New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 22nd December 1981 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 22nd December 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Famed name in tennisASHEAAcross 5: Coal sizePEAAAcross 8: Part of a foundationSLABAAcross 12: Famed name in tennisMOODYAAcross 14: Part of a manorHALLAAcross 15: Bathroom flooringTILEAAcross 16: FreeONTHEHOUSEAAcross 18: Salt treeATLEAAcross 19: Stadium cheerRAHAAcross 20: Swarthmore chaperonHOUSEMOTHERAAcross 22: Conductor Peter ___EROSAAcross 24: Lao-___, reputed founder of TaoismTSEAAcross 25: CarefreeBREEZYAAcross 26: Like a dicer or ricerUTILEAAcross 28: CostlyHIGHAAcross 29: BuilderMASONAAcross 31: Gator's kinCROCAAcross 33: "All ___," 1931 songOFMEAAcross 37: Signal of a sortALERTAAcross 38: Ath. groupAAUAAcross 39: Cult leadersGURUSAAcross 40: Like GasparWISEAAcross 41: Submissions to a newspaper ed.RPTSAAcross 42: CustomUSAGEAAcross 43: TillsHOESAAcross 45: AntEMMETAAcross 47: Go ___ (have a spree)TOTOWNAAcross 50: I love: Lat.AMOAAcross 51: Wearing sabotsSHODAAcross 54: Like ___ (very fast)AHOUSEAFIREAAcross 57: "___ Gang"OURAAcross 58: MaulsPAWSAAcross 59: What Hoban designedWHITE HOUSEAAcross 61: HOMES lakeERIEAAcross 62: Nary ___ (none)A-ONEAAcross 63: Bridge positionsEASTSAAcross 64: Bedroom and kitchen followersSETSAAcross 65: Housewife's cleanserLYEAAcross 66: TrueheartTESSDDown 1: Con ___ (tenderly)AMOREDDown 2: Sub detectorSONARDDown 3: Structures made mainly of glassHOTHOUSESDDown 4: Old English letterEDHDDown 5: BreakPAUSEDDown 6: Word before whereELSEDDown 7: PurifierALEMBICDDown 8: Structures at Albany, Trenton, etc.STATEHOUSESDDown 9: NimbleLITHEDDown 10: "Comment ___-vous?"ALLEZDDown 11: Maudlin at a tavernBEERYDDown 13: Slangy approvalYEHDDown 14: Headgear at English collegesHOUSECAPSDDown 17: Lanford Wilson's "The ___ Baltimore"HOTLDDown 21: Part of O.A.S.ORGDDown 23: DepositoriesSTOREHOUSESDDown 27: F.H.A. chargeINTDDown 28: Minute arachnidHOUSEMITEDDown 29: GulletMAWDDown 30: Arena attraction for decadesALIDDown 32: He can't be trustedRATDDown 34: Belushi's "Animal" placeFRAT HOUSEDDown 35: TobyMUGDDown 36: Nav. courseESEDDown 39: ChicleGUMDDown 41: Urban projectRENEWALDDown 44: Cries from the woodshedOWSDDown 46: EncoreMOREDDown 47: RecordsTAPESDDown 48: Where the Cubs alightOHAREDDown 49: NamelyTO WITDDown 50: "___ Romance," 1936 songAFINEDDown 52: EvictsOUSTSDDown 53: Kind of rehearsalDRESSDDown 55: Salt's callAHOYDDown 56: Until, in BerlinEHEDDown 60: PilcornOAT