New York Times Answers - Thursday, 19th December 1996 There are 34 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 19th December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ForwardAHEADAAcross 6: Central religious principleTAOAAcross 9: ErrorFLAWAAcross 13: Smithy's furnaceFORGEAAcross 14: It's music to St. Peter's earsHARPAAcross 15: Come-onLINEAAcross 16: Sign of springTULIPAAcross 17: "Alfred" composerARNEAAcross 18: Swenson of "Benson"INGAAAcross 19: Words stamped on a char's mailing?RETURNTOCINDERAAcross 22: Lacking a musical qualityATONALAAcross 23: ChillingSCARYAAcross 24: Long soot?FIFTYYARDASHAAcross 28: Seat of King Olaf's ruleOSLOAAcross 29: Central German stateHESSEAAcross 30: Club of diamondsBATAAcross 33: Jacket materialBLURBSAAcross 36: Workout segmentSITUPSAAcross 38: DescrySEEAAcross 39: In the boondocksRURALAAcross 43: Rick's belovedILSAAAcross 44: Hot film of 1947?FOREVEREMBERAAcross 47: Musical keyAFLATAAcross 50: 1994 Oscar winner WiestDIANNEAAcross 51: Use bellows?BLOWHOTANDCOALAAcross 55: Kind of checkRAINAAcross 56: DomePATEAAcross 57: Thorough checkAUDITAAcross 59: River of Leeds?AIREAAcross 60: CopiedAPEDAAcross 61: WarehouseSTOREAAcross 62: Wilbur Post's TV companionMREDAAcross 63: ChairedLEDAAcross 64: Connecticut River townESSEXDDown 1: RearwardAFTDDown 2: Appointed timeHOURDDown 3: Gardner a k a A. A. FairERLEDDown 4: FirebrandAGITATORDDown 5: AssistantDEPUTYDDown 6: Steak ___ (raw meat dish)TARTAREDDown 7: Roseanne's former in-lawsARNOLDSDDown 8: Group incl. the U.A.E.OPECDDown 9: Show painFLINCHDDown 10: Newswoman EllerbeeLINDADDown 11: Emotional heatANGERDDown 12: JadedWEARYDDown 14: 1986 title role for MiaHANNAHDDown 20: Pop artist LichtensteinROYDDown 21: Japanese immigrantISSEIDDown 24: Palms (off)FOBSDDown 25: Presque ___, Me.ISLEDDown 26: It's full of hot airFLUEDDown 27: Balaam's rebukerASSDDown 30: It's often screwed upBULBDDown 31: Cathedral protuberanceAPSEDDown 32: Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operasTSARDDown 34: Gravy ingredientBROTHDDown 35: South of SpainSURDDown 37: Play breaksTIMEOUTSDDown 40: Bureaucratic problemRED TAPEDDown 41: Did the Wright thingAVIATEDDDown 42: InclinedLEANEDDDown 44: ToadiedFAWNEDDDown 45: Three minutes, in boxing: Abbr.RNDDDown 46: Put into a sheathENCASEDDown 47: James Garfield's middle nameABRAMDDown 48: EclatFLAIRDDown 49: France's longest riverLOIREDDown 52: Memorable 1995 hurricaneOPALDDown 53: CommotionsADOSDDown 54: Parmesan breadLIREDDown 58: Bugs Bunny cartoonist ___ AveryTEX.DDown 58: Bugs Bunny cartoonist ___ AveryTEX