New York Times Answers - Thursday, 25th December 1980 There are 37 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 25th December 1980. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: TartACIDAAcross 5: Victorian's cryEGADAAcross 9: Important port in the CrusadesACREAAcross 13: Unit of loudnessSONEAAcross 14: ___ DameNOTREAAcross 16: Yule cynosureTREEAAcross 17: KringleSANTA CLAUSAAcross 19: ReportTELLAAcross 20: Arctic, for oneOCEANAAcross 21: Sailors' patronELMOAAcross 22: Not intricateEASYAAcross 23: First of Scrooge's visionsCHRISTMASPASTAAcross 26: A.F.T. rivalNEAAAcross 27: Mild reproofsTUTTUTSAAcross 30: Will-___-wispOTHEAAcross 33: Leave offDESISTAAcross 36: What sigma followsRHOAAcross 37: He wrote "A Visit from St. Nicholas"MOOREAAcross 39: Yuletide mo.DECAAcross 40: Cross as ___ABEARAAcross 42: DoxyISMAAcross 43: "I told you so" expressionsSMIRKSAAcross 46: Family that once celebrated Il NataleESTEAAcross 47: What X marksTHESPOTAAcross 49: Eat high on the ___HOGAAcross 51: Carol words from Watts' Psalm 98JOYTOTHEWORLDAAcross 57: Twin who was a poor traderESAUAAcross 59: Babylonian goddessERUAAAcross 60: H.R.E. emperor: 962–73OTHO IAAcross 61: Freeway exitRAMPAAcross 62: Bethlehem, in a carolLITTLETOWNAAcross 64: "___ Ideas," 1951 songIGETAAcross 65: Composer who influenced RavelSATIEAAcross 66: Scene of Adam's appleEDENAAcross 67: OvidNASOAAcross 68: Advance; impartLENDAAcross 69: Tiber feederNERADDown 1: The N.A.A.C.P. is oneASSOCDDown 2: Rose Bowl V.I.P.COACHDDown 3: ___ sanctumINNERDDown 4: Writ sought by a wardenDETAINERDDown 5: Ref. bookENCDDown 6: Legendary automatonGOLEMDDown 7: Novel by ChateaubriandATALADDown 8: Yuletide dinner portionDRUMSTICKDDown 9: CertifyATTESTDDown 10: Elves, reindeer, etc.CREATURESDDown 11: Bro. and dau.RELSDDown 12: Hard to holdEELYDDown 15: N.Y. town on the HudsonESOPUSDDown 18: Faulkner heroANSEDDown 24: One of the donees of 17 AcrossTADDDown 25: "___ boy!"ATTADDown 28: "In hopes ___ St. Nicholas . . . "THATDDown 29: Fighting madSOREDDown 30: Forget to includeOMITDDown 31: "Nonsense!" in NewcastleTOSHDDown 32: Command to a chauffeurHOMEJAMESDDown 34: Vehicle for a famous reply to VirginiaEDITORIALDDown 35: Mass talk: Abbr.SERDDown 38: Make outESPYDDown 41: "The only ___ Son . . . ": John 1:18BEGOTTENDDown 44: Modern innsMOTELSDDown 45: PronounSHEDDown 48: "___ the housetop . . . "SOUPTODDown 50: Shakespearean "Alas!"OWOEDDown 52: Mozart's "Cosi fan ___"TUTTEDDown 53: With ___ handHATINDDown 54: Start of a state's nameRHODEDDown 55: ScowlLOWERDDown 56: "___ ye hear it?": WhittierDINNADDown 57: Where leprechauns cavortERINDDown 58: Grandiose storySAGADDown 63: What a star did for the MagiLED