New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 14th December 1977 There are 37 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 14th December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bridge coupSLAMAAcross 5: Child's marbleAGATEAAcross 10: SalvadorDALIAAcross 14: Neither fem. nor neut.MASCAAcross 15: CopycatMIMICAAcross 16: Race-track shapeOVALAAcross 17: Nobelist Karlfeldt: 1931ERIKAAcross 18: Jurist WilliamBLACKSTONEAAcross 20: Comedian WilliamW. C. FIELDSAAcross 22: BleachersSTANDSAAcross 23: Highland refusalsNAESAAcross 24: Doe's mateSTAGAAcross 25: Unions of a sortGUILDSAAcross 28: Journalist William and familySHIRERSAAcross 31: Ocean birdsERNESAAcross 32: Candidate's program itemPLANKAAcross 33: ShackHUTAAcross 35: Infested with tiny arachnidsMITYAAcross 36: Nodule of stoneGEODEAAcross 37: "Wonderland" birdDODOAAcross 38: Patriotic org.SARAAcross 39: Moisten the roastBASTEAAcross 40: Deodar, e.g.CEDARAAcross 41: Artist WilliamHOGARTHAAcross 43: Willy and wifeLOMANSAAcross 44: To laugh: Fr.RIREAAcross 45: Siberian riverLENAAAcross 46: Jungle jauntSAFARIAAcross 49: Dramatist WilliamCONGREVEAAcross 53: Senator William of Va.LLOYDSCOTTAAcross 55: Emulate William Allen WhiteEDITAAcross 56: Raison d'___ETREAAcross 57: Emulate William Jennings BryanORATEAAcross 58: MediocreSO-SOAAcross 59: Energetic oneDOERAAcross 60: McGovern's opponent in 1972NIXONAAcross 61: FedT-MANDDown 1: MerganserSMEWDDown 2: The arch, in ParisLARCDDown 3: Book of poems by CiardiASIFDDown 4: President WilliamMCKINLEYDDown 5: StrollsAMBLESDDown 6: Makes glitteryGILDSDDown 7: After amoAMASDDown 8: SpasmTICDDown 9: Singer BillyECKSTINEDDown 10: Father William's time of lifeDOTAGEDDown 11: River of an Elizabethan WilliamAVONDDown 12: Hit the groundLANDDDown 13: Seine sightsILESDDown 19: Willie of "All the King's Men"STARKDDown 21: St. Louis bridgeEADSDDown 24: Color gradationSHADEDDown 25: Faceted itemsGEMSDDown 26: HeepURIAHDDown 27: Preface, for shortINTRODDown 28: One of the deadly sinsSLOTHDDown 29: Valerie Harper roleRHODADDown 30: Neighbor of ChadSUDANDDown 32: "La ___," by CamusPESTEDDown 34: Rocky hillsTORSDDown 36: Abolitionist WilliamGARRISONDDown 37: Actor WilliamDEMARESTDDown 39: Puppeteer BilBAIRDDDown 40: Capitol Hill gp.CONGDDown 42: More hoaryGRAYERDDown 43: PenitentialLENTENDDown 45: Relative of bingoLOTTODDown 46: Kane's "Rosebud"SLEDDDown 47: Choir memberALTODDown 48: Aft's oppositeFOREDDown 49: WheedleCOAXDDown 50: Esau's countryEDOMDDown 51: Passport entryVISADDown 52: Windsor's neighborETONDDown 54: Dernier ___CRI