New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 9th December 1986 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 9th December 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ExpertsACESAAcross 5: Pool shotCAROMAAcross 10: Kitchen stapleSALTAAcross 14: HamletDORPAAcross 15: Colorful lizardAGAMAAAcross 16: Great Barrier Island, N.Z.OTEAAAcross 17: Late actor JanningsEMILAAcross 18: Type of acidBORICAAcross 19: DraftPLANAAcross 20: BeeSOCIAL GATHERINGAAcross 23: Actor's prompterCUEAAcross 24: Breakfast food for CatoOVAAAcross 25: Great Lakes acronymHOMESAAcross 28: CaviarROEAAcross 31: "Bus Stop" playwrightINGEAAcross 34: A son of AphroditeEROSAAcross 35: Bees, of sortsSINGALONGSAAcross 38: Old make of carREOAAcross 39: Poker handsPAIRSAAcross 40: Wharton's "The ___ of Innocence"AGEAAcross 41: Bees, of sorts.BARNDANCESAAcross 44: James Bond's schoolETONAAcross 45: "___ Abby"DEARAAcross 46: Vietnamese holidayTETAAcross 47: Carole King's "___ Born to Follow"WASNTAAcross 48: Downy coatingNAPAAcross 50: ___ de deuxPASAAcross 51: Bees, of sortsCOCKTAILPARTIESAAcross 60: Jai ___ALAIAAcross 61: TartanPLAIDAAcross 62: Swooper by the seaERNEAAcross 63: CheckREINAAcross 64: Young eelELVERAAcross 65: Miles per hourRATEAAcross 66: Chinese secret societyTONGAAcross 67: Former artful DodgerREESEAAcross 68: PenuryNEEDDDown 1: July coolersADESDDown 2: Singing barberCOMODDown 3: Norse explorerERICDDown 4: JoinsSPLICESDDown 5: GuyCABLEDDown 6: Rarin' to goAGOGDDown 7: ___ avisRARADDown 8: SkipOMITDDown 9: He-manMACHODDown 10: Arroyo or MartonSOPRANODDown 11: Gudrun's husbandATLIDDown 12: InadequateLEANDDown 13: SmatteringTANGDDown 21: Out of, in BonnAUSDDown 22: ViceEVILDDown 25: Rosemary, e.g.HERBDDown 26: Mountain nymphOREADDDown 27: Sculptor Henry ___MOOREDDown 28: SmilingRIANTDDown 29: In reserveONICEDDown 30: Showy birdEGRETDDown 32: Buffalo ___ (blackflies)GNATSDDown 33: InciteEGG ONDDown 35: Fat farmSPADDown 36: DonkeyASSDDown 37: Turned onSENTDDown 42: City on the YangtzeNANKINGDDown 43: Mild oathDRATDDown 44: OrientalEASTERNDDown 47: Whitman's "The Real ___"WARDDown 49: Kind of tigerPAPERDDown 50: Dodger rivalPADREDDown 51: DrayCARTDDown 52: Spread not for a bedOLEODDown 53: Raise ___ (act up)CAINDDown 54: He, to HadrianILLEDDown 55: BatheLAVEDDown 56: Props for SalesPIESDDown 57: Dies ___IRAEDDown 58: Grafted: Her.ENTEDDown 59: BeginningSEED