New York Times Answers - Thursday, 12th December 1996 There are 37 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 12th December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Recording session needTAPEAAcross 6: DirectPOINTAAcross 12: TaskERRANDAAcross 14: Feminist Smeal and othersELEANORSAAcross 16: U.P.S. customerSENDERAAcross 17: Classical languageSANSKRITAAcross 18: Got ready to drive, with "up"TEEDAAcross 19: Dress upADORNAAcross 21: Boy precederATTAAAcross 22: Rob of "About Last Night..."LOWEAAcross 24: Flemish composer ___ PresDESAAcross 26: Part of H.M.S.HERAAcross 27: EngrossedIMMERSEDAAcross 31: IdolizeREVEREAAcross 33: Vitamin stat.RDAAAcross 34: RicochetCAROMAAcross 36: PublicizeAIRAAcross 37: Shows curiosityASKSAAcross 39: Gosh-darnETYAAcross 41: FreshlyANEWAAcross 44: General-turned-politicianIKEAAcross 46: Passover feastSEDERAAcross 48: "Die Meistersinger" heroineEVAAAcross 49: "___ Tune" (50's TV theme song)ERNIESAAcross 52: RedirectedDETOUREDAAcross 54: Reprint necessity: Abbr.NEGAAcross 55: Apollo vehicle, for shortLEMAAcross 57: LotsATONAAcross 58: ErgoTHUSAAcross 60: CopyREPROAAcross 62: Heart and soulMEATAAcross 66: Brush up againREPOLISHAAcross 68: Stop, as a flowSTANCHAAcross 70: Partner for "so near"YETSOFARAAcross 71: InveigleSEDUCEAAcross 72: Strangers may get themLOOKSAAcross 73: Skipped, as in printingLEFTDDown 1: Most vagueESTDDown 2: TrapTREEDDown 3: English composer ThomasARNEDDown 4: RowPADDLEDDown 5: From S.F. to Wyo.ENEDDown 6: Thomas Jefferson's Declaration rolePENNERDDown 7: Alliance headquartered in D.C.OASDDown 8: Durante's "___ Dinka Doo"INKADDown 9: YankeeNORTHERNERDDown 10: More banalTRITERDDown 11: Uncomprehending responseSTAREDDown 13: Fails to rememberDRAWSADDown 14: "Que es ___?"ESODDown 15: Old kitchen supplyLARDDDown 20: Some combinesDEERESDDown 23: Fabled monsterORCDDown 25: Richard Henry Dana subjectSEADDown 27: Author LevinIRADDown 28: Hosp. workersMDSDDown 29: RecompensingMAKINGUPTODDown 30: Lovingly cared for, with "on"DOTEDDDown 32: By way ofVIADDown 35: Intimate term of addressMYDEARDDown 38: SchussSKIDDown 40: Beach party gameETTOSSDDown 42: Christmas ___EVEDDown 43: WalletfulWADDDown 45: Sushi orderEELDDown 47: Down Under critter, informallyROODDown 49: Contestant's applicationENTRYDDown 50: Cobble againREHEELDDown 51: Font embellishmentsSERIFSDDown 53: Neglected, as bedsUNMADEDDown 56: Southwestern desert featureMESADDown 59: MediocreSO-SODDown 61: Sentence part: Abbr.PHRDDown 63: Plenty: Var.ENUFDDown 64: ___ exec.ACCTDDown 65: Something to fill inTHEDDown 67: ___ Sabha (Indian legislature)LOKDDown 69: Addr. book entryTEL