESTERDDown 36: BristlesSETAEDDown 39: Preserves in memory: Var.IMBALMSDDown 40: EarthSOILDDown 41: NightmaresINCUBIDDown 46: ___ fixeIDEEDDown 47: Holy ___ (brat)TERRORDDown 51: PartitionsSEPTADDown 53: BurdenedLADENDDown 54: Hairdo for a soul brotherAFRODDown 55: Part of speechNOUNDDown 56: What Daphne becameTREEDDown 57: Colorless; monotonousDRABDDown 59: Soviet riverNEVADDown 60: Emulate Mme. DefargeKNITDDown 61: Town in NormandySTLODDown 63: Letter from AthensETADDown 64: GelSET