New York Times Answers - Thursday, 29th December 1977 There are 35 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 29th December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Coating for applesCARAMELAAcross 8: U.S. observatoryPALOMARAAcross 15: Human being or nudistADAMITEAAcross 16: Stir, in SiciliaAGITAREAAcross 17: Enjoyed the highwaysMOTOREDAAcross 18: AchromaticNEUTRALAAcross 19: Five geological periodsERASAAcross 20: Marine detectorSONARAAcross 22: "Ma—He's Making Eyes ___"ATMEAAcross 23: Tennis termLETAAcross 24: Inland duty on commodities: Abbr.FETAAcross 25: Singer JanisIANAAcross 26: Place to caulkSEAMAAcross 28: TenderOFFERAAcross 30: State of annoyanceSNITAAcross 31: Word with mate or workTEAMAAcross 33: Bands that stretch across the countryELASTICSAAcross 35: DeviationABERRANCEAAcross 37: Jersey bayBARNEGATAAcross 40: ___ Carlo MenottiGIANAAcross 42: "How now! ___?": HamletARATAAcross 43: Flavorsome herbANISEAAcross 45: Swimmer SpitzMARKAAcross 48: Part of R.S.V.P.SILAAcross 49: Agnes or Bernadette: Abbr.STEAAcross 50: Small wooden pegTEEAAcross 51: Powder baseTALCAAcross 53: SanctumsLAIRSAAcross 55: FretFUMEAAcross 56: FeatherbrainedIDIOTICAAcross 58: Banking mechanism for a pilotAILERONAAcross 60: "Beware the man of ___": D'IsraeliONEBOOKAAcross 61: Surrounding influenceCLIMATEAAcross 62: Ron and familyNESSENSAAcross 63: Franco Harris, e.g.STEELERDDown 1: Pack seen in the SaharaCAMELSDDown 2: Renee of the silentsADOREEDDown 3: Imitative knocking soundRAT-A-TATDDown 3: Imitative knocking soundRATATATDDown 4: Otis of baseball fameAMOSDDown 5: "Bei ___ Bist du Schön," 1937 songMIRDDown 6: Somme summersETESDDown 7: Was the first batterLEDOFFDDown 8: Slender smokePANATELADDown 9: Dyeing apparatusAGERDDown 10: The Blackbirds of N.Y.C.LIUDDown 11: Norwegian townOTTADDown 12: It's wet even when very dryMARTINIDDown 13: Semitic languageARAMAICDDown 14: Becomes mollifiedRELENTSDDown 21: Wife of Amenhotep IVNEFERTITIDDown 27: IntendedMEANTDDown 28: Series terminationOMEGADDown 29: Cowboy's milieuRANGEDDown 30: Type of heatSTEAMDDown 32: VigodaABEDDown 34: High-school subj.SCIDDown 36: Searches thoroughlyRANSACKSDDown 37: StrongholdBASTIONDDown 38: She helped Theseus to escapeARIADNEDDown 39: Calls to armsRALLIESDDown 41: White key on a pianoNATURALDDown 44: Glacial blocksSERACSDDown 46: Outside broadcastREMOTEDDown 47: Not so obtuseKEENERDDown 52: Short, thickset horsesCOBSDDown 53: Beast helped by AndroclesLIONDDown 54: Sandy depositSILTDDown 55: Woman, in lawyers' lingoFEMEDDown 57: Word with hold or nailTOEDDown 59: Take a recumbent positionLIE