New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 4th December 1996 There are 39 across clues and 42 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 4th December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: RecededEBBEDAAcross 6: Namesakes of 57-DownIKESAAcross 10: "Begone!"SCATAAcross 14: Suspect's needALIBIAAcross 15: Converted apartmentLOFTAAcross 16: Time pieceHOURAAcross 17: Maugham novel made into a 1946 movie, with "The"RAZORSEDGEAAcross 19: Bout of debaucheryORGYAAcross 20: Not nowTHENAAcross 21: Driver's club, for shortAAAAAcross 22: Unwanted lookLEERAAcross 24: 57-Down's predecessorHSTAAcross 25: Popular cable channelNICKELODEONAAcross 29: Before, informallyTILAAcross 30: BledRANAAcross 31: Dernier ___CRIAAcross 32: Worse than badAWFULAAcross 35: HabitWONTAAcross 37: The ManSTANAAcross 38: Rossini opera, with "The"BARBEROFSEVILLEAAcross 41: SailingASEAAAcross 42: Part of Q.E.D.ERATAAcross 43: Bottomless pitABYSSAAcross 44: Monique, e.g.: Abbr.STEAAcross 45: Horse's tidbitOATAAcross 46: Towel stitchingHISAAcross 47: "The Amityville Horror" actressHELENSHAVERAAcross 51: Cap with a pompomTAMAAcross 54: Ancient greetingsAVESAAcross 55: O.S.S. successorCIAAAcross 56: Prix ___FIXEAAcross 57: Ian Fleming titleDRNOAAcross 59: Facing dangerINHOTWATERAAcross 62: WallopDECKAAcross 63: HighlanderGAELAAcross 64: "___ ears"IMALLAAcross 65: Modern pentathlon eventEPEEAAcross 66: 1987 Costner roleNESSAAcross 67: What a will, e.g., may indicate?TENSEDDown 1: Home base, in sci-fiEARTHDDown 2: Ennui, with "the"BLAHSDDown 3: "The Pearl Fishers" composerBIZETDDown 4: Poet's blackEBONDDown 5: Heading: Abbr.DIRDDown 6: Of an intestineILEACDDown 7: Film makerKODAKDDown 8: Alphabetic runEFGDDown 9: Star-shapedSTELLATEDDown 10: Did a blacksmith's jobSHOEDDDown 11: "If I remember ___..."CORRECTLYDDown 12: Summer time: Abbr.AUGDDown 13: Have a go atTRYDDown 18: Spinnaker, e.g.SAILDDown 23: Long timeEONDDown 25: Shade of greenNILEDDown 26: Artist MaxERNSTDDown 27: Doctoral dreadORALSDDown 28: WXY phone buttonsNINESDDown 29: March instrumentTUBADDown 32: EmbarrassABASHDDown 33: Futile effortWASTEDDown 34: Like many writersFREE-LANCEDDown 34: Like many writersFREELANCEDDown 35: Mary of the comicsWORTHDDown 36: Birds-feather connectorOFADDown 37: Fam. membersSIBSDDown 39: TransferREASSIGNDDown 40: Heraldic furVAIRDDown 45: "A Chorus Line" finaleONEDDown 46: Radiator outputHEATDDown 48: ElicitEVOKEDDown 49: Pains' partnerACHESDDown 50: Some stringsVIOLSDDown 51: GiantTITANDDown 52: Skaters' jumpsAXELSDDown 53: Actress OberonMERLEDDown 56: NotabilityFAMEDDown 57: 34th Pres.DDEDDown 58: Agent, for shortREPDDown 60: Highlander's negativeNAEDDown 61: Seinfeld, e.g.WIT