New York Times Answers - Friday, 16th December 1977 There are 36 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 16th December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: BeldamHAGAAcross 4: "Oil for the ___ of China"LAMPSAAcross 9: Legs: SlangSTEMSAAcross 14: Serv. clubUSOAAcross 15: Greek marketplaceAGORAAAcross 16: Break a CommandmentCOVETAAcross 17: NothingNILAAcross 18: Lenten plantMADONNA LILYAAcross 20: EsteemsADMIRESAAcross 22: Enforcer's expressionOR ELSEAAcross 23: Actor VereenBENAAcross 24: Wearied with whining wordsNAGGEDAAcross 26: Charles Colson's book: 1976BORN-AGAINAAcross 29: Tennyson heroineDORAAAcross 32: Fly a biplaneAVIATEAAcross 33: AngoraCATAAcross 35: Appropriate rhyme for sheerMEREAAcross 37: Bishops' vestmentsROCHETSAAcross 39: Picture puzzlesREBUSESAAcross 41: Ms. SommerELKEAAcross 42: Used an Eames productSATAAcross 44: PorterREDCAPAAcross 45: BeliefsISMSAAcross 47: VisionaryMOONSHINYAAcross 49: SmearBEDAUBAAcross 51: Wine: Comb. formOENAAcross 52: Argonauts' questFLEECEAAcross 55: Polo or fairGROUNDSAAcross 58: In declineLANGUISHINGAAcross 60: Elba, to NapoleonILEAAcross 62: Moving aboutASTIRAAcross 63: Thirty-two are a mouthfulTEETHAAcross 64: Ford's "Whip Inflation ___"NOWAAcross 65: Make a callPHONEAAcross 66: "Believe It ___"ORNOTAAcross 67: Opposite of hawGEEDDown 1: VandalHUNDDown 2: A Gunther subjectASIADDown 3: Swindles or malingersGOLDBRICKSDDown 4: Roll metal into a thin plateLAMINATEDDown 5: Food thickenerAGARDDown 6: City south of MilanMODENADDown 7: DullPROSAICDDown 8: ___ AntonioSANDDown 9: FrightenedSCAREDDDown 10: Indian farm-team playerTOLEDOMUDHENDDown 11: SinfulEVILDDown 12: Torme and BrooksMELSDDown 13: Eye problem: Var.STYEDDown 19: Eggy libationNOGDDown 21: Israeli Prime MinisterMENAHEMBEGINDDown 25: Dog soundGNARDDown 26: ExposeBAREDDown 27: Rounded moldingsOVOLIDDown 28: ReceivesGETSDDown 30: Revocatory actionRESCINDINGDDown 31: Of the planet MarsAREANDDown 34: TripletTERNDDown 36: DiscoverESPYDDown 38: MuttonfishSAMADDown 40: ImploredBESOUGHTDDown 43: Harder to crackTOUGHERDDown 46: SafeSECUREDDown 48: Kind of potatoO'BRIENDDown 50: "Agnus ___"DEIDDown 52: Fold of a tentFLAPDDown 53: Scold severelyLASHDDown 54: Within: Comb. formENTODDown 56: Wised upONTODDown 57: Kind of ginSLOEDDown 59: Pou ___ (a place to stand on)STODDown 61: Female sheepEWE