New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 20th December 1978 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 20th December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Emulate the flight of the kiteSOARAAcross 5: Canal or CanyonGRANDAAcross 10: SEATO, for onePACTAAcross 14: Earthen jarOLLAAAcross 15: Logrolling contestROLEOAAcross 16: Port of importance in the CrusadesACREAAcross 17: Easy to liftLIGHTASAFEATHERAAcross 20: Discharge in disgraceCASHIERAAcross 21: Diplomatic-corps deanDOYENAAcross 22: Hill dwellerANTAAcross 23: Breakfast foodBRANAAcross 25: AppetizingSAVORYAAcross 29: Talk boastfullyBRAGAAcross 30: VinegarVIMAAcross 33: Urge onABETAAcross 34: Snow or soap followerFLAKEAAcross 35: Suffix with alp or riverINEAAcross 36: Build a Swiss bank accountFEATHER ONE'S NESTAAcross 40: Building sectionELLAAcross 41: EschewAVOIDAAcross 42: PitcherEWERAAcross 43: Madrid monarchREYAAcross 44: "Good Queen ___"BESSAAcross 45: Magician's "___ chango!"PRESTOAAcross 47: Solecistic wordAINTAAcross 48: Vietnamese cityHUEAAcross 49: CatkinAMENTAAcross 52: "Babes in Toyland" composerHERBERTAAcross 56: Compatible personsBIRDSOFAFEATHERAAcross 60: Muse of historyCLIOAAcross 61: Ex ___ (one-sided)PARTEAAcross 62: Apt rhyme for casinoRENOAAcross 63: Kind of mouse or houndDEERAAcross 64: Four of 52TREYSAAcross 65: Marryat's "Mr. Midshipman ___"EASYDDown 1: Costa del ___SOLDDown 2: Suffix used in acid namesOLICDDown 3: Water growthALGADDown 4: Stadium soundsRAHSDDown 5: Mottled, as a photographGRAINYDDown 6: Brazil redROSETDDown 7: WingedALARDDown 8: Ship-shaped clockNEFDDown 9: Hutch occupantDOEDDown 10: "Cry the Beloved Country" authorPATONDDown 11: RheumaticACHYDDown 12: Hudson Bay IndianCREEDDown 13: Gull's cousinTERNDDown 18: "___ she blows!"THARDDown 19: Well-known sayingsADAGESDDown 23: StigmaBRANDDDown 24: Dissolute manRAKEDDown 25: Less riskySAFERDDown 26: White poplarABELEDDown 27: ImmatureVEALYDDown 28: Diamond star MelOTTDDown 29: City on the LoireBLOISDDown 30: SurveysVIEWSDDown 31: Separate leaf in a bookINSETDDown 32: Subway on the ContinentMETRODDown 34: New England poet: 1874–1963FROSTDDown 37: Special garbsHABITSDDown 38: UniformEVENDDown 39: BornNEEDDown 45: Thick soupsPUREESDDown 46: One-fourth of a shekelREBADDown 47: Words in a contractANDORDDown 48: Built like a fullbackHEFTYDDown 49: First four rows at the MetABCDDDown 50: Track-meet eventMILEDDown 51: Battle of Lake ___: 1813ERIEDDown 52: The constellation LepusHAREDDown 53: Raison d'___ETREDDown 54: Flightless birdRHEADDown 55: "Sawbucks"TENSDDown 57: ChooseOPTDDown 58: Word with East or WestFARDDown 59: CampanellaROY