New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th December 1986 There are 34 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th December 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ancient winding river (source of 70 Across)MAEANDERAAcross 9: "It takes a ___ livin' . . . ": GuestHEAPOAAcross 14: RateAPPRAISEAAcross 15: Spanish city or provinceOVIEDOAAcross 17: WaverHESITATEAAcross 18: Court sportTENNISAAcross 19: Heroine of a Mancinelli operaEROAAcross 20: One with inclined handwritingSLANTERAAcross 22: Character in "Charley's Aunt"ELAAAcross 23: Water surface, to MasefieldRYMEAAcross 25: Highway menaceTAILGATERAAcross 27: DeclineREJECTAAcross 30: Capek classicRURAAcross 31: "And we conquer but ___": CampbellTOSAVEAAcross 34: InstructionTUTELAGEAAcross 38: ScrapORTAAcross 39: ___ Thong, Thai provinceANGAAcross 41: Haggard bookSHEAAcross 42: Saul's grandfatherNERAAcross 43: Like Craig's wifeOVERNEATAAcross 46: Certain kinENATESAAcross 48: A voteAYEAAcross 49: Most ignobleBASESTAAcross 51: Luray Caverns materialLIMESTONEAAcross 54: Best of the moviesEDNAAAcross 58: Tag playersITSAAcross 59: Grand place in N.Y.C.CENTRALAAcross 62: The world's sine qua nonAIRAAcross 63: "Humoresken" composerMAHLERAAcross 65: TrustRELIANCEAAcross 67: A 1986 filmALIENSAAcross 68: Beneath the Baltic's surfaceUNDERSEAAAcross 69: FreshetSPATEAAcross 70: RoamsMEANDERSDDown 1: ___ Pasha, Egyptian statesmanMAHERDDown 2: ImitationAPERYDDown 3: ___ DownsEPSOMDDown 4: Famed Greek nicknameARIDDown 5: Former D.C. nineNATSDDown 6: It's on the watchDIALDDown 7: Dumbarton Oaks, e.g.ESTATEDDown 8: Play it againREENACTDDown 9: TV hit showHOTELDDown 10: Part of Yuletide décorEVERGREENSDDown 11: Rhone feederAINDDown 12: PiercerPENETRANTDDown 13: "Swan Lake" roleODILEDDown 16: Glacial ridgesOSARDDown 21: Companion of PaulTITUSDDown 24: Vulgar, e.g.ERADDown 26: Central Asiatic tentAULDDown 28: VanishingEVANESCENTDDown 29: ___ sais quoiJENEDDown 31: AlsoTOODDown 32: Nickname for a Wright brotherORVDDown 33: Ocean greyhoundSTEAMSHIPDDown 35: Penn pronounTHEEDDown 36: Whiz precederGEEDDown 37: Forage plantERSDDown 40: Libreville is its capitalGABONDDown 44: N.Y.C. suburbRYEDDown 45: Childish fitTANTRUMDDown 47: Goddess of mischiefATEDDown 50: Balmy; halcyonSERENEDDown 51: Diller's birthplaceLIMADDown 52: Types of type: Abbr.ITALSDDown 53: CompendiousTERSEDDown 55: ___ macabreDANSEDDown 56: More pleasantNICERDDown 57: SectorsAREASDDown 60: Main man in "M*A*S*H"ALDADDown 61: Banker's protectionLIENDDown 64: SavannaLEADDown 66: Grandson of BenjaminARD