New York Times Answers - Monday, 25th December 1978 There are 35 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Monday, 25th December 1978. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wassail quaffsALESAAcross 5: "Bugs" or MaxBAERAAcross 9: Cuban catGATOAAcross 13: Quantity of cookiesBATCHAAcross 15: "God's Little ___"ACREAAcross 16: Soprano GristRERIAAcross 17: Dickens classicACHRISTMASCAROLAAcross 20: Give confidence toASSUREAAcross 21: " . . . One that inhabiteth ___": Isa. 57:15ETERNITYAAcross 22: Titanic sinkerBERGAAcross 24: UnitedONEDAAcross 25: "Worm of the Nile"ASPAAcross 28: Vichy trial townRIOMAAcross 30: Sonoran's hot snackTAMALEAAcross 34: Sounds from pom-pom girlsRAHSAAcross 36: PromoteABETAAcross 38: Mount Vernon or MonticelloMANORAAcross 39: Actor who played 62 AcrossLIONEL BARRYMOREAAcross 42: Insect: Comb. formENTOMAAcross 43: Synthetic spreadOLEOAAcross 44: GuinnessALECAAcross 45: Harriet Beecher's in-lawsSTOWESAAcross 47: Hindu relative of PlutoYAMAAAcross 49: A.F.B. in ColoradoENTAAcross 50: Jane Fonda's Oscar-winning role in "Klute"BREEAAcross 52: Keep ___ onTABSAAcross 54: InundatingDELUGINGAAcross 58: Heraclitus was oneIONIANAAcross 62: Marley's surviving partnerEBENEZERSCROOGEAAcross 64: Cattle feedBRANAAcross 65: Give outEMITAAcross 66: Man of "sound mind"TUNERAAcross 67: Bennett or MartinTONYAAcross 68: "Auld Lang ___"SYNEAAcross 69: Polynesian's foodTARODDown 1: Rhyme schemeABAADDown 2: Resinous substancesLACSDDown 3: Suffixes for ordinal numbersETHSDDown 4: Stunted treeSCRUBDDown 5: Night flierBATDDown 6: ZenithACMEDDown 7: Muse with a lyreERATODDown 8: Take umbrageRESENTDDown 9: Family memberGRANDMAMADDown 10: Air: Comb. formAERIDDown 11: Turkey ___TROTDDown 12: Like mechanics' handsOILYDDown 14: Personnel chiefHIRERDDown 18: "The Pickwick Papers," originallySERIALDDown 19: LusciousCREAMYDDown 23: Clown in "The Merchant of Venice"GOBBODDown 25: Van Gogh painted hereARLESDDown 26: Mary or JosephSAINTDDown 27: Souvenir of a family gatheringPHOTODDown 29: FarinaceousMEALYDDown 31: LizardANOLEDDown 32: Ponti's spouseLORENDDown 33: RearERECTDDown 35: Neophyte on the slopesSNOWBUNNYDDown 37: Festive dinner, e.g.TREATDDown 40: Leave a labyrinthEMERGEDDown 41: Of modern GreeceROMAICDDown 46: NabsSEIZESDDown 48: Stop a space missionABORTDDown 51: Herod, to the Jewish leadersENEMYDDown 53: Feature that gave a Schnauzer its nameSNOUTDDown 54: I.o.u. causeDEBTDDown 55: Longest river entirely in SpainEBRODDown 56: Sprat's dietLEANDDown 57: One way to "bear it"GRINDDown 59: One of the Inner HebridesIONADDown 60: Dyeing apparatusAGERDDown 61: Wolfe of whodunitsNERODDown 63: Sault ___ MarieSTE