New York Times Answers - Thursday, 14th December 1989 There are 38 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 14th December 1989. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Junk and puntBOATSAAcross 6: "The ___ Predicament": Fouad AjamiARABAAcross 10: FixJAMAAcross 13: Richly scented flowerLILACAAcross 14: Kind of play, in golfMEDALAAcross 16: Goodbye, to GalbaAVEAAcross 17: A way to wedELOPEAAcross 18: Numbers gameBEANOAAcross 19: Investigate thoroughlyVETAAcross 20: First line of verse to a solverUSEINKIFYOUDAREAAcross 23: Vivid displayRIOTAAcross 24: Prefix for heroANTIAAcross 25: Rest-cure facilitySPAAAcross 28: Walker from Hartford, Ill.CLINTAAcross 30: FettersIRONSAAcross 34: RakehellsCADSAAcross 36: Bronx cheerBOOAAcross 37: Part of a primroseSEPALAAcross 38: Second line of verseANDTHENWITHCAREAAcross 42: Bull: Comb. formTAUROAAcross 43: McDowall role: 1968APEAAcross 44: Family followerTREEAAcross 45: Mis!is*ippi has twoTYPOSAAcross 46: British radialsTYRESAAcross 48: Tut's cousinTSKAAcross 49: Mendacious oneLIARAAcross 51: Part of N.A. or S.A.AMERAAcross 53: End of verseFILLEVERYSQUAREAAcross 60: "Born in the ___"U.S.A.AAcross 60: "Born in the ___"USAAAcross 61: Metal pinRIVETAAcross 62: EverydayUSUALAAcross 63: ___ BuddhistZENAAcross 64: Weak drinkSLOSHAAcross 65: Met basso-baritoneESTESAAcross 66: Last of a sequenceZEEAAcross 67: Johnson from Benton Harbor, Mich.ARTEAAcross 68: Like cash, at timesLOOSEDDown 1: Cordon ___ (top chef)BLEUDDown 2: Alipterion essentialsOILSDDown 3: Emollient ingredientALOEDDown 4: S.A. ungulateTAPIRDDown 5: Type of railwaySCENICDDown 6: Macbeth's tragic flawAMBITIONDDown 7: Mine veinREEFDDown 8: "___ the Races," Marx Brothers filmADAYATDDown 9: Provençal goat cheeseBANONDDown 10: Coffee, informallyJAVADDown 11: AffirmAVERDDown 12: BoundaryMETEDDown 15: UncouthLOUTISHDDown 21: Noted German sculptor: 1877-1947KOLBEDDown 22: Emulate Woody AllenDIRECTDDown 25: Orkney Islands taxSCATTDDown 26: Philippine islandPANAYDDown 27: TotADD UPDDown 29: "___, José!"NOWAYDDown 31: Abstract painting styleOP ARTDDown 32: Rhinological cavitiesNARESDDown 33: GlossySLEEKDDown 35: PaseoSTROLLDDown 39: Denier is their concernHOSIERSDDown 40: "___ Lord my soul . . . "IPRAYTHEDDown 41: SwarmsTEEMSDDown 46: Actor HowardTREVORDDown 47: "Rocky II," e.g.SEQUELDDown 50: ___ Camacho, former Mexican presidentAVILADDown 52: ___-Japanese WarRUSSODDown 53: CopperFUZZDDown 54: Palmist's wordsISEEDDown 55: BywayLANEDDown 56: QuiescenceRESTDDown 57: Graphic beginningAUTODDown 58: Actress Charlotte and familyRAESDDown 59: "___ would a maiden blush . . . ": Shak.ELSE