New York Times Answers - Saturday, 17th December 1983 There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 17th December 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bent or shaped metalSWAGEDAAcross 7: Old-man ___, Mexican plantCACTUSAAcross 13: Man of La ManchaQUIXOTEAAcross 14: Laymen in monasteriesOBLATESAAcross 16: UsurpsUNSEATSAAcross 17: One-time epoch of the TertiaryNEOCENEAAcross 18: Land measureAREAAcross 19: Its child is "full of grace"TUESDAYAAcross 21: Fishwife's cousinNAGAAcross 22: Winter coatRIMEAAcross 24: Atrium, e.g.ROOMAAcross 25: This, to TorcuatoESTAAAcross 26: Glinka's "A Life for the ___"TSARAAcross 27: PetrifySTUNAAcross 28: More guilefulSLIERAAcross 29: Babbitt's home townZENITHAAcross 31: Chaste womenVESTALSAAcross 33: MixesCOALESCESAAcross 35: Ring bearers of a sortBESTMENAAcross 37: SoundINTACTAAcross 41: The common peopleDEMOSAAcross 42: CompetesVIESAAcross 44: Dictator's phraseINREAAcross 45: SpiritELANAAcross 46: Actor BruceDERNAAcross 47: OffshootCIONAAcross 48: InterdictBANAAcross 49: Count LeoTOLSTOYAAcross 52: Country singer BandyMOEAAcross 53: Source of mother-of-pearlABALONEAAcross 55: RecherchéELEGANTAAcross 57: Top, e.g.ROTATORAAcross 58: AssociatesRELATESAAcross 59: Plants anewRESETSAAcross 60: FuseSOLDERDDown 1: CockcrowSUNRISEDDown 2: MagusWISE MANDDown 3: Feller's toolAXEDDown 4: Lecherous old manGOATDDown 5: And you: Lat.ETTUDDown 6: ApostatizeDESERTDDown 7: Overlooks an offenseCONDONESDDown 8: Nautical directionABEAMDDown 9: SurfeitCLOYDDown 10: Part of U.S.A.F.TACDDown 11: Spoon, e.g.UTENSILDDown 12: Thesmothetes' milieusSENATESDDown 13: Sand's main ingredientQUARTZDDown 15: Popeye's creatorSEGARDDown 20: MementosSOUVENIRSDDown 23: Vinland discovererERICSONDDown 25: Band often employed in officesELASTICDDown 27: ImpostureSHAMDDown 28: Sheppard and Turpin's gunSTENDDown 30: Small fryTOTSDDown 32: Biol., etc.SCISDDown 34: Suffragettes, e.g.LEVELERSDDown 35: ScoldBELABORDDown 36: IssueEMANATEDDown 38: VigorousANIMATEDDown 39: Columbo was oneCROONERDDown 40: DogmasTENETSDDown 41: ProscribeDEBARDDown 43: InscribesENTERSDDown 46: "Eat to live, but ___ live to eat"DONOTDDown 49: A load or haulTOTEDDown 50: Londoner's margeOLEODDown 51: BellowYELLDDown 54: ___ PalmasLASDDown 56: Seventh son of JacobGAD