New York Times Answers - Saturday, 7th December 1996 There are 32 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 7th December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Person in a castACTRESSAAcross 8: SaltsSEADOGSAAcross 15: Product of the mountains of ItalyCHIANTIAAcross 16: One who can't get a seatALSO-RANAAcross 17: Obsolescent symbolHAMMER AND SICKLEAAcross 19: Head lockTRESSAAcross 20: PressMEDIAAAcross 21: Embattled funding org.NEAAAcross 22: Caesar's sidekickCOCAAAcross 24: Kin of "-kin"ULEAAcross 25: Fax buttonSENDAAcross 26: High-tensile steel productPIANO WIREAAcross 29: Tikal dwellersMAYASAAcross 30: Show fallibilityERRAAcross 31: Inability to smellANOSMIAAAcross 33: Colorful potteryREDWAREAAcross 36: It's usually inadmissibleHEARSAYAAcross 40: Arctic sheetICE FLOEAAcross 42: Indiana humoristADEAAcross 43: Byrd bookALONEAAcross 46: Entry mode for full gainersFEETFIRSTAAcross 49: YapBARKAAcross 50: Overseas relativeTIAAAcross 51: ChronicleSAGAAAcross 52: "Take On Me" pop trioAHAAAcross 53: Prefix with surgery or transmitterMICROAAcross 55: Blown-up areaINSETAAcross 58: Snug jointTONGUEANDGROOVEAAcross 61: Like some alkaloidsERGOTICAAcross 62: Subject of Newton's first lawINERTIAAAcross 63: LotDESTINYAAcross 64: CatholiconCURE-ALLDDown 1: Zwei cubedACHTDDown 2: BurnCHARDDown 3: It gets punchedTIMECARDDDown 4: Garlic varietyRAMSONDDown 5: Menuhin's mentorENESCODDown 6: Gibr., for oneSTRDDown 7: Famous twins' birthplaceSIAMDDown 8: Two-tone oxfordSADDLE SHOEDDown 9: Dinsmore of children's literatureELSIEDDown 10: One of seven big thingsASIADDown 11: One of seven small thingsDOCDDown 12: ___ Islands (Scapa Flow locale)ORKNEYDDown 13: PbSGALENADDown 14: Slammin' Sammy's familySNEADSDDown 18: Prefix with surgery or transmitterNEURODDown 23: InformedAWAREDDown 25: Mosel tributarySAARDDown 26: A headPERDDown 27: DudgeonIREDDown 28: FutilityINEFFICACYDDown 29: War statMIADDown 32: FulfillsMEETSDDown 34: Subtle signalWINKDDown 35: CrackACEDDown 37: Site of Florida's first golf courseSARASOTADDown 38: Deuce followersADSDDown 39: NonethelessYETDDown 41: AbsorbLEARNDDown 43: Died downABATEDDDown 44: City in Kipling's "Kim"LAHOREDDown 45: Arboreal apesORANGSDDown 47: Like Snow White, vis-a-vis the QueenFAIRERDDown 48: BypassIGNOREDDown 50: LinkTIE-INDDown 53: Ormandy's successor in PhiladelphiaMUTIDDown 54: LyricalODICDDown 56: BaseEVILDDown 57: Shade of blueTEALDDown 59: FetchedGOTDDown 60: Brindled beastGNU