New York Times Answers - Saturday, 21st December 1996 There are 38 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 21st December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Title song of a 1973 Eagles albumDESPERADOAAcross 10: Park featureGRASSAAcross 15: Prior to birthANTENATALAAcross 16: BeatROUTEAAcross 17: Pearly gemMOONSTONEAAcross 18: Pertaining to base 8OCTALAAcross 19: Al Fatah's org.PLOAAcross 20: Element #50TINAAcross 21: Aperture for a lubricantOILHOLEAAcross 23: Turned blueSADDENEDAAcross 26: Van ___'s Land (Tasmania, once)DIEMENAAcross 27: Head lines, for short?EEGAAcross 28: BugRILEAAcross 30: Powerful D.C. lobbyAMAAAcross 31: "Concerto for the Left Hand" composerRAVELAAcross 34: Go-getterMOVERAAcross 35: Sylvester, to Tweety PieTATAAcross 36: "Aladdin" prince and namesakesALISAAcross 37: RanLOPEDAAcross 38: Act grandmotherlyDOTEAAcross 39: WeeSMAAAcross 40: Brother of CassandraPARISAAcross 41: Grave matterBONESAAcross 42: Hebrew letterTAVAAcross 43: Quotable notable?: Abbr.ANONAAcross 43: Quotable notable?: Abbr.ANON.AAcross 44: Light, in LimaLUZAAcross 45: Fielding's last novelAMELIAAAcross 47: Found after some effortSCAREDUPAAcross 52: Boston's ___ HallFANEUILAAcross 54: Little timeHRSAAcross 55: LAX datumETAAAcross 56: Pitch ___ (prepare to camp)ATENTAAcross 57: Like much of the New TestamentEPISTOLICAAcross 60: Knot againRETIEAAcross 61: Strap for cashMONEY BELTAAcross 62: Brand makersIRONSAAcross 63: Compounds of 20-AcrossSTANNIDESDDown 1: DeadensDAMPSDDown 2: Name on a planeENOLADDown 3: UnderwentSTOODDDown 4: Big housePENDDown 5: StrengthenENSTEELDDown 6: X, e.g.RATINGDDown 7: Make upATONEDDown 8: Roseanne's manDANDDown 9: Pat on the buns?OLEODDown 10: Encyclopedia nameGROLIERDDown 11: Canadian novelist Mazo de la ___ROCHEDDown 12: Not the creative sortAUTOMATONDDown 13: No-win situationSTALEMATEDDown 14: Certain estersSELENATESDDown 22: Ran in neutralIDLEDDDown 24: School passes?DEESDDown 25: Some guestsDROPINSDDown 29: "Concord" sonata composerIVESDDown 31: Selassie, to someRAS TAFARIDDown 31: Selassie, to someRASTAFARIDDown 32: Beloved institutionALMA MATERDDown 33: Roman thoroughfareVIAVENETODDown 34: Former Italian P.M. AldoMORODDown 37: Maui neighborLANAIDDown 38: NodDOZEDDown 40: Indians of the Great BasinPAIUTESDDown 41: 1974 Oscar winnerBURSTYNDDown 44: 1956 World Series hero DonLARSENDDown 46: Comintern's founderLENINDDown 48: Popular wedding giftCHINADDown 49: Struck outDELEDDDown 50: PracticalUTILEDDown 51: DealsPACTSDDown 53: Vehicles for ApolloLEMSDDown 58: Ale holderPOTDDown 59: A geisha may tie one onOBI