New York Times Answers - Friday, 5th December 1997 There are 36 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 5th December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Disaster relief org.FEMAAAcross 5: Actor known for his stuntsJACKIECHANAAcross 15: "Primary Colors" author, for shortANONAAcross 15: "Primary Colors" author, for shortANON.AAcross 16: Attempt a conversion?EVANGELIZEAAcross 17: Tire partSTUDAAcross 18: Debuggers?REPELLENTSAAcross 19: ___ Books (paperback publisher)TORAAcross 20: Where Brunei isBORNEOAAcross 21: Drinks with vitamin CADESAAcross 22: Land south of KashmirPUNJABAAcross 24: Eye doctor's lensOPTICAAcross 26: Melodic compositionARIOSOAAcross 27: Actress Bissett of "Melrose Place"JOSIEAAcross 29: Soundly beatCANEAAcross 30: Sophocles tragedyAJAXAAcross 32: Makes the cut?EDITSAAcross 36: Frangipane ingredientEGGAAcross 37: Long tressesMANESAAcross 39: Doc of the bay?VETAAcross 40: SecretariesDESKSAAcross 43: Rouge roulette numberCINQAAcross 44: One of Spot's mastersJANEAAcross 45: EscapadesLARKSAAcross 47: British Commonwealth memberUGANDAAAcross 49: Artist RiveraDIEGOAAcross 51: StrollerAMBLERAAcross 52: "Why not?"SUREAAcross 53: Some decongestantsVAPORSAAcross 57: Elizabethan ___ERAAAcross 58: Entry words?OPEN SESAMEAAcross 60: PetSNITAAcross 61: They may be good for singlesLINEDRIVESAAcross 62: Cooper's toolADZEAAcross 63: Only hypotheticalINEXISTENTAAcross 64: Encouraging wordsOLESDDown 1: BriskFAST-PACEDDDown 2: Bodyguards, personal hairdressers, etc.ENTOURAGEDDown 3: Periods of griefMOURNINGSDDown 4: "What else...?"ANDDDown 5: Oversize wine bottleJEROBOAMDDown 6: StateAVERDDown 7: Informal title of respectCAPNDDown 8: Kind of socksKNEEDDown 9: Block houses?IGLOOSDDown 10: Sniggler's wrigglerEELDDown 11: Like soccer shoesCLEATEDDDown 12: Language in 22-AcrossHINDIDDown 13: ___ Ruins National Monument, N.M.AZTECDDown 14: Monster's homeNESSDDown 20: Many college gradsBASDDown 23: Drink at a dinerJOEDDown 25: USA Today chartPIEDDown 27: Singer IanJANISDDown 28: Conestoga haulersOXENDDown 31: It's an honorJACKDDown 33: Three-time U.S. Open champIVAN LENDLDDown 34: Pound, perhapsTENDERIZEDDown 35: Chemical saltsSTEARATESDDown 38: Most conservativeSQUARESTDDown 41: Tear sheet?KLEENEXDDown 42: DeclineSAGDDown 44: Left or rightJABDDown 46: Players without fixed positionsROVERSDDown 48: Ford alternativesGMSDDown 49: "The Purloined Letter" detectiveDUPINDDown 50: Hit 1919 musical revived in 1973IRENEDDown 52: Arias, usuallySOLIDDown 54: "___ happens..."ASITDDown 55: AsphaltPAVEDDown 56: Sudden break in the clouds, sayOMENDDown 59: 80's military inits.SDIDDown 60: Paulo or Pedro, e.g.SAO