New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 12th October 1977 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 12th October 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pictorial riddleREBUSAAcross 6: Use a No. 8 ironCHIPAAcross 10: Gluck of operatic fameALMAAAcross 14: "___ want to set the world . . . "IDONTAAcross 15: Chatty BarrettRONAAAcross 16: SlaughterDO INAAcross 17: These may cause applause or a flapping of jawsSENSATIONSAAcross 19: Hit with a hard blowJOLTAAcross 20: Very involvedKNEE-DEEPAAcross 21: "Rug" on a pateTOUPEEAAcross 23: Has the snifflesAILSAAcross 24: Pans' partnerPOTSAAcross 25: Kind of clerk or cardPOSTALAAcross 28: Annual event in BostonMARATHONAAcross 32: "Rule Britannia" composerARNEAAcross 33: HairyPILARAAcross 34: Chemical suffixASEAAcross 35: Post-holiday sigh, à la Roth?GOODBYECOLUMBUSAAcross 39: Wine: Comb. formENOAAcross 40: Salad vegetablesLEEKSAAcross 41: "___ fit night . . . "AINTAAcross 42: UnstableTOP-HEAVYAAcross 44: Cloaks or devilfishMANTASAAcross 46: Rhine tributaryAAREAAcross 47: Rimbaud's forteVERSAAcross 48: Investor's concernRETURNAAcross 51: Docker's needBOAT HOOKAAcross 51: Docker's needBOATHOOKAAcross 55: Test of a sortORALAAcross 56: InconsiderableFRACTIONALAAcross 58: Hop-O'-My-Thumb's foeOGREAAcross 59: Mrs. ChaplinOONAAAcross 60: FloodSPATEAAcross 61: Revolving itemDOORAAcross 62: WindREELAAcross 63: AnxiousTENSEDDown 1: What a funambulist takesRISKDDown 2: She wrote "The Salamanca Drum" (1977)EDENDDown 3: ___ chinaBONEDDown 4: Removed from powerUNSEATEDDDown 5: Rod for surveyingSTADIADDown 6: "___ and Whispers," Bergman filmCRIESDDown 7: Dr. J.'s targetHOOPDDown 8: HostelryINNDDown 9: IdyllicPASTORALDDown 10: Change with the timesADJUSTDDown 11: FoldLOOPDDown 12: Relative of a knotMILEDDown 13: Prior: PrefixANTEDDown 18: What some bussers doTELLDDown 22: Hokkaido portOTARUDDown 24: ___ Verdes Estates, Calif. townPALOSDDown 25: Statesman in Henry VIII's dayPAGETDDown 26: Maine college townORONODDown 27: Town gossipSNOOPDDown 28: Roasted potatoMICKYDDown 29: "How use doth breed a ___ in a man!": ShakespeareHABITDDown 30: 1963 U.S. men's singles champOSUNADDown 31: HotbedsNESTSDDown 33: GripePEEVEDDown 36: DimBLEARDDown 37: Miss something sorelyYEARNFORDDown 38: Malraux classic: 1937MANSHOPEDDown 43: Van manHAULERDDown 44: Word with grinder or packerMEATDDown 45: Lely or PealeARTISTDDown 47: OutspokenVOCALDDown 48: Large crucifixROODDDown 49: HenceERGODDown 50: Plant of the arum familyTARODDown 51: Poison or curseBANEDDown 52: Judah's son (Gen. 38:4)ONANDDown 53: Dinner for DobbinOATSDDown 54: He painted "Twittering Machine"KLEEDDown 57: Potential swimmersROE