New York Times Answers - Wednesday, 16th December 1987 There are 39 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Wednesday, 16th December 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: IrritableEDGYAAcross 5: EmbraceCLASPAAcross 10: Glove for HernandezMITTAAcross 14: Actress GarrTERIAAcross 15: Right-hand pageRECTOAAcross 16: Jerusalem's Mosque of ___OMARAAcross 17: Copperfield adversaryHEEPAAcross 18: Alcohol baseETHYLAAcross 19: Baylor is hereWACOAAcross 20: Shelley offeringODEAAcross 21: Crop pest of AustraliaEMUAAcross 22: EbullientYEASTYAAcross 24: TV's Kate or Allie, e.g.SINGLEPARENTAAcross 28: "Bali ___"HAIAAcross 29: Famed cartoonistNASTAAcross 30: None precederBARAAcross 33: Apt anagram for abodesADOBESAAcross 36: Morse "E"DITAAcross 37: ArmboneULNAAAcross 38: James Cain novelDOUBLE INDEMNITYAAcross 41: ___-daisyUPSYAAcross 42: Words of comparisonASAAAcross 43: Diana and BetsyROSSESAAcross 44: Spud budEYEAAcross 45: His, to HenriALUIAAcross 46: Asian winter festivalTETAAcross 47: Versatile player like Sammy BaughTRIPLETHREATAAcross 52: Mrs. HumphreyMURIELAAcross 55: A.M.A. membersDRSAAcross 56: River, to RiveraRIOAAcross 57: OnATOPAAcross 58: Moslem decreeIRADEAAcross 61: Bologna "bread"LIRAAAcross 62: Netman WilanderMATSAAcross 63: GhoulishEERIEAAcross 64: Picnic hamperersANTSAAcross 65: Nautical greetingAHOYAAcross 66: Played the moleSPIEDAAcross 67: Start of a Gershwin songIGOTDDown 1: Characteristic beliefsETHOSDDown 2: "___ Do," 1926 Hirsch-Rose songDEEDIDDown 3: Nursery of sortsGREENHOUSEDDown 4: Canine complaintYIPDDown 5: ___ de fraiseCREMEDDown 6: EaseLET UPDDown 6: EaseLETUPDDown 7: Stuttgart sighACHDDown 8: Pig's digsSTYDDown 9: Suit materialPOLYESTERDDown 10: "Never Cry Wolf" authorMOWATDDown 11: "___ restless as a willow . . . "IMASDDown 12: DiplomacyTACTDDown 13: One-horse-too-many townTROYDDown 21: Eero's fatherELIELDDown 23: Adjective-forming suffixENTDDown 25: TalkativeGABBYDDown 26: Tooth ___ (fiercely)ANDNAILDDown 27: Attack on the fridgeRAIDDDown 30: Gruelingly intenseBLISTERINGDDown 31: Part of A.M.ANTEDDown 32: BeamsRAYSDDown 33: How Luciano and Plácido might singADUEDDown 34: IdioticDOPYDDown 35: CrinoidsSEALILIESDDown 37: Famed racing driverUNSERDDown 39: "The jig ___!"ISUPDDown 40: Some papal escapeesMOTHSDDown 45: Helping verbAREDDown 47: Somewhat smashedTIPSYDDown 48: An amusing MurphyEDDIEDDown 49: CorneredTREEDDDown 50: ___-surface missileAIRTODDown 51: Skoal, e.g.TOASTDDown 52: Role for Liv UllmannMAMADDown 53: Bryce Canyon is hereUTAHDDown 54: Pictorial section, for shortROTODDown 59: G.O.P. memberREPDDown 60: Jackie's second husbandARIDDown 61: Chou En-___LAI