New York Times Answers - Friday, 17th December 1982 There are 35 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 17th December 1982. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dieter JackSPRATAAcross 6: Gilead's lackBALMAAcross 10: Karate blowCHOPAAcross 14: Opossum's cousinKOALAAAcross 15: SectorAREAAAcross 16: Author JaffeRONAAAcross 17: Dawson Creek-to-Fairbanks highwayALCANAAcross 18: ProhibitionsBANSAAcross 19: ExploiterUSERAAcross 20: Playing second fiddleTAKINGABACKSEATAAcross 23: Otologist's purviewEARAAcross 24: Boot-shaped nationITALYAAcross 25: Biennial plantCELERYAAcross 29: Canter, e.g.GAITAAcross 32: Bradley and MorenoOMARSAAcross 33: Near, but not in, the limelightBACKSTAGEAAcross 38: Future dateMMIIAAcross 39: Free-for-allMELEEAAcross 40: Pompano's relativeSCADAAcross 41: Players behind the line of scrimmageBACKFIELDAAcross 43: Page or LuPonePATTIAAcross 44: Between tenor and sopranoALTOAAcross 45: Piney acresFORESTAAcross 46: Helmsman's commandAVASTAAcross 50: Be in the grip of la grippeAILAAcross 51: Uneasy ridersBACKSEATDRIVERSAAcross 59: His, to HenriALUIAAcross 60: Distinctive airAURAAAcross 61: Portage craftCANOEAAcross 62: Credit a sourceCITEAAcross 63: Fixed payt.STIPAAcross 64: Hardly the hoi polloiELITEAAcross 65: Alternatives to iced teaADESAAcross 66: Bugler's blastTOOTAAcross 67: Spring feastSEDERDDown 1: Game using 32 cardsSKATDDown 2: Negri of the silentsPOLADDown 3: TormentRACKDDown 4: Half of pelota's other nameALAIDDown 5: Leather-workersTANNERSDDown 6: De Brunhoff's pachydermBABARDDown 7: Native of BahrainARABDDown 8: Musically, a Horne of plentyLENADDown 9: One of the gens.MASCDDown 10: Patisserie layerCRUSTDDown 11: Hebrew prophetHOSEADDown 12: Ryan, for oneONEALDDown 13: Part of G.O.P.PARTYDDown 21: Kind of bladeGAYDDown 22: Manx's youngKITSDDown 25: Rapunzel's need, after the climbCOMBDDown 26: Poet LazarusEMMADDown 27: Like vestrymenLAICDDown 28: Estrada of "CHiPs"ERIKDDown 29: France: Comb. formGALLODDown 30: Earned an AACEDDDown 31: Tina Turner's partnerIKEDDown 33: Bulbous rootBEETDDown 34: EmperorTSARDDown 35: French play segmentACTEDDown 36: Rods or heatersGATSDDown 37: Tighten proseEDITDDown 39: Wire measureMILDDown 42: Taboos, to 1 AcrossFATSDDown 43: RegulatesPOLICESDDown 45: Douglas or OregonFIRDDown 46: Bananalike plantABACADDown 47: IncontestableVALIDDDown 48: Shrewd; discerningACUTEDDown 49: Berlin's "Blue ___": 1927SKIESDDown 50: Alter for a new useADAPTDDown 52: One of Gotham's riversEASTDDown 53: Brougham, e.g.AUTODDown 54: Minuet partTRIODDown 55: GlenVALEDDown 56: City near TulsaENIDDDown 57: Unthinking repetitionROTEDDown 58: Tea-leaves readerSEER