New York Times Answers - Saturday, 31st December 1977 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 31st December 1977. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Of grandparentsAVALAAcross 5: Part-songFA LAAAcross 9: LaneWAYAAcross 12: Soft leatherNAPAAAcross 13: Ancient rival of BabyloniaELAMAAcross 14: It's often highPLANEAAcross 16: "Whiffenpoof" singersELISAAcross 17: "Mona ___"LISAAAcross 18: First soprano to star in "Turandot": 1926RAISAAAcross 19: Potential sitterAUNTAAcross 20: Carol subjectLITTLESTARAAcross 22: Capital of SaskatchewanREGINAAAcross 24: BragBOASTAAcross 25: Indira Gandhi's fatherNEHRUAAcross 27: Boston U.'s terrierMASCOTAAcross 31: Faux pasGAFFEAAcross 34: Parisian's basic verbETREAAcross 36: ___ Carrée (Louvre quadrangle)COURAAcross 37: Skunk cabbage or calla lilyAROIDAAcross 38: Compass pointNNEAAcross 39: "___ on earth . . . "PEACEAAcross 40: Author of "My Life": 1975MEIRAAcross 41: Night lightMOONAAcross 42: "Ring ___ new": TennysonINTHEAAcross 43: "___ Fideles"ADESTEAAcross 45: Home of the braveTEPEEAAcross 47: Adjective for a fugueTONALAAcross 49: Bouquets that can't be thrownAROMASAAcross 53: How some face a new yearRESOLUTELYAAcross 57: KismetFATEAAcross 58: Like truth, at timesAWFULAAcross 59: Namath & Co.RAMSAAcross 60: "Pretty maids all in ___"AROWAAcross 61: Turkey, ham, etc.MEATSAAcross 62: "There ___ time like the present"ISNOAAcross 63: Item delivered by an actorLINEAAcross 64: Roman citadelARXAAcross 65: Egyptian solar deityATONAAcross 66: Lustful lookLEERDDown 1: Lend ___ (hearken)ANEARDDown 2: Shopper's concernVALUEDDown 3: Rich Little's forteAPINGDDown 4: Inventory termLAST IN FIRST OUTDDown 5: Syrian peasantFELLAHDDown 6: Et ___ (and others)ALIIDDown 7: Introductions clichéLAST BUT NOT LEASTDDown 8: Great baritone of Caruso's dayAMATODDown 9: " . . . who only stand and ___": MiltonWAITDDown 10: Looped handleANSADDown 11: "Happy New ___!"YEARDDown 14: Cue, in group singingPRESADDown 15: What Jaques called "second childishness"LASTSCENEOFALLDDown 21: Cloth of goldLAMEDDown 23: PovertyNEEDDDown 26: Where some are keen for kenoRENODDown 28: Put paint onCOATDDown 29: Setting for a precious stoneOUCHDDown 30: Yuletide cynosureTREEDDown 31: Character in "Princess Ida"GAMADDown 32: Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest"AREDDDown 33: Pâté de ___ grasFOIEDDown 35: Movie director ClairRENEDDown 39: Atlantic City attractionPIERDDown 41: Café cardMENUDDown 44: Sounds like Donne's bellTOLLSDDown 46: Owner of the MetsPAYSONDDown 48: Central Roman roomsATRIADDown 50: Singer OsmondMARIEDDown 51: In harmonyATONEDDown 52: Ed Norton's bailiwickSEWERDDown 53: Hero of a Hindu epicRAMADDown 54: JugEWERDDown 55: Tunisian seaportSFAXDDown 56: Quartet that can't singLMNO