New York Times Answers - Thursday, 24th December 1987 There are 36 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 24th December 1987. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Chilling storytellerPOEAAcross 4: Dryden's "___ savage"NOBLEAAcross 9: Bar chaserNONEAAcross 13: QualifiedABLEAAcross 15: City that grew tiredAKRONAAcross 16: Pindar poemsODESAAcross 17: Flowery greetingsLEISAAcross 18: Painter DufyRAOULAAcross 19: What nuns takeVOWSAAcross 20: Competitors for EdgarsMYSTERYWRITERSAAcross 23: "___! poor Yorick": Shak.ALASAAcross 24: Sun godSOLAAcross 25: Seven singersSEPTETAAcross 28: When-and-where infoDATE LINEAAcross 28: When-and-where infoDATELINEAAcross 33: Cloverlike plant with yellow flowersTREEMEDICAAcross 35: Man of La ManchaSENORAAcross 36: Future fishROEAAcross 37: King's march site: 1965SELMAAAcross 39: Keresan IndianSIAAAcross 40: Off-the-cuff wordsAD-LIBAAcross 43: State of cautionALERTNESSAAcross 46: Cowboy storiesWESTERNSAAcross 48: Vandyke's cousinGOATEEAAcross 49: Australian pestEMUAAcross 50: Eavesdroppers' plantsBUGSAAcross 51: Love-story coterieROMANCEREADERSAAcross 58: BranchesRAMIAAcross 59: Gershwin's "Sometime Thing"WOMANAAcross 60: Zoological suffixACEAAAcross 61: Grand Canyon St.ARIZAAcross 62: Pedro's friendAMIGOAAcross 63: MarshQUAGAAcross 64: Fountain of musicPETEAAcross 65: Early riser?YEASTAAcross 66: Hairy primateAPEDDown 1: It may make datesPALMDDown 2: Petruchio's imperative?OBEYDDown 3: Flash Gordon and Frank Merriwell, e.g.ELISDDown 4: Tells storiesNARRATESDDown 5: Gives the go-aheadOKAYSDDown 6: Sweat producerBROWDDown 7: Frown: Var.LOURDDown 8: Uncle Sam's pleaENLISTDDown 9: Short talesNOVELLEDDown 10: Skunk's protectionODORDDown 11: Report from RatherNEWSDDown 12: Snaky shapeESSDDown 14: PossessionsESTATEDDown 21: Pre-H.S. gradesELEMDDown 22: Pedal extremitiesTOESDDown 25: Kind of voteSTRAWDDown 26: Disappear graduallyERODEDDown 27: StripsPEELSDDown 28: Hamburger accompanimentsDILLSDDown 29: It's the topACMEDDown 30: GoreINSETDDown 31: CacophonyNOISEDDown 32: DeleteERASEDDown 34: Faculty bigwigDEANDDown 38: "Yet I ___/Against Heav'n's hand . . . ": MiltonARGUENOTDDown 41: List individuallyITEMIZEDDown 42: Speaker's platformBEMADDown 44: Academic gownTOGADDown 45: Computerized stock figs.NASDAQDDown 47: Landing stripRUNWAYDDown 50: Blows one's own hornBRAGSDDown 51: UncommonRAREDDown 52: Leave outOMITDDown 53: Request to "ye faithful"COMEDDown 54: Suffix re blood conditionEMIADDown 55: Neighbor of Col.ECUADDown 56: HarvestREAPDDown 57: Wise manSAGEDDown 58: Shoot the breezeRAP