New York Times Answers - Saturday, 15th October 1977 There are 33 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 15th October 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pekoe purveyors (6)TEAMENAAcross 7: "There's some ill ___ reigns": Shakespeare (6)PLANETAAcross 13: Hangnest (6)ORIOLEAAcross 14: ___ words (retract) (7)EATONESAAcross 16: Impromptu (15)SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENTAAcross 18: ___ over (helped to get by) (5)TIDEDAAcross 19: Barfly (5)TOPERAAcross 20: "Cielo e ___!" (Ponchielli aria) (3)MARAAcross 21: Aqua fortis (4)ACIDAAcross 22: Pivots (5)SLUESAAcross 23: Verbal thrust (4)GIBEAAcross 24: Pyknic (3)FATAAcross 25: Gather, in a way (5)SHIRRAAcross 26: One-on-one affairs (5)DUELSAAcross 27: Giving substance to, with "out" (8)FLESHINGAAcross 29: Spring bloomers (6)IRISESAAcross 30: Enduring (9)LONG-LIVEDAAcross 32: Puts out (6)ISSUESAAcross 35: Espresso garnish (8)ANISETTEAAcross 39: Checks (5)STEMSAAcross 40: Kefauver (5)ESTESAAcross 41: Relieve of (3)RIDAAcross 42: Fibers from candlenut trees (4)AEASAAcross 43: Gaul's chariot (5)ESSEDAAcross 44: Comedienne Osterwald (4)BIBIAAcross 45: Bankbook abbr. (3)INTAAcross 46: Up (5)RISENAAcross 47: Swedish engineer (5)NOBELAAcross 48: Just before the deadline (15)ATTHELASTMINUTEAAcross 51: Philip Barry play: 1928 (7)HOLIDAYAAcross 52: Swift's flying island (6)LAPUTAAAcross 53: Pardons (6)REMITSAAcross 54: Sycophants (6)YESMENDDown 1: Type of postage stamp (7)TOPICALDDown 2: Steeped in lore (7)ERUDITEDDown 3: Broadcast (5)AIREDDDown 4: Temper; humor (4)MOODDDown 5: Eleven, in Essen (3)ELFDDown 6: Provoking (8)NETTLINGDDown 7: Frog or chick (6)PEEPERDDown 8: Luxurious fabrics (5)LAMESDDown 9: Agent: Suffix (4)ATORDDown 10: Pierre, e.g. (3)NOMDDown 11: Calhoun and Van Buren (7)ENEMIESDDown 12: Logical, as a theory (7)TENABLEDDown 15: Engineer's computation (6)STRESSDDown 16: Crosier (5)STAFFDDown 17: Timepieces (11)HOURGLASSESDDown 22: Climbs, in a way (5)SHINSDDown 23: Mentor (5)GUIDEDDown 25: Oxfords (5)SHOESDDown 26: Cure, as fur skins (5)DRESSDDown 28: Warrens (5)SLUMSDDown 29: Like the walls of Harvard Yard (5)IVIEDDDown 31: With determination (8)INTENTLYDDown 32: Hebrew prophet (6)ISAIAHDDown 33: Loud speaker (7)STENTORDDown 34: City named for a chief (7)SEATTLEDDown 36: Encomium (7)TRIBUTEDDown 37: Man of Lhasa (7)TIBETANDDown 38: Roman official (5)EDILEDDown 40: Elianic works (6)ESSAYSDDown 43: Elath, to the Arabs (5)EILATDDown 44: Nil nisi ___ (5)BONUMDDown 46: Noted Italian biologist: 17th century (4)REDIDDown 47: Small drinks (4)NIPSDDown 49: Hymn homophone (3)HIMDDown 50: Daisy ___ of Dogpatch (3)MAE