New York Times Answers - Friday, 23rd December 1977 There are 33 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 23rd December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: JokersWAGSAAcross 5: Chanticleer's callCROWAAcross 9: Latin singerCHAROAAcross 14: Paris airportORLYAAcross 15: Sign onHIREAAcross 16: Singer ReddyHELENAAcross 17: SpreadORANGE MARMALADEAAcross 20: Dickens's "Artful" oneDODGERAAcross 21: Not quite a direct hitNEAR MISSAAcross 22: Fruit is a natural oneSWEETAAcross 23: Major Hoople's expletiveEGADAAcross 24: Slipped out of courseSLUEDAAcross 26: Carnera of boxing famePRIMOAAcross 31: Franklin's motherSARAAAcross 35: Pitti Palace attractionARTAAcross 36: Hardy in old filmsROONEYAAcross 37: Burgess novel, "A ___"CLOCKWORKORANGEAAcross 40: LovedADOREDAAcross 41: Signora's "Mangia!"EATAAcross 42: Spot for a slotDOORAAcross 43: Subway fareTOKENAAcross 44: The scrubsBENCHAAcross 46: Entreat earnestlyURGEAAcross 47: Bright ___ASDAYAAcross 52: His end is in sightSTREAKERAAcross 57: SecretARCANEAAcross 58: New Guinea rangeORANGEMOUNTAINSAAcross 60: What a home run usually clearsFENCEAAcross 61: John, in WalesEVANAAcross 62: Properly VictorianPRIMAAcross 63: Places for chapeauxTETESAAcross 64: Pianist PeterNEROAAcross 65: Like Swiss cheeseEYEYDDown 1: Orchestra members, for shortWOODSDDown 2: Quiver articleARROWDDown 3: Clearing in a forestGLADEDDown 4: "Playboy of the Western World" playwrightSYNGEDDown 5: Entertainer from El Centro, Calif.CHERDDown 6: FlangeRIMDDown 7: Sight near OcalaORANGETREEGROVEDDown 8: "We are all poets when ___ a poem well": CarlyleWEREADDDown 9: CarbonizeCHARDDown 10: TillerHELMDDown 11: Jai ___ALAIDDown 12: Darlings of CincinnatiREDSDDown 13: "Snake eyes" in RenoONESDDown 18: With 19 Down, becomes enragedGETSDDown 19: See 18 DownMADDDown 23: Large kangarooEURODDown 25: Character in "The Green Pastures"LAWDDDown 26: With "favor," señor's "Please"PORDDown 27: WayROADDDown 28: ___ time (pronto)INNODDown 29: "Let ___, Lover!": 1954 songMEGODDown 30: Kind of criminal trialOYERDDown 31: Type of jazz singingSCATDDown 32: Actor RayALDODDown 33: SwindleROOKDDown 34: Israeli portACREDDown 36: U.S.A. reserve groupROTCDDown 38: Range of visionKENDDown 38: Range of visionKEN.DDown 39: Orson Welles roleKANEDDown 44: City on the WeserBREMENDDown 45: Senator from ColoradoHARTDDown 46: Cousin of a "gee-tar"UKEDDown 48: Scenic viewSCAPEDDown 49: Typical Wisconsin farmDAIRYDDown 50: Broadway hit: 1977ANNIEDDown 51: "___ Darling Daughter"YESMYDDown 52: Out of shapeSOFTDDown 53: Catalpa, e.g.TREEDDown 54: VituperateRANTDDown 55: Noun suffixENCEDDown 56: Man's "seven"AGESDDown 57: ___ DominiANNODDown 59: Mideast initials of yesteryearUAR