New York Times Answers - Thursday, 2nd December 2004 There are 37 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 2nd December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mexican dishQUESAAAcross 6: Cheese ___OMEAAcross 9: Gamblers' holdingsPOKERAAcross 14: -ALLIDAAcross 15: -TELAAcross 16: -SDNAHAAcross 17: Creatures able to regenerate lost limbsNEWTSAAcross 18: Lose by designTAKE A DIVEAAcross 20: Barely passing gradesDEESAAcross 21: Plowless planting methodNOTILLAAcross 22: After-dinner servingTEAAAcross 23: GuaranteeASSUREAAcross 25: "The Secret of ___" (1982 film)NIMHAAcross 27: Stickpin headPEARLAAcross 30: Writer who said "I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander"ASIMOVAAcross 34: Big shinerSUNAAcross 37: Protective cover?ALIASAAcross 39: Motherly instinctLOVEAAcross 40: What 1-, 6-, 9-, 68-, 69- and 70-Across have in commonTHEYREALLFOLDEDAAcross 44: MystiqueAURAAAcross 45: Radio host SchlessingerLAURAAAcross 46: Historical topicERAAAcross 47: 1912 Olympics track starTHORPEAAcross 50: AngryWROTHAAcross 52: Like some nouns in Lat.NEUTAAcross 54: Beats handilyWHOMPSAAcross 58: Science centerLABAAcross 61: Moon of NeptuneTRITONAAcross 64: AccommodateSEATAAcross 65: Worked upEMOTIONALAAcross 67: Wispy cloudsCIRRIAAcross 68: Items sold at standsNEWSPAAcross 69: NeckclothCRAAAcross 70: Places to sit on a shipDECKCAAcross 71: -SREPAAAcross 72: -TAVAAcross 73: -SRIAHDDown 1: Informal interviewQANDADDown 2: 1997 film "___ Gold"ULEESDDown 3: Cary of "The Princess Bride"ELWESDDown 4: Starts to rise from bedSITSUPDDown 5: CommercialsADSDDown 6: Palindromic guyOTTODDown 7: CruxMEATDDown 8: Satirical novelist StanleyELKINDDown 9: Whence the line "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet"PSALMSDDown 10: AnomalousODDDDown 11: Make winter wear, maybeKNITDDown 12: OverhangEAVEDDown 13: Mother of ZeusRHEADDown 19: "Last Essays of ___," 1833ELIADDown 21: Writer Zora ___ HurstonNEALEDDown 24: Employee entrance locationREARDDown 26: Sledding spotHILLDDown 28: Iranian coinRIALDDown 29: 1980's-90's ensemble dramaLALAWDDown 31: FashionMODEDDown 32: Of higher rank thanOVERDDown 33: Sacred Hindu bookVEDADDown 34: FigureSTATDDown 35: "That's a lie!"UHUHDDown 36: Claudius's successorNERODDown 38: Defamatory statementSLURDDown 41: Shaggy-dog storyYARNDDown 42: Dirty lookFROWNDDown 43: It follows "Repeat after me"OATHDDown 48: Marius ___, "the father of classical ballet"PETIPADDown 49: 100 centsEURODDown 51: One stocking stockingsHOSIERDDown 53: ColoringTINCTDDown 55: Keats's "La Belle Dame Sans ___"MERCIDDown 56: Fur-trimmed garmentPARKADDown 57: Line of poetrySTICHDDown 58: Eye pieceLENSDDown 59: From the States: Abbr.AMERDDown 60: 1992-93 heavyweight champBOWEDDown 62: 1939 movie settingTARADDown 63: Patron saint of NorwayOLAVDDown 66: Medicinal amt.TSPDDown 67: File holders, for shortCDS