New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 21st December 1983 There are 40 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 21st December 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Howells's LaphamSILASAAcross 6: LyraHARPAAcross 10: Kern hit songW.H.O.AAcross 10: Kern hit songWHOAAcross 13: Go out with a rushERUPTAAcross 14: ___ about (approximately)ONORAAcross 15: Backpack, e.g.GEARAAcross 16: Shire of filmsTALIAAAcross 17: Harbach of songdomOTTOAAcross 18: Hot stuff from MongibelloLAVAAAcross 19: Underground rarity?SQUARE ROOTAAcross 21: DoneOVERAAcross 22: Man without a countryNOLANAAcross 23: Ancient asceticESSENEAAcross 25: Haggard heroineSHEAAcross 28: Emulate DaedalusFLYAAcross 29: H.M. Pulham et al.ESQSAAcross 30: Eastern templePAGODAAAcross 32: EmployedSITUATEDAAcross 36: Brazilian territoryAMAPAAAcross 37: FledRANAAcross 38: Sharp crestARETEAAcross 39: GermaneRELEVANTAAcross 41: Indo-EuropeansARYANSAAcross 42: His ___ (the nabob)NIBSAAcross 43: Palindromic wordEREAAcross 44: "Mighty ___ a Rose"LAKAAcross 45: Star of "The Bank Dick": 1940FIELDSAAcross 48: Stage remarkASIDEAAcross 50: Prefix with bodiesANTIAAcross 51: Round footballer?CIRCLEBACKAAcross 56: SheepskinROANAAcross 57: Music hallsODEAAAcross 58: "He's ___ card": DrydenASUREAAcross 59: Pay to playANTEAAcross 60: Kind of tideNEAPAAcross 61: Gildersleeve's nephewLEROYAAcross 62: ___ MoinesDESAAcross 63: Hill's partnerDALEAAcross 64: WafersSNAPSDDown 1: Shooting sitesSETSDDown 2: A neighbor of JordanIRAQDDown 3: DoozieLULUDDown 4: Of beesAPIANDDown 5: Susskind guest?STAR OF DAVIDDDown 6: This follows two hipsHOORAYDDown 7: Author MyrerANTONDDown 8: Sunday section, for shortROTODDown 9: P.G.A. qualifying round?PROTESTDDown 10: Thread patternWEAVEDDown 11: PortHAVENDDown 12: "___ Ben Jonson!": J. YoungORAREDDown 15: Explanatory notesGLOSSARYDDown 20: Cinders of comicsELLADDown 24: Four-handed poker games?SQUAREDEALSDDown 25: GaffSPARDDown 26: Harness sectionHAMEDDown 27: Alike, to AloysEGALDDown 29: Kindergarten wordEINDDown 31: Poor pigskin defense?OPENLINEDDown 32: Rested one's feetSATDDown 33: Shade of greenTEALDDown 34: MongibelloETNADDown 35: Writing surfaceDESKDDown 37: Dispensers of t.l.c.RNSDDown 40: FleeABSCONDDDown 41: HuskARILDDown 43: FleeESCAPEDDown 45: Electrical unitFARADDDown 46: "___ ear . . . "INONEDDown 47: Les ___-UnisETATSDDown 48: Of a regionAREALDDown 49: He played Barnaby JonesEBSENDDown 52: ConceptIDEADDown 53: Surrounding qualityAURADDown 54: Cut shortCROPDDown 55: Low islandsKEYS