New York Times Answers - Friday, 2nd January 1987 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 2nd January 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Knob on a shieldBOSSAAcross 5: A jack in euchreBOWERAAcross 10: Soothing substanceBALMAAcross 14: What many states doABUTAAcross 15: Soprano ValkkiANITAAAcross 16: Kind of strut on a planeOLEOAAcross 17: A Melville captainRIGAAAcross 18: Embellishes the uglySUGARCOATSAAcross 20: Busts, e.g.STATUESAAcross 22: Be stubbornPERSISTAAcross 23: Sow's smallest pigletRUNTAAcross 24: HarassBESETAAcross 25: Rate for taxesAPPRAISEAAcross 28: Starts, at DoralTEESUPAAcross 32: VendueSALEAAcross 33: BrumeMISTAAcross 35: Member of a Syrian sectDRUSEAAcross 36: Old-time actor ErwinSTUAAcross 37: ChainsFETTERSAAcross 39: RodGATAAcross 40: Singer MannAIMEEAAcross 42: PochardSMEEAAcross 43: Epiphany trioMAGIAAcross 44: MussulmanMOSLEMAAcross 46: HermitANCHORETAAcross 48: Remove property, in lawELOINAAcross 50: Wyatt, the old-time lawmanEARPAAcross 51: DroolsSLAVERSAAcross 54: "Great Expectations" womanESTELLAAAcross 57: Sucrose producersSUGARBEETSAAcross 59: Land bounded by the MekongLAOSAAcross 60: Waste allowanceTRETAAcross 61: CholericIRATEAAcross 62: Neb. aborigineOTOEAAcross 63: Evenings, in RomaSEREAAcross 64: British sand hillsDENESAAcross 65: Rossini's "La Scala di ___"SETADDown 1: Candy unitsBARSDDown 2: R.I.P. noticeOBITDDown 3: ComfitsSUGARPLUMSDDown 4: HeightSTATUREDDown 5: Normal allotted period for a worker's taskBASETIMEDDown 6: BurdenONUSDDown 7: PerukeWIGDDown 8: Military storehouseETAPEDDown 9: Hardest to findRARESTDDown 10: EnthusiastBOOSTERDDown 11: Turkish regimentALAIDDown 12: "___ go, Mets!"LETSDDown 13: Part of M.V.P.MOSTDDown 19: BeliefsCREEDSDDown 21: Actress MerkelUNADDown 24: Ring bearerBEST MANDDown 25: State in NE IndiaASSAMDDown 26: Place for a "steak-out"PATIODDown 27: PosesSITSDDown 29: Victorian sweetmeatSUGARPLATEDDown 30: CustomUSAGEDDown 31: Kind of juryPETITDDown 34: Carl Ed's comical heroTEENDDown 37: PalpFEELERDDown 38: AlcovesRECESSESDDown 41: HoistELEVATEDDown 43: Its capital is CuernavacaMORELOSDDown 45: GrislyMORBIDDDown 47: What men doff to KeyHATDDown 49: Its capital is GrenobleISEREDDown 51: Sky speedstersSSTSDDown 52: Use a coachmanLUREDDown 53: "Happy Days . . . " composerAGERDDown 54: Feminine suffixETTEDDown 55: Terhune novelLOOTDDown 56: On the LaptevASEADDown 58: Suffix with EuclidEAN