New York Times Answers - Friday, 27th December 1985 There are 33 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 27th December 1985. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Part of an ellipseARCAAcross 4: Kind of houseCHOPAAcross 8: Little typeAPERAAcross 12: BurdenLOADAAcross 14: AmbianceAURAAAcross 15: Bucket wheelNORIAAAcross 17: Start of an epigramIDLESPECULATIONAAcross 20: UsesEMPLOYSAAcross 21: Exercises an optionELECTSAAcross 22: Type of mealOATAAcross 23: Actor HinklesRONAAcross 24: Epigram: Part IIISINVESTINGTHEAAcross 32: CutPAREAAcross 33: Tommy of BroadwayTUNEAAcross 34: ErodeEATAAcross 36: Get rid ofSHEDAAcross 37: ProhibitDEBARAAcross 38: Hard to come byRAREAAcross 39: Augsburg articleEINAAcross 40: SingleUNALAAcross 41: Some are liberalARTSAAcross 42: Epigram: Part IIIBANKROLLANDNOTAAcross 47: OnassisARIAAcross 48: Year in the reign of Claudius ILIIAAcross 49: Memorable Dodger managerALSTONAAcross 52: Leaky radiator remedy, e.g.SEALANTAAcross 56: End of epigramSEEINGANYRETURNAAcross 59: JackKNAVEAAcross 60: Frat quarters, sometimesDORMAAcross 61: Down Under birdEMEUAAcross 62: Free spiritONERAAcross 63: Is obligedOWESAAcross 64: StakeBETDDown 1: "The Greatest"ALIDDown 2: TeasedRODEDDown 3: Prestorm stateCALMDDown 4: "House of Flowers" authorCAPOTEDDown 5: A nephew of Donald DuckHUEYDDown 6: GrampusesORCSDDown 7: French winter reportPAUDDown 8: Kind of computerANALOGDDown 9: Like some drinksPOTENTDDown 10: Skater-cyclist HeidenERICDDown 11: Funny oneRIOTDDown 13: TestifiedDEPONEDDDown 16: Belgian communeANSDDown 18: Rembrandt's "The Noble ___"SLAVDDown 19: "Brigadoon" lyricistLERNERDDown 24: Hadrian's "himself"IPSEDDown 25: Hindu masterSAHIBDDown 26: Ireland, to SpenserIRENADDown 27: Anagrammatically, she takes notesSTENODDown 28: Shylock's friendTUBALDDown 29: Counting everythingIN ALLDDown 30: Author LafcadioHEARNDDown 31: Has an ___ the groundEARTODDown 35: ExperimentTESTDDown 37: In the time ofDURINGDDown 38: ShineRADIATEDDown 43: One way to goNATIVEDDown 44: Norwegian dollarsKRONERDDown 45: Slumberland intrudersALARMSDDown 46: African irrigatorNILEDDown 49: QuestionASKDDown 50: Curtain fabricLENODDown 51: Playwright O'CaseySEANDDown 52: Popocatépetl's coveringSNOWDDown 53: Judicial journeyEYREDDown 54: Without feelingNUMBDDown 55: Cork, e.g.TREEDDown 57: TroubleADODDown 58: ZanyNUT