New York Times Answers - Thursday, 23rd October 1986 There are 36 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 23rd October 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tropical, insect-eating birdJACAMARAAcross 8: Manhattan College studentJASPERAAcross 14: Glossy silk for hoodsA LA MODEAAcross 14: Glossy silk for hoodsALAMODEAAcross 15: Philosopher José ___ y GassetORTEGAAAcross 16: Londoners' moviesCINEMASAAcross 17: Author of "Nonsense Novels"LEACOCKAAcross 19: LL.B.'s groupABAAAcross 20: MeditationMUSINGAAcross 22: The last of a countTENAAcross 23: PilesNAPSAAcross 25: Perilous precipitationSLEETAAcross 26: Marceau, for oneMIMEAAcross 27: Opposite the middle of a ship's sideABEAMAAcross 29: Use a shuttleTATAAcross 30: Prune; abridgeRAZEEAAcross 31: Has high hopesASPIRESAAcross 33: Yellow-fever causerAEDESAAcross 34: Condemned ab ovoPREDOOMEDAAcross 36: Hit 56SPEEDAAcross 38: Wee chinquapinsNUTLETSAAcross 41: All AmericansPEERSAAcross 42: ___ up (excited)HETAAcross 43: Aardvark's featureSNOUTAAcross 45: Tabard and WaysideINNSAAcross 46: Family of a 1973 Skylab astronautCARRSAAcross 48: Capital of Yemen Arab RepublicSANAAAcross 49: Ammonia, e.g.GASAAcross 50: Dwarfed tree or shrubBONSAIAAcross 51: ___ LankaSRIAAcross 52: WageSTIPENDAAcross 54: Stage-light color sheetGELATINAAcross 57: Spanish province or cityOVIEDOAAcross 58: Engineer for whom a peak was namedEVERESTAAcross 59: Darling of the 1984 OlympicsRETTONAAcross 60: VelleitiesDESIRESDDown 1: Wading bird or timber treeJACANADDown 2: Morgiana's masterALI BABADDown 3: Party tidbitsCANAPESDDown 4: Soul, in SavoieAMEDDown 5: Apple-pie makerMOMDDown 6: Tarkington's "Alice ___"ADAMSDDown 7: Antonym for causedRESULTEDDDown 8: Ill. city named for an explorerJOLIETDDown 9: "Where there ___ no Ten Commandments . . . ": KiplingARENTDDown 10: SmokerSTAGDDown 11: Yugoslav townPECDDown 12: Have "I" troubleEGOTIZEDDown 13: Unbranched flower clustersRACEMESDDown 18: Locale for a jerkKNEEDDown 21: CondimentsSEASONERSDDown 24: Booby-trap specialistsSAPPERSDDown 26: AngersMADDENSDDown 28: EmbogsMIRESDDown 30: TitubatesREELSDDown 32: Part of A.R.C.REDDDown 33: Danish districtAMTDDown 35: Violently resentfulOUTRAGEDDDown 36: Nancy Kassebaum, e.g.SENATORDDown 37: Derby winner: 1944PENSIVEDDown 39: Catcher for the ryeTOASTERDDown 40: Aurora's timeSUNRISEDDown 41: ___ Eye, former name of St. Paul, Minn.PIGSDDown 42: Transmit to an heirHANDONDDown 44: VitiatesTAINTSDDown 46: A modern dwelling, for shortCONDODDown 47: Bolter or chafferSIEVEDDown 50: ChardBEETDDown 53: StonePITDDown 55: Guitarist PaulLESDDown 56: Uris heroARI