New York Times Answers - Friday, 31st December 1976 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 31st December 1976. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Alda seriesMASHAAcross 5: DeliciousSAPIDAAcross 10: VerbotenTABUAAcross 14: Relative of curareINEEAAcross 15: Academy rookiePLEBEAAcross 16: SharifOMARAAcross 17: MinutesNOTESOFAMEETINGAAcross 20: Formal wearTAIL COATAAcross 20: Formal wearTAILCOATAAcross 21: Frat candidatePLEDGEAAcross 22: Viking I's perchMARSAAcross 23: Gouda's relativeEDAMAAcross 24: Shaped girdersIBEAMSAAcross 27: "___ go bragh"ERINAAcross 28: Literary monogramGBSAAcross 31: Imbibe noisilySLURPAAcross 32: Huzzahs for torerosOLESAAcross 33: Basic: Abbr.ELEMAAcross 34: HoursWORKINGSCHEDULEAAcross 37: BurdenONUSAAcross 38: Mine entranceADITAAcross 39: Lady of LammermoorLUCIAAAcross 40: Metallic elements: Abbr.NDSAAcross 41: To ___ (precisely)ATEEAAcross 42: Kind of spanielCOCKERAAcross 43: "It's ___ to tell . . . "ASINAAcross 44: HemingwayPAPAAAcross 45: Urban enclaveGHETTOAAcross 48: At an unknown dateSOMETIMEAAcross 52: DaysLARAINEANDDORISAAcross 54: Satan's workEVILAAcross 55: Restaurant ownerALICEAAcross 56: Branch, in AvilaRAMOAAcross 57: Actress PatriciaNEALAAcross 58: Weighted downLADENAAcross 59: Use the scissorsSNIPDDown 1: After-dinner itemMINTDDown 2: Celebes oxANOADDown 3: Bristle: PrefixSETIDDown 4: Parts of footprintsHEELMARKSDDown 5: Animal tracksSPOORSDDown 6: African grassesALFASDDown 7: Plant fuelPEATDDown 8: Big-Board monogramIBMDDown 9: Kind of apple pieDEEPDISHDDown 10: Tlingit symbolTOTEMDDown 11: In the centerAMIDDDown 12: Drum soundBANGDDown 13: Egg onURGEDDown 18: Prawn dishSCAMPIDDown 19: VerveELANDDown 23: UprightERECTDDown 24: "The prize we sought ___"ISWONDDown 25: TowheadedBLONDDDown 26: Southeast windEURUSDDown 27: DinsmoreELSIEDDown 28: Soprano AlmaGLUCKDDown 29: Give a false impressionBELIEDDown 30: Flub a paint jobSMEARDDown 32: NashOGDENDDown 33: N.E.A. membersEDUCATORSDDown 35: Country-wideNATIONALDDown 36: Ran offELOPEDDDown 41: Italian wine cityASTIDDown 42: City on the DelawareCAMDENDDown 43: To any extentAT ALLDDown 44: Puerto Rican portPONCEDDown 45: Secluded valleyGLENDDown 46: "To ___ and to hold"HAVEDDown 47: SilkwormERIADDown 48: Port ___SAIDDDown 49: Pahlavi's realmIRANDDown 50: Miss BenzellMIMIDDown 51: Fabulist: Var.ESOPDDown 53: High noteELA