New York Times Answers - Thursday, 24th December 1981 There are 38 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 24th December 1981. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bit of hollySPRIGAAcross 6: Some are holyDAYSAAcross 10: Leave the sackSTIRAAcross 14: Like a thrice-told taleTRITEAAcross 15: "They ___ serve . . . ": MiltonALSOAAcross 16: Cartoonist PeterARNOAAcross 17: Western actionRODEOAAcross 18: "Joyeux ___!"NOELAAcross 19: Riviera cityNICEAAcross 20: Anagram for "Try Ma's charm, sire!"AMERRYCHRISTMASAAcross 23: Postscripts: Abbr.PSSAAcross 24: Titans' motherGAEAAAcross 25: Baby sitter for a neneTIAAAcross 26: Whirring soundBIRRAAcross 27: Squire whose last name means "paunch"SANCHOAAcross 30: ConfusedAT SEAAAcross 33: "Deck the halls . . . " groupCAROLERSAAcross 35: Kind of store for a man in a red suit: Abbr.DEPTAAcross 36: Word with "ho!"TALLYAAcross 38: Three-digit codeAREAAAcross 39: "In a ___ open sleigh"ONE-HORSEAAcross 41: Like beerSUDSYAAcross 42: Goddess associated with CeresTELLUSAAcross 43: Hosiery shadesTANSAAcross 45: Shade treeELMAAcross 46: Where a famous Greek statue was foundMILOAAcross 47: One of Mickey's exesAVAAAcross 50: Anagram for "End near? Why pay, Pa?"ANDHAPPYNEWYEARAAcross 55: In additionMOREAAcross 56: MiscuesERRSAAcross 57: SorcererMAGUSAAcross 58: Where Susa wasELAMAAcross 59: Attacked, with "into"TOREAAcross 60: Type of dressA-LINEAAcross 60: Type of dressALINEAAcross 61: Holiday drinksNOGSAAcross 62: Comedian MortSAHLAAcross 63: RetreatsNESTSDDown 1: WatchbandSTRAPDDown 2: Graduation eventsPROMSDDown 3: TeasesRIDESDDown 4: Roman roadITERDDown 5: "Empire State of the South"GEORGIADDown 6: One of C. Moore's flying quadrupedsDANCERDDown 7: Lanai greetingALOHADDown 8: Belgian riverYSERDDown 9: SingleSOLITARYDDown 10: P.O. address in IndianaSANTA CLAUSDDown 11: Decorate a treeTRIMDDown 12: Andean IndianINCADDown 13: Kin of DoesROESDDown 21: Easily handled, as a shipYARDDown 22: Chinese: Comb. formSINODDown 26: Town in N.H. and city in Pa.BETHLEHEMSDDown 27: Bando of baseballSALDDown 28: Reindeer groupHERDDDown 29: Galena and bauxiteORESDDown 30: PotherADODDown 31: Gift for an outdoorsy personTENTDDown 32: Count von ___SPEEDDown 33: Diminutive suffixCLEDDown 34: UtterSAYDDown 36: HeraldsTRUMPETSDDown 37: Crèche beastASSDDown 40: Earthen potOLLADDown 41: Frosty, for oneSNOWMANDDown 43: Pre-Yule purchaseTINSELDDown 44: Wassail quaffALEDDown 46: A gift at a stableMYRRHDDown 47: Zeus's shieldAEGISDDown 48: BragVAUNTDDown 49: Upbeats, in musicARSESDDown 50: Doxology endingAMENDDown 51: Court plea, for shortNOLODDown 52: Type of raceDRAGDDown 53: Malayan canoePROADDown 54: Shade of blueYALE