New York Times Answers - Thursday, 4th December 1997 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 4th December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: FlatterySOFT-SOAPAAcross 9: Cottonwood treesALAMOSAAcross 15: Song thrushTHROSTLEAAcross 16: Teatro alla Scala siteMILANOAAcross 17: Liz Taylor movie "___ County"RAIN TREEAAcross 18: Kid-helping org.UNICEFAAcross 19: Cartoonist PeterARNOAAcross 20: CombatOPPOSEAAcross 22: On a rollHOTAAcross 23: Tongues do itWAGAAcross 24: Take onHIREAAcross 25: Current administrationINSAAcross 26: Future viewersSEERSAAcross 30: ZipNADAAAcross 32: Kabuki kinNOHAAcross 33: PlanDESIGNAAcross 35: Pool party?STENOAAcross 37: Made an effortSTRIVENAAcross 40: River to Lake OntarioGENESEEAAcross 42: DeclaimORATEAAcross 43: 100 agorotSHEKELAAcross 45: Worthless amountFIGAAcross 46: Make a videoTAPEAAcross 48: "Wall Street" themeGREEDAAcross 51: Credit-tracking co.TRWAAcross 52: RambleROAMAAcross 54: Collarless shirtTEEAAcross 56: Very earlyWEEAAcross 57: British bishops' headdressesMITRESAAcross 59: Checked itemCOATAAcross 60: One-cellersAMEBASAAcross 62: Rather highSTEEPISHAAcross 64: Fixed overREDONEAAcross 65: Spread disinformationTOLDALIEAAcross 66: Lamb outputESSAYSAAcross 67: Low-pressure pitchSOFT SELLDDown 1: Backbreaker?STRAWDDown 2: The Wilkeses' neighborsOHARASDDown 3: PeripheryFRINGEDDown 4: Up ___ goodTONODDown 5: J.F.K. landerSSTDDown 6: Other, to PedroOTRODDown 7: Hebrew starterALEPHDDown 8: Taking a glimpsePEEPINGDDown 9: Smiling, evidentlyAMUSEDDDown 10: Betting oddsLINEDDown 11: "When We Were Kings" subjectALIDDown 12: Luddites' targetsMACHINESDDown 13: Mano a manoONE-ON-ONEDDown 14: Some dancingSOFT-SHOEDDown 21: Poet's least favorite fruitORANGEDDown 27: Go over proofsEDITDDown 28: Build an embankmentREVETDDown 29: Compass pt.SSEDDown 31: "The Bronx Zoo" starASNERDDown 34: Popular placeINSPOTDDown 36: TV partTELEDDown 37: ProgrammingSOFTWAREDDown 38: Galleys of yoreTRIREMESDDown 39: Troublesome plantsRAGWEEDSDDown 41: Hosp. testEKGDDown 44: Father and son publishersHEARSTSDDown 47: RebelsARISESDDown 49: Prima ballerinaETOILEDDown 50: ClockwiseDEASILDDown 53: "Ditto"METOODDown 55: One of the KennedysETHELDDown 57: UmpteenMANYDDown 58: Women's magazineSELFDDown 59: I.R.S. employeesCPASDDown 61: Long squeezerBOADDown 63: D.C. summer settingEDT