New York Times Answers - Saturday, 24th December 1977 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 24th December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Homophone for seizeSEASAAcross 5: Annapurna, e.g.PEAKAAcross 9: What bugbears doSCAREAAcross 14: Curtain colorECRUAAcross 15: Spike the punchLACEAAcross 16: " . . . sugarplums danced in ___ heads"THEIRAAcross 17: " . . . no ___ for them in the inn": Luke 2:7ROOMAAcross 18: Like the muscles of new skiersACHYAAcross 19: Neighbor of BangorORONOAAcross 20: BlarneyFLAMAAcross 21: They followed that starTHREEKINGSAAcross 23: CalmSERENEAAcross 25: Enjoys the holidayIDLESAAcross 26: Peace offeringROSESAAcross 28: Necks of landISTHMIAAcross 32: "On the ___ day of Christmas . . . "FIRSTAAcross 35: "___ Troll," Heine poemATTAAAcross 37: Glacier in AlaskaMUIRAAcross 38: Minneapolis suburbEDINAAAcross 39: Rival of T.C.U.SMUAAcross 40: Kind of rayGAMMAAAcross 41: Off one's rockerLOCOAAcross 42: Blanquette ingredientVEALAAcross 43: Quaker in a groveASPENAAcross 44: "He that is ___ anger . . . ": Proverbs 16:32SLOWTOAAcross 46: Famed restaurateurSARDIAAcross 48: ___ acid (yellow vitamin)FOLICAAcross 50: What the elves do for SantaASSISTAAcross 54: Stem of a Christmas plantHOLLYSTALKAAcross 58: "Damn Yankees" temptressLOLAAAcross 59: "___ of snow-white horses"A-TEAMAAcross 60: Author EliavARIEAAcross 61: IndigoANILAAcross 62: Get the dice readySHAKEAAcross 63: Pen name of novelist ViaudLOTIAAcross 64: His presents come on Jan. 6NINOAAcross 65: Polish city, to a GermanPOSENAAcross 66: Wang Lung's wifeOLANAAcross 67: Travelers' rest houses, Indian styleDAKSDDown 1: Slavish sons of the soilSERFSDDown 2: Place closed at NoëlECOLEDDown 3: BellowingAROARDDown 4: Plant also called star-of-BethlehemSUMMER SNOWFLAKEDDown 5: EarthenwarePLATESDDown 6: Every's partnerEACHDDown 7: It begins: "Marley was dead . . . "ACHRISTMASCAROLDDown 8: AttunedKEYEDDDown 9: Feeds the furnaceSTOKESDDown 10: Largest atoll in the PacificCHRISTMASISLANDDDown 11: Period like a millenniumAEONDDown 12: "___ out the old"RINGDDown 13: DesireEROSDDown 22: Man of talesELIADDown 24: "___ creature was stirring"NOTADDown 27: Make comfortableEASEDDown 29: KnollHUMPDDown 30: JesterMIMEDDown 31: Where Kerman isIRANDDown 32: Planetarium in PhiladelphiaFELSDDown 33: Santa, to totsIDOLDDown 34: Puerto ___RICODDown 36: ___ Finklea (Cyd Charisse)TULADDown 40: Rambles restlesslyGADSDDown 42: Tennesseans, for shortVOLSDDown 45: Busy people in DecemberTOYMENDDown 47: Strike it richRAKE INDDown 49: Met basso TajoITALODDown 51: Chios, Samos, etc.IONIADDown 52: Move furtivelySLINKDDown 53: Mythical man of brassTALOSDDown 54: Place for a padlockHASPDDown 55: Galba's successorOTHODDown 56: Pastoral sightsLEASDDown 57: Second Mrs. ChaplinLITA