New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 24th December 1986 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 24th December 1986. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Interest measurementRATEAAcross 5: Hebrew word of unknown meaningSELAHAAcross 10: Flatten a flatRASEAAcross 14: Jaques's septetAGESAAcross 15: Soap plantAMOLEAAcross 16: Butterfly's "Un bel di"ARIAAAcross 17: Planets, nebulae, etc.CELESTIALBODIESAAcross 20: Slippery oneEELAAcross 21: Something to wait forTURNAAcross 22: Snow, in SevillaNIEVEAAcross 23: Revolver between us and JupiterMARSAAcross 24: Stipulations in legal documentsCLAUSESAAcross 26: KindBENIGNAAcross 29: Family of Reagan's first Sec. of StateHAIGSAAcross 30: Bionomics: Abbr.ECOLAAcross 31: Morley of "60 Minutes"SAFERAAcross 32: Hot time in ToursETEAAcross 35: Ursa Minor septetTHELITTLEDIPPERAAcross 39: Basis of lightSOLAAcross 40: Twenty that often need trimmingNAILSAAcross 41: Limericks manLEARAAcross 42: ConfuseADDLEAAcross 43: TV sitcomCHEERSAAcross 45: Liberace, for onePIANISTAAcross 48: ___ codeAREAAAcross 49: Strip a sloopUNRIGAAcross 50: GrowlGNARAAcross 51: Iran, to IraqFOEAAcross 54: Heavenly spheresSUNMOONANDSTARSAAcross 58: Where Bhutan isASIAAAcross 59: PrincelyREGALAAcross 60: Sir Anthony ___EDENAAcross 61: Portraitist Alice ___NEELAAcross 62: Former DodgerREESEAAcross 63: EradicateDELEDDown 1: Santa Anita eventRACEDDown 2: Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958AGEEDDown 3: RelateTELLDDown 4: Siam followerESEDDown 5: Second-largest planetSATURNDDown 6: Middle East chieftainsEMIRSDDown 7: Something borrowedLOANDDown 8: EntireALLDDown 9: Semitic lang.HEBDDown 10: Half a diameterRADIUSDDown 11: First sign of the zodiacARIESDDown 12: StrainerSIEVEDDown 13: AlleviatesEASESDDown 18: Hind's mateSTAGDDown 19: Catapults or wild assesONAGRIDDown 23: FactoryMILLDDown 24: BistrosCAFESDDown 25: PrevaricatedLIEDDDown 26: WagersBETSDDown 27: Lover of NarcissusECHODDown 28: ChristmasNOELDDown 29: Handel's birthplaceHALLEDDown 31: Elevated walking stickSTILTDDown 32: Foil's relativeEPEEDDown 33: Rip apartTEARDDown 34: Boots oneERRSDDown 36: Blue dyestuffINDIGODDown 37: UrchinsTADSDDown 38: What a hood cops at courtPLEADDown 42: BeastANIMALDDown 43: Baby's bedCRADLEDDown 44: Not hisHERSDDown 45: Korean portPUSANDDown 46: "Radar ___" (trooper's warning)IN USEDDown 47: Nickname for golfer PalmerARNIEDDown 48: Lucasta and ChristieANNASDDown 50: ChallengeGAGEDDown 51: Diminish in colorFADEDDown 52: U.S.S.R. cityORELDDown 53: Old domestic slaveESNEDDown 55: Nobelist for Peace: 1949ORRDDown 56: Coretta King, ___ ScottNEEDDown 57: Weems or WilliamsTED