New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 9th December 1987 There are 39 across clues and 37 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 9th December 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Yellow stoneTOPAZAAcross 6: GreaseLARDAAcross 10: ShearCLIPAAcross 14: DumbfoundAMAZEAAcross 15: JugEWERAAcross 16: Storyteller's materialLOREAAcross 17: St.-John's-breadCAROBAAcross 18: Tolstoy heroineANNAAAcross 19: " . . . the playing fields of ___"ETONAAcross 20: KnottyKNARREDAAcross 22: Wind instrumentOCARINAAAcross 24: Mole's preyEARTHWORMAAcross 26: Lily of operaPONSAAcross 29: ___ Carlo MenottiGIANAAcross 30: FurorsTODOSAAcross 34: Spanish landladyAMAAAcross 35: Rooster's capCOMBAAcross 36: AccustomINUREAAcross 37: CarpCAVILAAcross 39: "___ Heldenleben": StraussEINAAcross 41: WristletSTRAPAAcross 42: Macduff, at one timeTHANEAAcross 43: Savoir-faireTACTAAcross 45: SHAEF sectorETOAAcross 46: Mambolike danceSALSAAAcross 47: Distinctive airAURAAAcross 48: Writer of westernsGREYAAcross 49: Man from the YardINSPECTORAAcross 52: Sentences to prisonSENDSUPAAcross 55: Seminole chiefOSCEOLAAAcross 59: Sylvan plantTREEAAcross 60: Sod for fuelPEATAAcross 62: PurposefulTELICAAcross 63: Love, for PlácidoAMORAAcross 64: BranchesRAMIAAcross 65: FanfareECLATAAcross 66: ForbidsBANSAAcross 67: Actor GuinnessALECAAcross 68: RentsTEARSDDown 1: Change courseTACKDDown 2: Site of MuscatOMANDDown 3: Yugoslav coinPARADDown 4: Atlantic island groupAZORESDDown 5: Veld equineZEBRADDown 6: Manufacturer's needLEAD TIMEDDown 7: AristaAWNDDown 8: FameRENOWNDDown 9: Ursa Major neighborDRACODDown 10: Fulton's steamboatCLERMONTDDown 11: Novelist PierreLOTIDDown 12: FerrumIRONDDown 13: Tony of baseballPENADDown 21: ThereforeERGODDown 23: Hopper or TurnerARTISTDDown 25: FrequenterHABITUEDDown 26: AgreementsPACTSDDown 27: City on the MissouriOMAHADDown 28: Of ships at seaNAVALDDown 31: Engraver AlbrechtDURERDDown 32: DeclaimORATEDDown 33: British-Indian soldierSEPOYDDown 35: LaundersCLEANSDDown 38: Some on Wall StreetINSIDERSDDown 40: Sleep-producingNARCOTICDDown 44: Broadway musicalCATSDDown 47: BegAPPEALDDown 48: Place to spend drachmaeGREECEDDown 50: Above: Comb. formSUPRADDown 51: Two foursomesOCTETDDown 52: PierceSTABDDown 53: BombeckERMADDown 54: Argon's kinNEONDDown 56: Pot for PedroOLLADDown 57: AnaniasLIARDDown 58: Bible bookACTSDDown 61: Pierre's soulAME