New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 14th October 1986 There are 40 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 14th October 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Diamond measureCARATAAcross 6: ___ souciSANSAAcross 10: ___ VegasLASAAcross 13: "___ to Live," O'Hara novelARAGEAAcross 14: WoodwindOBOEAAcross 15: AdeptDEFTAAcross 16: Durocs' digsSTIESAAcross 17: Christmas décor itemMISTLETOEAAcross 19: One, in UlmEINAAcross 20: Weighty workTOMEAAcross 22: SafeSECUREAAcross 23: AffirmDECLAREAAcross 25: RaspedSCRAPEDAAcross 26: DespiseHATEAAcross 27: Burnett or ChanningCAROLAAcross 28: Like Nero WolfeOBESEAAcross 30: One-over-par scoreBOGEYAAcross 31: Jazz's CallowayCABAAcross 34: AgreementPACTAAcross 35: TendonSINEWAAcross 36: Raines or LoganELLAAAcross 37: WapitiELKAAcross 38: More sensibleSANERAAcross 39: Mercury, in alchemyAZOTHAAcross 40: Garden pestsSLUGSAAcross 41: BeigeECRUAAcross 42: DiscomfortMALAISEAAcross 45: Sewing machine featureTREADLEAAcross 48: A Wellesley graduateALUMNAAAcross 49: Primitive fuelPEATAAcross 50: Turn thumbs down onNIXAAcross 51: Windshield adjunctsDEFOGGERSAAcross 53: Skirt typeA-LINEAAcross 53: Skirt typeALINEAAcross 55: Sandy's soundsARFSAAcross 56: State, in SoissonsETATAAcross 57: Piano workmanTUNERAAcross 58: Rainier and Hood: Abbr.MTSAAcross 59: Margarine ingredientSOYAAAcross 60: OccurrenceEVENTDDown 1: Checked outCASEDDDown 2: Bandleader ShawARTIEDDown 3: Shea ducatRAIN CHECKDDown 3: Shea ducatRAINCHECKDDown 4: MatureAGEDDown 5: Having left a willTESTATEDDown 6: Amiens's riverSOMMEDDown 7: Rose's beauABIEDDown 8: Certain votesNOSDDown 9: Lathe deviceSETSCREWDDown 10: SlackenLET UPDDown 10: SlackenLETUPDDown 11: Ahead of, at seaAFOREDDown 12: Pegasus, e.g.STEEDDDown 15: Van adornmentDECALDDown 18: Gildersleeve's nephewLEROYDDown 21: Mesabi productOREDDown 21: Mesabi productORE.DDown 24: UltimateLASTDDown 25: WiserSAGERDDown 27: Volcanic summitsCONESDDown 28: "And when I ___ my lips . . . ": Shak.OPEDDown 29: French danceBALDDown 30: SpreeBINGEDDown 31: Euphoria's localeCLOUD NINEDDown 32: Elev.ALTDDown 33: Scrooge's wordBAHDDown 35: Breakfast linksSAUSAGESDDown 36: Pound or StoneEZRADDown 38: ThrowSLINGDDown 39: Type of rayonACETATEDDown 40: Aegean islandSAMOSDDown 41: NOW goalERADDown 42: "Call Me ___"MADAMDDown 43: On the qui viveALERTDDown 44: Turns toward the wind: Naut.LUFFSDDown 45: Seed coatingTESTADDown 46: Flax productLINENDDown 47: Put into actionEXERTDDown 49: ImplorePRAYDDown 52: Ike's command in W.W. IIETODDown 54: Broadway hit: 1964–65LUV