New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 16th December 1980 There are 36 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 16th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kind of sugar or syrupMAPLEAAcross 6: Amateurish performerHAMAAcross 9: In fighting shapeTRIMAAcross 13: BroadcastAIREDAAcross 14: Lyric poemODEAAcross 15: Oriental rugHERATAAcross 17: Town where 48 Across was bornSTEVENTONAAcross 19: On the mother's sideENATEAAcross 20: Dr. SalkJONASAAcross 21: River or Gershwin's first big hitSWANEEAAcross 22: Homophone for newGNUAAcross 24: Posthumous novel by 48 AcrossPERSUASIONAAcross 27: InflamedREDAAcross 28: Most orderlyNEATESTAAcross 29: Dispatch boatAVISOAAcross 31: Gunpowder or hysonTEAAAcross 32: ___ up (increases)STEPSAAcross 37: OrnamentationDECORAAcross 38: Small bird of preyOWLETAAcross 39: BuildERECTAAcross 40: Self-esteemEGOAAcross 43: ClamorNOISEAAcross 44: Heidt and GreeleyHORACESAAcross 47: Caldwell or AkinsZOEAAcross 48: Great English novelistJANE AUSTENAAcross 52: Cleo's killerASPAAcross 53: Future oaksACORNSAAcross 54: " . . . and out like ___"ALAMBAAcross 57: Carry alongBRINGAAcross 58: "___ Park," novel by 48 AcrossMANSFIELDAAcross 62: Succession: Fr.SERIEAAcross 63: Actress MacGrawALIAAcross 64: Lana's first husbandARTIEAAcross 65: VaticinatorSEERAAcross 66: UnitedWEDAAcross 67: Actress Ada of yoreREHANDDown 1: Bell and KettleMASDDown 2: Small islandAITDDown 3: "Pride and ___," novel by 48 AcrossPREJUDICEDDown 4: Turning counterclockwise, for shortLEVODDown 5: First placeEDENDDown 6: Position of anxietyHOT SEATDDown 7: TroubleADODDown 8: Items on a game boardMENDDown 9: Unfinished manuscript by 48 AcrossTHEWATSONSDDown 10: Calif. rockfishRENASDDown 11: Teheran nativeIRANIDDown 12: San ___, Calif.MATEODDown 16: Harold of the comicsTEENDDown 18: ScruffNAPEDDown 21: Swine genusSUSDDown 22: A or 100, e.g.GRADEDDown 23: "___ on Sunday"NEVERDDown 25: Highway: Abbr.RTEDDown 26: Red or RossSEADDown 28: "___ Abbey," posthumous novel by 48 AcrossNORTHANGERDDown 30: The S.P.C.A. is oneSOCDDown 33: Number of satellites around MarsTWODDown 34: ___ Bennet, heroine created by 48 AcrossELIZABETHDDown 35: Cuernavaca cashPESOSDDown 36: PrecipitousSTEEPDDown 40: Conversational pausesERSDDown 41: Water channelGATDDown 42: Sea nymphOCEANIDDDown 45: Full of: SuffixOUSDDown 46: Photo blowups: Abbr.ENLSDDown 48: Certain punchesJABSDDown 49: Estate or landsACRESDDown 50: Bête ___NOIREDDown 51: Borgnine to friendsERNIEDDown 55: Not nearbyAFARDDown 56: Slue gooMIREDDown 58: Throat of a voracious beastMAWDDown 59: Some drink this "gingerly"ALEDDown 60: ___ Fail, Irish coronation stoneLIADDown 61: StudyDEN