New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 5th December 1990 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 5th December 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: RecedesEBBSAAcross 5: Where Tabriz isIRANAAcross 9: Swell partyBASHAAcross 13: Building-site sightCRANEAAcross 15: Corrida animalTOROAAcross 16: Choir voiceALTOAAcross 17: "Salome" kingHERODAAcross 18: To-doSTIRAAcross 19: Coin of 5 AcrossRIALAAcross 20: Renowned ex-quarterbackOTTOGRAHAMAAcross 22: ___-nod (grow drowsy)NIDAAcross 23: Editor's notationSTETAAcross 24: PetitionersASKERSAAcross 27: Summer time in Vt.EDTAAcross 29: Rapprochement of a sortENTENTEAAcross 33: CruxMEATAAcross 35: ChitsIOUSAAcross 36: RelishENJOYAAcross 40: Ballerina TallchiefMARIAAAcross 42: ElecteesINSAAcross 43: Shoulders warmerSTOLEAAcross 44: PertinentADREMAAcross 45: AppearSEEMAAcross 47: Circus performerSEALAAcross 48: Gear positionREVERSEAAcross 50: Org. for Jets and GiantsNFLAAcross 51: French perfume centerGRASSEAAcross 54: Astronauts' org.NASAAAcross 57: Play the stoolieRATAAcross 58: Renowned ex-quarterbackSIDLUCKMANAAcross 64: TunesAIRSAAcross 66: Chamber-music compositionTRIOAAcross 67: DiscontinueCEASEAAcross 68: Osiris's partnerISISAAcross 69: Corn holdersEARSAAcross 70: Heads, to ArlettyTETESAAcross 71: Race segmentsLAPSAAcross 72: Frances and Ruby of filmsDEESAAcross 73: Not thisTHATDDown 1: Nymph who loved NarcissusECHODDown 2: Harte of lettersBRETDDown 3: Renowned ex-quarterbackBARTSTARRDDown 4: Act uppity towardSNOOTDDown 5: "___ girl!"ITSADDown 6: Hayward roleROTHDDown 7: Song for 8 DownARIADDown 8: Diva JessyeNORMANDDown 9: Grill's partnerBARDDown 10: Style of dressA-LINEDDown 10: Style of dressALINEDDown 11: Flight partSTAIRDDown 12: Nelsons, e.g.HOLDSDDown 14: BorderEDGEDDown 21: Me.-to-Fla. hwy.RTEIDDown 25: Jeanne d'Arc et al.: Abbr.STESDDown 26: Rockwell and AllegraKENTSDDown 27: Madame BovaryEMMADDown 28: James Joyce's "The ___"DEADDDown 30: ClamorNOISEDDown 31: Key personTUNERDDown 32: Road curvesESSESDDown 34: RowsTIERSDDown 37: Renowned ex-quarterbackJOENAMATHDDown 38: Patron saint of NorwayOLAFDDown 39: CheerYELLDDown 41: Home of Iowa's CyclonesAMESDDown 46: Carte du jourMENUDDown 49: Protected by lawVESTEDDDown 51: Knights' questGRAILDDown 52: First Puccini Turandot: 1926RAISADDown 53: Hove clear, as an anchorATRIPDDown 55: Banking abbr.ACCTDDown 56: Form of trapshootingSKEETDDown 59: Dies ___IRAEDDown 60: DesperateDIREDDown 61: Result of a sackLOSSDDown 62: On the brinyASEADDown 63: Snug spotNESTDDown 65: Draft org.SSS