New York Times Answers - Saturday, 12th July 1986 There are 40 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 12th July 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Canaan ___, President of ZimbabweBANANAAAcross 7: Extinct ratiteMOAAAcross 10: Constellation CygnusSWANAAcross 14: DeclaredAVOWEDAAcross 15: FussADOAAcross 16: SharpenHONEAAcross 17: Rattlesnake or missileSIDEWINDERAAcross 19: This plus a fungus equals a lichenALGAAAcross 20: Noted British painter of birdsEDEAAcross 21: RorqualSEIAAcross 22: AideSTAFFERAAcross 24: Underwater apparatusSCUBAAAcross 26: Lore of some bachelorsARTSAAcross 27: Lake ___, N.Z.HAWEAAAcross 30: Navy V.I.P.SNOAAcross 32: Savory jellyASPICAAcross 35: ShockedAGHASTAAcross 37: Between, in BolognaTRAAAcross 39: Printers' org.ITUAAcross 40: Large amphibianGIANT SALAMANDERAAcross 44: " . . . ___ the Marbles," Falk filmALLAAcross 45: One of the New HebridesEPIAAcross 46: PrefacesPROEMSAAcross 47: Brooklyn hero, onceREESEAAcross 50: Lyrist HillmanROCAAcross 52: Of a dark grayish bluePER SEAAcross 52: Of a dark grayish bluePERSEAAcross 53: SloughSHEDAAcross 55: Man with a bang-up idea?NOBELAAcross 57: MoralETHICALAAcross 60: Tick or beetle, to an AussieWOGAAcross 61: SiamangAPEAAcross 64: Part of some tablesLEAFAAcross 65: Like this puzzle's themeZOOLOGICALAAcross 68: Starr of footballBARTAAcross 69: Old English fricativeEDHAAcross 70: Associates of fibulasTIBIASAAcross 71: Conducts an interviewASKSAAcross 72: Not Ind. or Rep.DEMAAcross 73: Actress LockeSONDRADDown 1: IgnobleBASEDDown 2: EagerAVIDDDown 3: Central pointNODEDDown 4: Loch ___, ScotlandAWEDDown 5: Brokaw presentationNEWSCASTDDown 6: Farewell, in FarguesADIEUDDown 7: Non compos mentisMADDDown 8: ParabasesODESDDown 9: Blood line, in a wayAORTADDown 10: ArrowsSHAFTSDDown 11: TarantulaWOLF SPIDERDDown 12: Gabriel, to GabrielleANGEDDown 13: NighNEARDDown 18: His ___, the V.I.P.NIBSDDown 23: MacawARADDown 24: Actor ConnerySEANDDown 25: Grown-up doodlebugANT LIONDDown 25: Grown-up doodlebugANTLIONDDown 27: Comic strip VikingHAGARDDown 28: NimbleAGILEDDown 29: Large, harmless fishWHALE SHARKDDown 31: Mouths, to MariusORADDown 33: Agenda partsITEMSDDown 34: MaledictionCURSEDDown 36: Half a flyTSEDDown 38: Stereo componentAMPDDown 41: Taxing mo.APRDDown 42: Chord having successive notesARPEGGIODDown 43: One of Byron's namesNOELDDown 48: ChemisesSHIFTSDDown 49: Common Market lettersEECDDown 51: Monk's hoodCOWLDDown 54: StunnedDAZEDDDown 56: Car trunks, in TruroBOOTSDDown 57: Isle of exileELBADDown 58: Bancha and cacharTEASDDown 59: Kind of star or stoneLODEDDown 61: This turns litmus redACIDDDown 62: Late night TV pioneerPAARDDown 63: Famed lionessELSADDown 66: Resistance measureOHMDDown 67: ___-SaudIBN