New York Times Answers - Thursday, 2nd October 1986 There are 34 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 2nd October 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Solder with an alloyBRAZEAAcross 6: Sty crySQUEALAAcross 12: Destructive pestsWEEVILSAAcross 14: Open-shelved standETAGEREAAcross 15: Some Pacific islandsOCEANIAAAcross 16: Get soapy, with "up"LATHERSAAcross 17: Korean soldierROKAAcross 18: Saddle bagCANTINAAAcross 20: Financial FedsTMENAAcross 22: Rheo or thermo followerSTATAAcross 23: Title meaning "great king"RAJAHAAcross 28: He wrote "The Silk Road"HEDINAAcross 30: An Ed with aspirations?AMESAAcross 32: Vehicle for hireTAXIAAcross 33: Social faux pasGAFFEAAcross 35: "For ___ there is a silence": DunsanyAWHILEAAcross 37: Church topSTEEPLEAAcross 40: CooledCHILLEDAAcross 41: "My kingdom for ___!"AHORSEAAcross 42: "48 Hours" actorNOLTEAAcross 43: Singer TennilleTONIAAcross 44: Roentgen productX-RAYAAcross 46: AttemptsSTABSAAcross 50: She was "sought desperately" in a filmSUSANAAcross 52: FootlessAPODAAcross 54: Biblical rulerELAHAAcross 55: Graceland et al.ESTATESAAcross 58: ___ KhanAGAAAcross 59: Aces' places?SLEEVESAAcross 63: Put on the recordENTEREDAAcross 65: Angel on horsebackCORDEROAAcross 66: Germ-freeSTERILEAAcross 67: InterpolateINSERTAAcross 68: CheatersSPECSDDown 1: Turn intoBECOMEDDown 2: Smelled awfulREEKEDDDown 3: Actress GardnerAVADDown 4: At. no. 30ZINCDDown 5: Disney's middle nameELIASDDown 6: Ollie's sidekickSTANDDown 7: Mideast sheikdomQATARDDown 8: Pun reactionUGHDDown 9: Shoe widthEEEDDown 10: Part of E.T.A.ARRDDown 11: "___ Girls"LESDDown 12: Mary of the comicsWORTHDDown 13: Oldest U.S. capitalSANTA FEDDown 14: "400" membersELITEDDown 19: Far from feralTAMEDDown 21: A neighbor of CameroonNIGERIADDown 24: Bruce Jenner, for oneATHLETEDDown 25: BridewellJAILDDown 26: Wheel shaftAXLEDDown 27: Made hasteHIEDDDown 29: Hammock sessionsNAPSDDown 31: Mirthful MortSAHLDDown 34: BendFLEXDDown 36: Mental abilitiesWITSDDown 37: Coll. prep testsSATSDDown 38: Friendly pronoun?THOUDDown 39: Countless centuriesEONSDDown 40: Prairie howlersCOYOTESDDown 42: Calif. riverNAPADDown 45: ___ Rizzo, Hoffman roleRATSODDown 47: Visigoth kingALARICDDown 48: Deli rollsBAGELSDDown 49: ___ in (darken)SHADEDDown 51: Diehard's vowNEVERDDown 53: ImpressionsDENTSDDown 56: Le Corbusier followerSERTDDown 57: One in a flightSTEPDDown 59: Bot. or geol.SCIDDown 60: ChaneyLONDDown 61: Verbal pausesERSDDown 62: Dutch communeEDEDDown 64: Palindrome for PryorERE