New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 6th December 1978 There are 39 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 6th December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Convert skin into white leatherTAWAAcross 4: Sloven or boorSLOBAAcross 8: Money in IranRIALAAcross 12: Ireland, in IrishEIREAAcross 13: Titled onesEARLSAAcross 15: Suffix for refer or despondENCEAAcross 16: London galleryTATEAAcross 17: Lace edgingPICOTAAcross 18: Arthur of tennis fameASHEAAcross 19: UnrefinedCRUDEAAcross 21: One of the Vienna boysCHORISTERAAcross 23: SeragliosHAREMSAAcross 25: Mss. handlerEDITORAAcross 26: Bay windowsORIELSAAcross 28: Extreme povertyPENURYAAcross 31: Small birdTITAAcross 33: Canines, e.g.TEETHAAcross 35: Reminders, for shortMEMOSAAcross 36: WoodwindOBOEAAcross 38: Word of mouthPAROLAAcross 40: PlexusRETEAAcross 41: GadgetGISMOAAcross 43: Unit of capacitanceFARADAAcross 45: Neither's buddyNORAAcross 46: GradientASCENTAAcross 48: BemoanLAMENTAAcross 50: SecretARCANEAAcross 52: Polite wordPLEASEAAcross 55: KindredCONGENIALAAcross 58: Where to locate 30 DownATLASAAcross 59: "I cannot tell ___"ALIEAAcross 60: ___ Cruz, city in ArgentinaGODOYAAcross 62: Pinball no-noTILTAAcross 63: Neighbor of N.J.PENNAAcross 64: CorpulentOBESEAAcross 65: Wife of OsirisISISAAcross 66: "Honi ___ . . . "SOITAAcross 67: Once, onceERSTAAcross 68: Common abbr.ETC.DDown 1: Formal headdressTIARADDown 2: Cellist until 1886ARTURO TOSCANINIDDown 3: Gardener's deviceWEEDERDDown 4: Aug.'s neighborSEPDDown 5: Clerical's oppositeLAICDDown 6: Main career of 2 DownORCHESTRALEADERDDown 7: Word with hound or bankBLOODDDown 8: Logical anchor man?REASONERDDown 9: Ancillary role of 2 DownINSTRUMENTALISTDDown 10: Word with head or earACHEDDown 11: Nasty lookLEERDDown 12: DelineateETCHDDown 14: Word with tease or pokerSTRIPDDown 20: Give offEMITDDown 22: ParticularITEMDDown 24: OozeSEEPDDown 27: Word with fig or flyLEAFDDown 29: Print from a rotary pressROTODDown 30: River to the North SeaYSERDDown 31: Cato's garbTOGADDown 32: Wading birdIBISDDown 34: Israeli folk danceHORADDown 37: Like an underdeveloped countryEMERGENTDDown 39: Nightingale's accessoryLAMPDDown 42: "Three Bears" openerONCEDDown 44: Walter ___ MareDELADDown 47: "Last ___ in Paris"TANGODDown 49: Diminutive of JanetNETTIEDDown 51: Classical weeperNIOBEDDown 53: Relating to the Frankish peopleSALICDDown 54: Superlative suffixesESTSDDown 55: CrownsCAPSDDown 56: A spreadOLEODDown 57: Red-ink itemLOSSDDown 61: StillYET