New York Times Answers - Thursday, 2nd December 1999 There are 37 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 2nd December 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Needing to take offOBESEAAcross 6: NaifBABEAAcross 10: Some 20's artDADAAAcross 14: Language group including ZuluBANTUAAcross 15: Giant screen productionIMAXAAcross 16: Numbered pieceOPUSAAcross 17: BellowingAROARAAcross 18: LollapaloozaLULUAAcross 19: NotchNICKAAcross 20: Might-have-been East Coast teamNEWYORKREDCOATSAAcross 23: Saratoga Springs, e.g.SPAAAcross 24: Stock exchange membershipSEATAAcross 25: Item in an airline magazineMAPAAcross 28: Biblical "father"ABBAAAcross 31: Collude (with)SCHEMEAAcross 35: Beginning onASOFAAcross 37: Composer BartókBELAAAcross 39: xTIMESAAcross 40: Might-have-been Midwest teamSTLOUISORDINALSAAcross 43: Constellation directly above the equatorORIONAAcross 44: Up ___ goodTONOAAcross 45: TauntGIBEAAcross 46: NogginNOODLEAAcross 48: It may precede a strokeFOREAAcross 50: CarelessLAXAAcross 51: ImpietiesSINSAAcross 53: Doc blocAMAAAcross 55: Might-have-been West Coast teamSEATTLELANDSMENAAcross 63: Popular cologneTABUAAcross 64: PinnacleAPEXAAcross 65: Integra, for oneACURAAAcross 66: "Yeah, that'll ever happen"ASIFAAcross 67: Black shadeCOALAAcross 68: Hardly a he-manSISSYAAcross 69: ProtestBEEFAAcross 70: Strong-willed JaneEYREAAcross 71: UpsHIKESDDown 1: Port in Scott's "Lord of the Isles"OBANDDown 2: Show fullyBAREDDown 3: Sufficient for ShakespeareENOWDDown 4: Ropes for steadying mastsSTAYSDDown 5: Princess whom Zeus carried off to CreteEUROPADDown 6: SwindleBILKDDown 7: Russia/Manchuria boundary riverAMURDDown 8: Makes hayBALESDDown 9: OozesEXUDESDDown 10: IdlerDO-NOTHINGDDown 11: Pacific capitalAPIADDown 12: Cable conduitDUCTDDown 13: Calls uponASKSDDown 21: Browning's Ben Ezra, e.g.RABBIDDown 22: Mojave vegetationCACTIDDown 25: Street director?MASONDDown 26: Houston player, formerlyASTRODDown 27: Salk's conquestPOLIODDown 29: OutdoBESTDDown 30: DistantALOOFDDown 32: Net result?E-MAILDDown 32: Net result?EMAILDDown 33: Kind of toastMELBADDown 34: Elizabeth I's ill-fated favoriteESSEXDDown 36: Bit of sustenanceFOODSTUFFDDown 38: Italy's fertile Val d'___ARNODDown 41: DarkUNLITDDown 42: Doubleday, ___ (old publishing house)DORANDDown 47: IntertwineENLACEDDown 49: Clause separatorEMDASHDDown 52: Native Indian in the British armySEPOYDDown 54: PC character representationASCIIDDown 55: EffortSTABDDown 56: DeftnessEASEDDown 57: Rose's beloved in a 1922 playABIEDDown 58: "There was an Old Man with a beard" writerLEARDDown 59: Toll unitAXLEDDown 60: Cologne ingredientMUSKDDown 61: Old World languageERSEDDown 62: Side in a voteNAYS