New York Times Answers - Monday, 5th December 1977 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 5th December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sit for a portraitPOSEAAcross 5: Fuel, in CorkPEATAAcross 9: Capital of W. AustraliaPERTHAAcross 14: EllipsoidalOVALAAcross 15: "As ___ as a painted ship . . . "IDLEAAcross 16: C'est ___ (that is to say)ADIREAAcross 17: "___ M for Murder"DIALAAcross 18: Killer: SuffixCIDEAAcross 19: Body tissuesTELAEAAcross 20: With 54 Across, Ben Jonson lineDRINKTOMEONLYAAcross 23: Word with fire or rummageSALEAAcross 24: "The Sun Also ___"RISESAAcross 25: Tennis winnerACEAAcross 28: Fruits resembling crab applesMEDLARSAAcross 31: Mail, in ParisPOSTEAAcross 33: Former name of TokyoEDOAAcross 34: October birthstoneOPALAAcross 38: "___ as a cloud": WordsworthIWANDEREDLONELYAAcross 42: OversupplyGLUTAAcross 43: Housman, in ShropshireLADAAcross 44: Swiss site of a 1431–1449 councilBASELAAcross 45: Wailing spiritBANSHEEAAcross 48: Gridiron gadgetTEEAAcross 49: Wild plumsSLOESAAcross 52: ___ MajorURSAAAcross 54: See 20 AcrossWITHTHINEEYESAAcross 59: Potter's wheelLATHEAAcross 60: Kind of saxALTOAAcross 61: Figure skater's featAXELAAcross 63: Buenos ___AIRESAAcross 64: EncumbranceLIENAAcross 65: Put on the payrollHIREAAcross 66: TorpidINERTAAcross 67: DarnelTAREAAcross 68: RagoutSTEWDDown 1: School of whalesPODDDown 2: "Metamorphoses" poetOVIDDDown 3: Territory in W. GermanySAARDDown 4: N.Y. islandELLISDDown 5: Awkward situationPICKLEDDown 6: Polished, as copyEDITEDDDown 7: Ray of moviesALDODDown 8: PullulateTEEMDDown 9: Local dialectPATOISDDown 10: Anthony and BarbaraEDENSDDown 11: Valley on the moonRILLEDDown 12: Lazy SusansTRAYSDDown 13: Half a brayHEEDDown 21: "A Streetcar ___ Desire"NAMEDDDown 22: Flynn of film fameERROLDDown 25: ___ in a pokeAPIGDDown 26: Monk's hoodCOWLDDown 27: He sold his birthrightESAUDDown 29: British universityLEEDSDDown 30: TotalADDDDown 32: ExplosiveTNTDDown 34: Cape Horn nativeONADDown 35: Sheep ked, e.g.PESTDDown 36: On the sheltered sideALEEDDown 37: Sparky, the relief pitcherLYLEDDown 39: Resiliency: Comb. formELASTDDown 40: FledRANDDown 41: Roly-polyOBESEDDown 45: CommandBEHESTDDown 46: NimrodHUNTERDDown 47: " . . . lightning, which doth cease to be/ ___ can say it lightens": JulietEREONEDDown 49: Country gallantSWAINDDown 50: Poisonous Chilean shrubLITREDDown 51: Drop the ___ shoeOTHERDDown 53: Nursemaids, in CalcuttaAYAHSDDown 55: StoppageHALTDDown 56: Hip bonesILIADDown 57: Stage directionEXITDDown 58: WitheredSEREDDown 59: Chou En-___LAIDDown 62: Actor AyresLEW