New York Times Answers - Thursday, 17th July 1986 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 17th July 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: They eat their wordsRETRACTORSAAcross 11: Director Vittorio De ___SICAAAcross 15: DetestationABHORRENCEAAcross 16: Dutch spreadEDAMAAcross 17: Crayfish, e.g.CRUSTACEANAAcross 18: Bill sectionCEREAAcross 19: Mind-boggling timesEONSAAcross 20: Rock group, with "The"W.H.O.AAcross 20: Rock group, with "The"WHOAAcross 21: Hold backDETAINAAcross 23: Let bait bobDIBAAcross 25: Punch lineNUBAAcross 27: PasséDATEDAAcross 28: "Evita" roleCHEAAcross 30: Top-drawerELITEAAcross 32: Ticks offIRESAAcross 33: Unorthodox believerHERETICAAcross 35: Viaud's nom de plumeLOTIAAcross 37: GuaranteeINSUREAAcross 38: Migrants from Wis. to Ind.MIAMISAAcross 42: Declaim violentlyRANTAAcross 44: Infant in his or her first monthNEONATEAAcross 45: Karpov gambit, e.g.PLOYAAcross 47: Fall fallerACORNAAcross 49: ImmediatelyNOWAAcross 50: StructureSHAPEAAcross 51: What Aaron wieldedBATAAcross 52: TurfSODAAcross 54: In ___ (secretly)CAMERAAAcross 56: Moisten timberRETAAcross 58: "On Your ___"TOESAAcross 61: Global areaASIAAAcross 62: Three-time N.L. M.V.P.CAMPANELLAAAcross 65: State founderPENNAAcross 66: Financial departmentsTREASURIESAAcross 67: Time framesERASAAcross 68: Grayish-brown huesSANDSTONESDDown 1: Marathon, e.g.RACEDDown 2: Cantabrian riverEBRODDown 3: BellowsTHUNDERSDDown 4: "Lou Grant" roleROSSIDDown 5: Dance, e.g.ARTDDown 6: Insect's receptacleCRAWDDown 7: MethodologyTECHNICDDown 8: Baseball situationONEOUTDDown 9: Sarnoff's org.RCADDown 10: TelegraphSENDDDown 11: Cult memberSECTARIANDDown 12: ConceiveIDEATEDDown 13: Dental concernsCARIESDDown 14: RestructureAMENDDDown 22: Publishers' outputEDITIONSDDown 24: Double-dealerBETRAYERDDown 26: ___ cantoBELDDown 28: Soror's letterCH'IDDown 28: Soror's letterCHIDDown 29: BiddyHENDDown 31: Bank claimLIENDDown 34: Slavs and Croats, e.g.EUROPEANSDDown 36: Hebrew seven-week periodOMERDDown 39: Strummer's instrumentMANDOLINDDown 40: Robert of "Quincy, M.E."ITODDown 41: BasteSEWDDown 43: FlapTABDDown 44: Steno's companionNOTEPADDDown 45: Mr. Spock's side armPHASERDDown 46: Thin plateLAMINADDown 48: Bizet opusCARMENDDown 50: Word with moon or landSCAPEDDown 53: Colo. collegeOTERODDown 55: New Testament bookACTSDDown 57: Soviet news org.TASSDDown 59: Robert ___ELEEDDown 60: SnippinessSASSDDown 63: Constellation or screw pineARADDown 64: KookNUT