New York Times Answers - Tuesday, 21st December 1982 There are 35 across clues and 41 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 21st December 1982. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: LizardAGAMAAAcross 6: Be absorbentBLOTAAcross 10: Nigerian peopleBINIAAcross 14: Actress Leslie ___CARONAAcross 15: Network of nervesRETEAAcross 16: Son of AphroditeEROSAAcross 17: Kin of arksHOUSEBOATSAAcross 19: Artist who built a Dream House in N.Y.DALIAAcross 20: Shade treeELMAAcross 21: Tends the lawnMOWSAAcross 22: City in TaiwanTAINANAAcross 24: Party by or for new residentsHOUSEWARMINGAAcross 26: Certain lessening of tensionDETENTEAAcross 29: Japanese statesmanITOAAcross 30: UnaccompaniedALONEAAcross 31: Winter machineSNOWPLOWAAcross 36: AllianceBLOCAAcross 37: TrackSPOORAAcross 39: Tear apartRIVEAAcross 40: Willy Loman and othersSALESMENAAcross 42: SharpenedHONEDAAcross 43: Craggy hillTORAAcross 44: Orphan Annie's lizardsLEAPERSAAcross 46: Flimsy structureHOUSE OF CARDSAAcross 51: Join upENLISTAAcross 52: Capital of Western SamoaAPIAAAcross 53: College deg.MBAAAcross 56: Wagger in old filmsASTAAAcross 57: Swatters' targetsHOUSEFLIESAAcross 60: Sea swallowTERNAAcross 61: GaelicERSEAAcross 62: Poetic measuresIAMBIAAcross 63: For men onlySTAGAAcross 64: Homophone for riseRYESAAcross 65: Aviary soundTWEETDDown 1: YearnACHEDDown 2: British prisonGAOLDDown 3: Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g.ARUMDDown 4: Parts of yrs.MOSDDown 5: Buttercup's relativeANEMONEDDown 6: Spend time in a bookstoreBROWSEDDown 7: RentLEASEDDown 8: "McGraw's boy"OTTDDown 9: Person with a willTESTATORDDown 10: ObscureBEDIMDDown 11: PersianIRANIDDown 12: Actor Lloyd ___NOLANDDown 13: "Of Thee ___"ISINGDDown 18: MatchBOUTDDown 23: Like ___ of pinsAROWDDown 24: ThereforeHENCEDDown 25: Skid-row denizenWINODDown 26: Touches lightlyDABSDDown 27: FitzgeraldELLADDown 28: InstrumentTOOLDDown 31: ScionSONDDown 32: BolstersPROPSDDown 33: Masher's come-onLINEDDown 34: Ham's "Your turn"OVERDDown 35: UnitesWEDSDDown 37: More polishedSMOOTHERDDown 38: Flawless: Abbr.PERFDDown 41: Jeanne d'Arc and othersSTESDDown 42: Blew one's topHADAFITDDown 44: Becomes voidLAPSESDDown 45: Canal or lakeERIEDDown 46: Preliminary eventsHEATSDDown 47: BeginningONSETDDown 48: ExtremeULTRADDown 49: River in ChinaSIANGDDown 50: ReasonCAUSEDDown 53: Entertainer like MarceauMIMEDDown 54: Daniels or RebozoBEBEDDown 55: ___ were (seemingly)ASITDDown 58: Rossini's "Le Comte ___"ORYDDown 59: CanonLAW