New York Times Answers - Thursday, 11th December 1997 There are 39 across clues and 33 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 11th December 1997. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: TwaddlePAPAAcross 4: Sears one's steersBRANDSAAcross 10: BingeTOOTAAcross 14: Gompers's grp.AFLAAcross 15: American hardwoodRED OAKAAcross 16: "Aunt" with a 1979 best sellerERMAAAcross 17: Letters often followed by a numberIOUAAcross 18: CoolnessAPATHYAAcross 19: First name?ADAMAAcross 20: BouquetsNOSEGAYSAAcross 22: Holography needsLASERSAAcross 24: Con jobsSTINGSAAcross 25: "Consider Yourself" musicalOLIVERAAcross 27: StewFRETAAcross 28: Mergenthaler patent of 1884LINOTYPEAAcross 31: Atlanta's Bill Campbell, e.g.MAYORAAcross 33: Guys who use come-on lines?ADMENAAcross 34: Masseur's needOILAAcross 35: Tautomeric compoundENOLAAcross 36: Acts like a quidnuncPRIESAAcross 37: NonexistentNULLAAcross 38: St. Anthony's crossTAUAAcross 39: Trigger pullers?REINSAAcross 40: Essential partsCORESAAcross 41: HeightsSTATURESAAcross 43: KittiesPOTSAAcross 44: Léger, e.g.CUBISTAAcross 45: Moving to the rhythmINSTEPAAcross 48: Card catalogue entriesTITLESAAcross 50: PersonallyONE-TO-ONEAAcross 52: Trollope's "Lady ___"ANNAAAcross 53: "Ars Poetica" poetHORACEAAcross 55: Cause of some shakingDTSAAcross 56: "Put ___ my tab"ITONAAcross 57: Soccer squadELEVENAAcross 58: Quaker verbARTAAcross 59: "The Outsiders" actorLOWEAAcross 60: Rub' al Khali, e.g.DESERTAAcross 61: Sycophant's responseYESDDown 1: Special effortPAINSDDown 2: What the game may beAFOOTDDown 3: Come-on linePLUSIFYOUACTNOWDDown 4: Rodomontade userBRAGGERDDown 5: MealREPASTDDown 6: Start of a Marx Brothers titleADAYDDown 7: Come-on lineNOTSOLDINSTORESDDown 8: Morse bitDAHDDown 9: Postcard scenes, sometimesSKYLINESDDown 10: Afternoon serviceTEA SETDDown 11: Come-on lineORDERYOURSTODAYDDown 12: "ER" actor EppsOMARDDown 13: Dundee toppersTAMSDDown 21: Sign upENROLDDown 23: River at BristolAVONDDown 26: Bartender's "twists," maybeLIMESDDown 29: StackPILEDDown 30: Connecting pipesELLSDDown 31: Expansion team of 1962METSDDown 32: Gray area?: Abbr.ANATDDown 33: The cardinal fire signARIESDDown 36: Became extinctPERISHEDDDown 37: "That's a lie!"NOTSODDown 39: YokelRUBEDDown 40: CarefreeCONTENTDDown 42: New Orleans universityTULANEDDown 43: Textile joinerPIECERDDown 46: Between, in BayonneENTREDDown 47: Gnats and bratsPESTSDDown 48: ShadowTAILDDown 49: Fascinated byINTODDown 51: Narthex neighborNAVEDDown 54: Good ___ boyOLE