New York Times Answers - Friday, 15th December 1978 There are 35 across clues and 45 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 15th December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 43,560 sq. ft.ACREAAcross 5: Papal sealBULLAAAcross 10: PortendBODEAAcross 14: Type of campBOOTAAcross 15: Type of skinONIONAAcross 16: SummitAPEXAAcross 17: Pipeline, at timesUNDERGROUNDTUBEAAcross 20: Golf moundTEEAAcross 21: Author's employeeAGENTAAcross 22: "The defense ___"RESTSAAcross 23: J.F.K. was onePRESAAcross 24: Tippet's cousinBOAAAcross 25: Quarries in tales of piratesBURIEDTREASURESAAcross 33: Mountain climber's challengeARETEAAcross 34: Towl wordHERSAAcross 35: Napoleon, for shortEMPAAcross 36: Dog followersTAGSAAcross 37: GleamedSHONEAAcross 39: Spotted rodentPACAAAcross 40: George Gershwin's brotherIRAAAcross 41: SkiddedSLIDAAcross 42: BroadcastSTREWAAcross 43: Howard Carter's discovery: 1922KINGTUTANKHAMENAAcross 47: Yellow journalRAGAAcross 48: ResponsibilityONUSAAcross 49: Olivier or GielgudACTORAAcross 52: BurdenedLADENAAcross 54: Unworthy coinSOUAAcross 57: Predicaments in ghost storiesGRAVESITUATIONSAAcross 60: RouéRAKEAAcross 61: " . . . no fool like ___ fool"ANOLDAAcross 62: Wedding pelletsRICEAAcross 63: Cain-slain shepherdABELAAcross 64: LabyrinthsMAZESAAcross 65: Logger's travoisSLEDDDown 1: AdjoinABUTDDown 2: Ice-cream holderCONEDDown 3: Took the busRODEDDown 4: Paris seasonETEDDown 5: ___ down (in a rut)BOGGEDDDown 6: DisquietUNRESTDDown 7: Cowardly creature in OzLIONDDown 8: Bumpkin or lumpkinLOUTDDown 9: ___ ArborANNDDown 10: Canadian's flat-bottomed boatBATEAUDDown 11: Major workOPUSDDown 12: I.o.u.DEBTDDown 13: Wyes' predecessorsEXESDDown 18: Peep showRAREEDDown 19: Metal wasteDROSSDDown 23: SumpsPITSDDown 24: In one's "birthday suit"BAREDDown 25: Hand-dyed fabricBATIKDDown 26: Arrow poisonURARIDDown 27: Lear's second daughterREGANDDown 28: TV showRHODADDown 29: Irish diminutive suffixE'ENDDown 29: Irish diminutive suffixEENDDown 30: Resume war preparationsRE-ARMDDown 30: Resume war preparationsREARMDDown 31: Johnny Carson roleEMCEEDDown 32: Deposit eggs, as salmonSPAWNDDown 37: Garden pestSLUGDDown 38: Line-drive double, e.g.HITDDown 39: School orgs.PTASDDown 41: Ogle, with "at"STAREDDown 42: SidetrackSHUNTDDown 44: Display servilityGROVELDDown 45: Plant budNODULEDDown 46: Massages, in a wayKNEADSDDown 49: Site of the Pearl MosqueAGRADDown 50: Type of apple or grassCRABDDown 51: CaptureTAKEDDown 52: Director WertmüllerLINADDown 53: From ___ (completely)ATOZDDown 54: Loam or loessSOILDDown 55: Twice halvedONCEDDown 56: SecondhandUSEDDDown 58: Hill or BrowneSAMDDown 59: Division of Dept. of the TreasuryIRS