New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 1st October 1986 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 1st October 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ratchet-wheel regulatorPAWLAAcross 5: Ancient strongboxARCAAAcross 9: Rate of motionSPEEDAAcross 14: Rose Murphy's spouseABIEAAcross 15: Tailless amphibianTOADAAcross 16: Eye at the end of a lariatHONDAAAcross 17: "The ___," Procter poemLOSTCHORDAAcross 19: Organic compoundESTERAAcross 20: Actress ArdenEVEAAcross 21: Vacation placeRESORTAAcross 23: DispatchedSENTAAcross 24: The constellation OphiuchusSERPENTBEARERAAcross 27: Roman bronze coinAESAAcross 28: Like a leopardSPOTTEDAAcross 31: Paving stoneSETTAAcross 34: Administered medicationDOSEDAAcross 36: At all, in AyrAVAAAcross 37: ZenanaHAREMAAcross 39: Before, to the BardEREAAcross 40: SnoopedSPIEDAAcross 42: Coin of NorwayOREAAcross 42: Coin of NorwayORE.AAcross 43: "___ Dream," Wagner ariaELSASAAcross 45: Part of A.D.ANNOAAcross 46: FlexibleELASTICAAcross 48: ChumPALAAcross 50: Medusa's hair stylists?SNAKECHARMERSAAcross 56: Relative of a jaegerSKUAAAcross 58: IntertwineENLACEAAcross 59: Garland for a wahineLEIAAcross 60: Unusual objet d'artCURIOAAcross 62: Preshower activityDIVESTINGAAcross 64: Author St. JohnsADELAAAcross 65: AlwaysEVERAAcross 66: Gulf of the Arabian SeaADENAAcross 67: ExplodeBURSTAAcross 68: HideawaysDENSAAcross 69: Royal stablesMEWSDDown 1: PicketsPALESDDown 2: OverABOVEDDown 3: More sagaciousWISERDDown 4: AllowLETDDown 5: European capitalATHENSDDown 6: PerchROOSTDDown 7: Mediterranean treeCAROBDDown 8: Formal speechesADDRESSESDDown 9: Haggard novelSHEDDown 10: Spiced hot milk and winePOSSETDDown 11: AmuseENTERTAINDDown 12: Barbara from TucsonEDENDDown 13: Move swiftly and abruptlyDARTDDown 18: Mont. IndianCREEDDown 22: Type of recordingTAPEDDown 25: Canapé spreadPATEDDown 26: Units of lengthRODSDDown 29: LevelEVENDDown 30: Ornamental wall sectionDADODDown 31: Brogan or ghillieSHOEDDown 32: NoblemanEARLDDown 33: K. D. Ortega's role at D.C.TREASURERDDown 34: Went downDESCENDEDDDown 35: Anglo-Saxon moneyORADDown 38: Kind of physicianMETADDown 41: Item read by somePALMDDown 44: Similar toLIKEDDown 47: EscargotsSNAILSDDown 48: Ind. court teamPACERSDDown 49: A lover of AtalantaARESDDown 51: Founder of the empire of British IndiaCLIVEDDown 52: Safe harborHAVENDDown 53: Omit; ignoreELIDEDDown 54: FreshenRENEWDDown 55: OmensSIGNSDDown 56: StrikebreakerSCABDDown 57: African antelopeKUDUDDown 61: ___ Willie of comicsOATDDown 63: Scotch capTAM