New York Times Answers - Monday, 2nd December 1996 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 2nd December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Came apart at the seamsTOREAAcross 5: Ann ___, Mich.ARBORAAcross 10: WithoutSANSAAcross 14: MimicsAPESAAcross 15: Actress RiggDIANAAAcross 16: Show appreciation at a concertCLAPAAcross 17: Complimentary closeBEST WISHESAAcross 19: ___ materALMAAAcross 20: Smeltery inputOREAAcross 20: Smeltery inputORE.AAcross 21: Old-fashioned poemsODESAAcross 22: More sedateCALMERAAcross 24: Muffin ingredientOATBRANAAcross 26: ShrewdCAGEYAAcross 27: German spaEMSAAcross 28: Deli side orderCOLESLAWAAcross 31: Spanish housesCASASAAcross 34: Singer CrystalGAYLEAAcross 35: Flamenco exclamationOLEAAcross 36: DesertlikeARIDAAcross 37: Brooklyn's ___ IslandCONEYAAcross 38: Czar before Feodor IIVANAAcross 39: Ballpoint, e.g.PENAAcross 40: University of Florida footballerGATORAAcross 41: ___ Litovsk (1918 treaty site)BRESTAAcross 42: Quit for the dayPACKITINAAcross 44: Pod occupantPEAAAcross 45: Ice skating figureEIGHTAAcross 46: With 43-Down, a complimentary closeHUGSANDAAcross 50: Old IranPERSIAAAcross 52: ___ Lee cakesSARAAAcross 53: Madhouse, so to speakZOOAAcross 54: Guinness and othersALESAAcross 55: Complimentary closeYOURSTRULYAAcross 58: MaddenRILEAAcross 59: Formal goodbyeADIEUAAcross 60: Kind of hygieneORALAAcross 61: Lock openersKEYSAAcross 62: "You've got the wrong guy!"NOTMEAAcross 63: Nota ___BENEDDown 1: ForbiddenTABOODDown 2: Soap ___OPERADDown 3: Change, as a clockRESETDDown 4: Superlative suffixESTDDown 5: Sneaker brandADIDASDDown 6: Out of bedRISENDDown 7: "A Christmas Carol" criesBAHSDDown 8: SingletonONEDDown 9: MischievousRASCALLYDDown 10: Musical laddersSCALESDDown 11: Complimentary closeALLMYLOVEDDown 12: DubNAMEDDown 13: Box, but not seriouslySPARDDown 18: Ordinary baitWORMSDDown 23: James who wrote "A Death in the Family"AGEEDDown 25: Necklace ornamentBEADDDown 26: More coquettishCOYERDDown 28: Church lawCANONDDown 29: Despondent commentALASDDown 30: TraveledWENTDDown 31: Andy of the funniesCAPPDDown 32: RegionAREADDown 33: Complimentary closeSINCERELYDDown 34: "I have the answer!"GOTITDDown 37: Native of old ChinaCATHAYANDDown 38: Seniors' nest eggs, for shortIRASDDown 40: 1958 movie musicalGIGIDDown 41: Sired, in biblical timesBEGATDDown 43: See 46-AcrossKISSESDDown 44: ChasePURSUEDDown 46: Sheik's bevyHAREMDDown 47: Sky-blueAZUREDDown 48: Fastballer RyanNOLANDDown 49: Holmes's creatorDOYLEDDown 50: Place the carPARKDDown 51: "Night" author WieselELIEDDown 52: Diamonds or spadesSUITDDown 56: Prefix with meterODODDown 57: ___ blindROB