New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 23rd August 1977 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 23rd August 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Muscat's landOMANAAcross 5: Senegal's capitalDAKARAAcross 10: Singer at "heaven's gate"LARKAAcross 14: King Cotton's bundleBALEAAcross 15: Heath or JongERICAAAcross 16: Entertainer AdamsEDIEAAcross 17: Operator's courteous requestONEMOMENTPLEASEAAcross 20: Help an archeologistEXCAVATEAAcross 21: SAC or R.A.F.AIRMENAAcross 22: Mercer-Arlen productTUNEAAcross 23: Ne plus ultraACMEAAcross 24: EcceBEHOLDAAcross 27: DefraudedSWINDLEDAAcross 31: Igloo or hoganABODEAAcross 32: Victuals of a sortMEATSAAcross 33: Ait in the AisneILEAAcross 34: TenderSOREAAcross 35: Charon's vesselFERRYAAcross 36: "Sweet is pleasure after ___": DrydenPAINAAcross 37: Way placeINNAAcross 38: Electrical unitFARADAAcross 39: Something not to be out ofSORTSAAcross 40: Affecting all the bodySYSTEMICAAcross 42: Contract renterLESSEEAAcross 43: Mine entranceADITAAcross 44: Lard on a hogSUETAAcross 45: GumshoeSHAMUSAAcross 48: Take awaySUBTRACTAAcross 52: Conveniences not found at Churchill DownsTELEPHONEBOOTHSAAcross 54: Sciences' companionsARTSAAcross 55: Skip overELIDEAAcross 56: Sleep like ___ATOPAAcross 57: English car trunkBOOTAAcross 58: Hold backDETERAAcross 59: CockcrowDAWNDDown 1: WoodwindOBOEDDown 2: Cat without a tailMANXDDown 3: Pianist TempletonALECDDown 4: RoundwormNEMATODEDDown 5: RequireDEMANDDDown 6: Alpine crestARETEDDown 7: Cattle, to CowperKINEDDown 8: Circus unitACTDDown 9: VoraciousnessRAPACITYDDown 10: Gave suggestive glancesLEEREDDDown 11: "Madam, I'm ___"ADAMDDown 12: Hill or slopeRISEDDown 13: AstuteKEENDDown 18: Small eggOVULEDDown 19: SketchesLIMNSDDown 23: Oscar or EmmyAWARDDDown 24: GroundsBASISDDown 25: Color, also called teakEBONYDDown 26: Headgear for a cuckoldHORNSDDown 27: Ice pinnacleSERACDDown 28: Emulators of AnaniasLIARSDDown 29: Typewriter typeELITEDDown 30: StupidDENSEDDown 32: Boy Scout badgeMERITDDown 35: StarvedFAMISHEDDDown 36: Old-time mail routePOST ROADDDown 38: Sick of the rat raceFED UPDDown 39: TendSEETODDown 41: Most docileTAMESTDDown 42: Clumsy seamanLUBBERDDown 44: Homophone for swayedSUEDEDDown 45: Uncertain effortSTABDDown 46: Kind of sandwichHERODDown 47: Choirboy's voiceALTODDown 48: Fit of piqueSNITDDown 49: "___ boy!"ATTADDown 50: Powerfully built dogCHOWDDown 51: Recipe meas.TSPNDDown 53: "This ___ House," hit song of 1954OLE