New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 4th January 1978 There are 33 across clues and 36 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 4th January 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bookcase featureSHELFAAcross 6: ImpertinentSASSYAAcross 11: ExiguousMEAGERAAcross 12: DetectionESPIALAAcross 14: See 13 DownNOSTONEUNTURNEDAAcross 17: Punta del ___ESTEAAcross 18: Door signENTERAAcross 19: Francis or StarrKAYAAcross 20: New HavenitesELISAAcross 21: Cicada soundCHIRRAAcross 22: Swan, for oneDIVEAAcross 23: RetreatDENAAcross 24: Dick or SpencerTRACYAAcross 25: FluffBONERAAcross 26: Supersonic thresholdMACHONEAAcross 28: Famed puppeteer and familySARGSAAcross 29: PromontoriesHEADLANDSAAcross 31: David or RobertFROSTAAcross 33: Five-sou piece in Louis XIV's dayLUIGINOAAcross 36: "___ Jacques"FREREAAcross 37: Isolated hillBUTTEAAcross 38: Matador's trophyEARAAcross 40: Electrified, as a wireLIVEAAcross 41: Performs without accompanimentSOLOSAAcross 42: Flock of mallardsSUTEAAcross 43: BotherADOAAcross 44: Corday's victimMARATAAcross 45: Cinnabar and mispickelORESAAcross 46: Go all outMAKEEVERYEFFORTAAcross 50: Polite replyYESSIRAAcross 51: Famous small town in GeorgiaPLAINSAAcross 52: Jimmy and JohnDEANSAAcross 53: "___ Dream," Wagner ariaELSASDDown 1: Verse form used by DanteSESTINADDown 2: ExecratesHATESDDown 3: PersonalityEGODDown 4: Writer DeightonLENDDown 5: Plenty of leewayFREE HANDDDown 5: Plenty of leewayFREEHANDDDown 6: G.I. standing guardSENTRYDDown 7: Garden bloomerASTERDDown 8: Urge onwardSPURDDown 9: Knightly titleSIRDDown 10: Bell ringer's activityYANKINGDDown 11: IslamiteMOSLEMDDown 13: With 14 Across, goes all outLEAVESDDown 14: RequirementNEEDDDown 15: Like an amoebaUNICELLULARDDown 16: Author of "Your Erroneous Zones"DYERDDown 21: Zagreb nativeCROATDDown 22: Back: PrefixDORSIDDown 24: "One of ___ days . . . "THESEDDown 25: Marshal's starBADGEDDown 27: Bit of workCHOREDDown 28: Agitated statesSNITSDDown 30: FacsimileAUTOTYPEDDown 31: "Dragnet" roleFRIDAYDDown 32: AnnulledREVOKEDDDown 34: Nerve cellsNEURONSDDown 35: Horse operasOATERSDDown 36: HumbugFLAMDDown 37: Destructive insectsBORERSDDown 39: "The ___ is silence": Hamlet's last wordsRESTDDown 41: Creeping juniperSAVINDDown 42: Capital of BulgariaSOFIADDown 44: TablelandMESADDown 47: Compass headingESEDDown 48: Edifice extensionELLDDown 49: Musical notesFAS