New York Times Answers - Thursday, 27th December 1990 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 27th December 1990. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Makes a decisionOPTSAAcross 5: ChecksDAMPSAAcross 10: Sale termASISAAcross 14: Milne favoritePOOHAAcross 15: Like xenonINERTAAcross 16: Table gamePOOLAAcross 17: His, in Le HavreALUIAAcross 18: Sub's earsSONARAAcross 19: AdjustTUNEAAcross 20: Actress's intelligence?LORETTASWITAAcross 23: Item in the sky?PIEAAcross 24: Bud's partnerLOUAAcross 25: Part of A.D.ANNOAAcross 26: ChatterYAKAAcross 27: Pitches Seaver servedSLIDERSAAcross 31: HiatusesGAPSAAcross 33: Is suffering fromHASAAcross 34: Thackeray character's instrument?BECKYSHARPAAcross 39: "That would not lift ___": YeatsAHANDAAcross 42: Finnish author: 1861-1921AHOAAcross 43: Actress ShireTALIAAAcross 44: Rock singer's flourish?GRACESLICKAAcross 47: Suffix with hostESSAAcross 48: Comedienne ImogeneCOCAAAcross 49: TV studio apparatusHEADSETAAcross 52: Network lettersCBSAAcross 54: Persian poetOMARAAcross 57: Strange gadgetTEEAAcross 58: BalderdashROTAAcross 59: Actor's fastener?ROBERTSTACKAAcross 64: Govt. branchEXECAAcross 66: ArticulateVOCALAAcross 67: Equal, to HenriEGALAAcross 68: A first name in architectureEEROAAcross 69: LoveADOREAAcross 70: Yegg's targetSAFEAAcross 71: James Bond adversaryDRNOAAcross 72: Descartes and AuberjonoisRENESAAcross 73: Trap, in a wayTREEDDown 1: Iridescent mineralOPALDDown 2: It's sometimes played in waterPOLODDown 3: See the sightsTOURDDown 4: ProtectionSHIELDDDown 5: TroubleDISTURBDDown 6: Wild ox of puzzledomANOADDown 7: High I.Q. groupMENSADDown 8: Seafood delicacyPRAWNDDown 9: FibrousSTRINGYDDown 10: InclinedAPTDDown 11: Comedian's drinks?SOUPYSALESDDown 12: District in Asia MinorIONIADDown 13: PolishedSLEEKDDown 21: Hammer at an angleTOEDDown 22: HonorTOASTDDown 27: Catch fliesSHAGDDown 28: Lion portrayerLAHRDDown 29: Musician's bird?ISAAC STERNDDown 30: AssuranceSEALDDown 32: Govt. home-building org.PHADDown 35: "The Sweetheart of Sigma ___"CH'IDDown 35: "The Sweetheart of Sigma ___"CHIDDown 36: Mayor Dinkins's predecessorKOCHDDown 37: Word with sun or moonRISEDDown 38: HistoryPASTDDown 40: Sgt. or cpl.NCODDown 41: OrnamentationDECORDDown 45: Type of urnSAMOVARDDown 46: Ma and Pa of filmsKETTLESDDown 50: Loser to D.D.E.AESDDown 51: AbhorDETESTDDown 52: Set of principlesCREEDDDown 53: Louis or AliBOXERDDown 55: Adobe constructionABODEDDown 56: Exploratory mission, for shortRECONDDown 60: ThinRAREDDown 61: Seaweed derivativeAGARDDown 62: Site for a biteCAFEDDown 63: "Demon as Pirate" painterKLEEDDown 65: Dove soundCOO