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Thursday, 5th December 1985

There are 36 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 5th December 1985. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Kind of tax
AAcross 5:	Fenced in
AAcross 10:	Speak gruffly
AAcross 14:	Caesar's sister	ATIA
AAcross 15:	Affirmed forcefully
AAcross 16:	Air
AAcross 17:	With 28 and 49 Across, a riddle	WHATKINDOFWATCH
AAcross 20:	Cheek
AAcross 21:	"___ the Moon," 1953 song	ISEE
AAcross 22:	Hanker
AAcross 23:	"___ deal!"	ITSA
AAcross 26:	Arab garment
AAcross 28:	See 17 Across	HASACCURATETIME
AAcross 36:	Prior to
AAcross 37:	Priestly garb
AAcross 38:	Meanders
AAcross 39:	___ Islands, off Ireland	ARAN
AAcross 41:	Topgallants
AAcross 43:	Escape
AAcross 43:	Escape
AAcross 44:	Helicopter part
AAcross 46:	Dingles
AAcross 48:	J.F.K. abbr.
AAcross 49:	See 17 Across	TWOTIMESEACHDAY
AAcross 52:	Nightfall, to Donne
AAcross 53:	To be, in Toulon	ETRE
AAcross 54:	Expression of disbelief
AAcross 57:	Designer Schiaparelli	ELSA
AAcross 60:	Midterm and final
AAcross 64:	Answer to riddle	ANYSTOPPEDWATCH
AAcross 68:	Asiatic palm
AAcross 69:	___ Parker (busybody)
AAcross 70:	Writer Mazo ___ Roche	DELA
AAcross 71:	Dither
AAcross 72:	Stone monument
AAcross 73:	Erotic
DDown 1:	Chess piece
DDown 2:	Will-___-wisp	OTHE
DDown 3:	Mythomaniac
DDown 4:	A Soviet republic
DDown 5:	Omega preceder
DDown 6:	Barley beard
DDown 7:	Calif. city	LODI
DDown 8:	Son of Aphrodite
DDown 9:	Down
DDown 10:	Barnyard sound
DDown 11:	Chichi
DDown 12:	Risotto ingredient
DDown 13:	Songwriter Gus
DDown 18:	Sailing vessel
DDown 19:	German composer: 1786–1826
DDown 24:	Con man's ruse
DDown 25:	Musical composition
DDown 27:	Jot
DDown 28:	Compassion
DDown 29:	Weapon in "Deliverance"
DDown 30:	Former intl. pact	SEATO
DDown 31:	Loses a lap
DDown 32:	English prime minister: 1945–51
DDown 33:	Like some walls
DDown 34:	Perle ___, memorable socialite	MESTA
DDown 35:	Attempt
DDown 40:	Bank certificate
DDown 42:	Louver part
DDown 45:	Fasten securely
DDown 47:	Kind of propeller
DDown 50:	Some pepos
DDown 51:	Groups of six
DDown 54:	German novelist Hoffmann: 1848–1909	HANS
DDown 55:	Part of B.T.U.
DDown 56:	Promotional gimmick
DDown 58:	Predicament
DDown 59:	Cathedral's east end
DDown 61:	To ___ (exactly)	ATEE
DDown 62:	CCXC quadrupled	MCLX
DDown 63:	Light carriage
DDown 65:	Aphorism
DDown 66:	Wriggler
DDown 67:	Tincture

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