New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 31st December 1996 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 31st December 1996. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Slam-dunksJAMSAAcross 5: Stiller and ___MEARAAAcross 10: Prefix with businessAGRIAAcross 14: Like Nash's lamaONELAAcross 15: Waters of songETHELAAcross 16: Amorphous massBLOBAAcross 17: 1935 Cole Porter songBEGINTHEBEGUINEAAcross 20: PunditSWAMIAAcross 21: OlioMIXED BAGAAcross 22: Disney's "___ and the Detectives"EMILAAcross 25: Vietnam's Ngo ___ DiemDINHAAcross 26: No longer hold upSAGAAcross 29: F. Scott Fitzgerald had one: Abbr.INITAAcross 31: New York's ___ IslandSTATENAAcross 35: Swellhead's problemEGOAAcross 36: Number of mousquetairesTROISAAcross 38: InvitedBADEAAcross 39: Unofficial Australian "anthem"WALTZINGMATILDAAAcross 43: Anon's partnerEVERAAcross 44: ___ objection (go along)SEENOAAcross 45: Nurse's bagKITAAcross 46: LaxREMISSAAcross 49: Garden toolRAKEAAcross 50: Molly Bloom's last word in "Ulysses"YESAAcross 51: Pot builderANTEAAcross 53: Torture chamber itemRACKAAcross 55: Well-to-doAFFLUENTAAcross 59: Gut-wrenching feelingANGSTAAcross 63: 1939 Andrews Sisters hitBEERBARRELPOLKAAAcross 66: ___ ideal (perfect model)BEAUAAcross 67: "Camelot" tunesmithLOEWEAAcross 68: Mariner EricsonLEIFAAcross 69: Memo abbr.ATTNAAcross 70: Winter hazardSLEETAAcross 71: AdvancedLENTDDown 1: Steven of Apple computersJOBSDDown 2: Once moreANEWDDown 3: Prefix with phoneMEGADDown 4: OozeSLIMEDDown 5: EncounteredMETDDown 6: Biblical verb endingETHDDown 7: "Beg your pardon"AHEMDDown 8: Bridge actionREBIDDDown 9: One of the Carringtons, on "Dynasty"ALEXISDDown 10: Largest of the United Arab EmiratesABU DHABIDDown 11: FluentGLIBDDown 12: Author JaffeRONADDown 13: "___ to differ!"IBEGDDown 18: Pacific Fleet admiral of W.W. IINIMITZDDown 19: Lady's partnerGENTDDown 23: Letters from CalvaryINRIDDown 24: Den fathersLIONSDDown 26: DrainSEWERDDown 27: Century plantAGAVEDDown 28: AutomatonGOLEMDDown 30: Go-getterTIGERDDown 32: LoquaciousTALKYDDown 33: Jockey ArcaroEDDIEDDown 34: ___-foot oilNEATSDDown 37: DaubSMEARDDown 40: Demonstration testTRIAL RUNDDown 41: Singer PaulANKADDown 42: Cobbler's tipTOECAPDDown 47: SlightSNUBDDown 48: Base runner's statSTEALSDDown 52: RegisterENROLDDown 54: Small hillKNOLLDDown 55: "Dancing Queen" pop groupABBADDown 56: Podiatrists' concernsFEETDDown 57: Potential Guinness Book entryFEATDDown 58: Shade giverTREEDDown 60: Open delightGLEEDDown 61: Scrape, as the kneeSKINDDown 62: Electee of 1908TAFTDDown 64: Female with a wool coatEWEDDown 65: Tennis callLET