New York Times Answers - Saturday, 23rd December 1978 There are 35 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 23rd December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Long-necked pearBOSCAAcross 5: Album itemDISCAAcross 9: He answered to HarryALBENAAcross 14: Ending with buckAROOAAcross 15: Thought: Comb. formIDEOAAcross 16: He played QueegNOLANAAcross 17: Memorable comedian, or his biographerLAHRAAcross 18: PaltryMEANAAcross 19: ContainHOUSEAAcross 20: Song hit of 1941, with 48 AcrossIDONTWANTTOSETAAcross 23: Kettle handleBAILAAcross 24: ___ Kollo, Met tenorRENEAAcross 25: Museum lecturerDOCENTAAcross 28: Formed a single line while marchingFILEDOFFAAcross 32: 4,047 square metersACREAAcross 33: Makes a firm, level surfacePAVESAAcross 34: French pronounLUIAAcross 35: Baldwin titleTHEFIRENEXTTIMEAAcross 39: Proposal before the statesERAAAcross 40: Belfry soundsDONGSAAcross 41: Higher in rankOVERAAcross 42: Agnes and CecilDEMILLESAAcross 44: Queen of whodunitsELLERYAAcross 46: Welshman or IrishmanCELTAAcross 47: IntegumentARILAAcross 48: See 20 AcrossTHEWORLDONFIREAAcross 54: Hindu teacherSWAMIAAcross 55: Craving eagerlyAVIDAAcross 56: DebaucheeROUEAAcross 57: Giant, to a DodgerRIVALAAcross 58: Heavy bookTOMEAAcross 59: Diminutive suffixETTEAAcross 60: UprightONENDAAcross 61: Dec. 24 and Dec. 31EVESAAcross 62: ModerateEASEDDown 1: Lesser Sunda islandBALIDDown 2: Toward the mouthORADDDown 3: Where Samuel Johnson's club metSOHODDown 4: Cabbage's partnerCORN BEEFDDown 5: KnuckleheadDIMWITDDown 6: EdenicIDEALDDown 7: ConnerySEANDDown 8: SchemesCONTRIVESDDown 9: "___ man's the noblest work of God": PopeANHONESTDDown 10: Set freeLOOSEDDDown 11: Suffering from mulligrubsBLUEDDown 12: Word with Orange or LymeEASTDDown 13: Frequent rte. of coastal stormsNNEDDown 21: Soft shadeTANDDown 22: Communication serviceTELEXDDown 25: Like leisure suitsDATEDDDown 26: Limonite's cousinOCHREDDown 27: Richest partCREAMDDown 28: Bite 'em itemsFANGSDDown 29: Salad garnishOLIVEDDown 30: Angry oneFUMERDDown 31: Hot-temperedFIERYDDown 33: EnterPENETRATEDDown 36: Kennedy, in 1948IDLEWILDDDown 37: Dr. MayROLLODDown 38: Like some bridgesTOLL-FREEDDown 43: Home deliverer, onceICEMANDDown 44: Disintegrates slowlyERODESDDown 45: Author YutangLINDDown 47: "Brother, Can You Spare ___?"ADIMEDDown 48: Kind of bill or bedTWINDDown 49: OwnHAVEDDown 50: Ukrainian cityLVOVDDown 51: Greek letterIOTADDown 52: Traffic slowersRUTSDDown 53: Shoe widthEEEEDDown 54: Sign of a long runSRO