New York Times Answers - Thursday, 21st December 1978 There are 33 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 21st December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lerner-Loewe musicalCAMELOTAAcross 8: Altar in the skyARAAAcross 11: Composer RoremNEDAAcross 14: Ancient MesopotamianAMORITEAAcross 15: ImplyCONNOTEAAcross 17: Showy fan palmTALIPOTAAcross 18: Body of proxy rulersREGENCYAAcross 19: Llama-landPERUAAcross 21: Sense of pitchEARAAcross 22: Price-reducing premiumAGIOAAcross 25: Busy onesANTSAAcross 28: Gun a motorREVAAcross 30: Charged atomIONAAcross 31: Hit signSROAAcross 32: October drinkALEAAcross 33: Retirement benefitPROCRASTINATINGAAcross 39: Ditto aboveOLDROCKINGCHAIRAAcross 40: Ditto aboveTIMEONONESHANDSAAcross 41: Opposite of taboo, in HiloNOAAAcross 42: "___ your heart out!"EATAAcross 43: Corp., e.g.NCOAAcross 44: VetchERSAAcross 45: Coaster of a sortSLEDAAcross 47: Gazebo drinksADESAAcross 48: Drink-on-the-runNIPAAcross 50: Founder of "The Bookman"DODDAAcross 52: Kind of checkersCHINESEAAcross 56: Overwhelming floodNIAGARAAAcross 61: Clumsy workmanBUNGLERAAcross 62: Relative of a bouquetNOSEGAYAAcross 63: Middle-age problemSAGAAcross 64: Indian exportTEAAAcross 65: Monroe's early homeASHLAWNDDown 1: GrimalkinCATDDown 2: "I ___ Camera"AMADDown 3: Smallest particle of an elem.MOLDDown 4: SilkwormERIDDown 5: Fra ___ LippiLIPPODDown 6: Today he's a SoonerOTOEDDown 7: Prefix with meter or gramTETRADDown 8: Top: Comb. formACRDDown 9: Richard ___ROEDDown 10: French spiritANGEDDown 11: Lack of trust or dependenceNONRELIANCEDDown 12: Common abbr.ETC.DDown 13: Ottoman officialDEYDDown 16: CloseNEARATHANDDDown 20: Generously givenUNSTINTEDDDown 22: Logan tenantAIRLINEDDown 23: Breakfast greetingGOOD MORNINGDDown 24: WaxingINCREASINGDDown 26: ThreefoldTRINEDDown 27: "___ My Mother Taught Me"SONGSDDown 29: Those just arrived at GranadaVENIDOSDDown 33: KittyPOTDDown 34: Pooh's friend, Little ___ROODDown 35: Skin problemsACNESDDown 36: ToastSKOALDDown 37: Bonn exclamationACHDDown 38: Sch. marksGRSDDown 46: "La ___ è mobile"DONNADDown 47: Cut ___ (be conspicuous)ADASHDDown 49: StonePELTDDown 51: "Vaya con ___"DIOSDDown 52: Network monogramCBSDDown 53: Mao's successorHUADDown 54: ComprehendSEEDDown 55: Babylonian or CaesareanERADDown 57: SetGELDDown 58: Eastern bigwigAGADDown 59: InexperiencedRAWDDown 60: Author RandAYN